elisee / Modrog

A multiplayer real-time roguelike

Modrog

Top-down adventures to play with friends and build yourself

Building

You'll need .NET Core 3 and Visual Studio 2019. VS Code might work.

Structure

• ModrogClient, ModrogServer and ModrogEditor are the apps
• ModrogCommon contains shared stuff for the apps
• ModrogApi contains the scripting APIs
• Swarm is the potentially reusable generic framework below it all
  • SwarmBasics contains shared inert features like Math, can be exposed to scripts safely
  • SwarmCore contains shared features that do I/O
  • SwarmPlatform contains shared features that are not suitable for command-line apps

Running

• You can use RunServer.bat or RunClient.bat to start one and then you can debug the other from VS.
• RunClient.bat localhost Tutorial will autoconnect to the local server and start the Tutorial scenario.

Tasks

- (Gameplay) Implement drag'n'drop inventory management with list of items on the ground
- (Network) Track player view for each player, including fog-of-war chunks so we can resend on reconnection
- (Api) Have a setup phase and then prevent making further changes to entity kinds, tile kinds, etc.
- (Gameplay) Implement Rogventure-style combat with hits & projectiles
- (Gameplay) When the selected player moves around, make sure to clamp the camera to it so player doesn't have to manage it manually
- (Editor) Allow renaming assets
- (Editor) Allow reparenting assets with drag'n'drop (need to add drag'n'drop in UI framework)
- (Editor) Fix focus in asset tree view
- (Map Editor) Allow switching layers with 1, 2, 3
- (Map Editor) Display all tileset layers in the sidebar at once
- (Map Editor) Trace line segments when using the brush rather than just placing tiles at hovered position. (Can reuse line drawing logic from line of sight)
- (Map Editor) Bucket fill
- (Map Editor) Skip empty chunks when saving
- (Tile Set Editor) Support marker tile kinds
- (Map Editor) Support placing markers on their own special sparse layer? Maybe have two modes for chunk storage?
- (Tile Set Editor) Replace JSON editor with visual editor, and maybe switch to binary format
- (Team) Find a pixel artist! Waiting on mockups from Timothée
- (Tutorial) Build it!
- (Gameplay) Add back client-side script editing and display script errors somewhere
  -> Move towards some visual scripting that is executed server-side and with instruction costs
- (Gameplay) Add light checkerboard pattern on the floor?
- (UI Desktop) Show focus outline only after navigating with keyboard once to avoid distracting players and hide after clicking with mouse
- (UI Element) Allow dragging scrollbars
- (UI Element) Implement ChildLayout.Bottom (use for chat box), .Right
- (UI TextEditor)/ TextInput: Undo/redo support
- (UI TextEditor) Auto-indent when inserting lines
- (UI TextEditor) Language-specific syntax highlighting & auto-completion support (using callbacks or specialization, not built into the UI framework I think)
- (UI TextEditor) Add option for line count gutter on the left and use it in script editor
- (UI TextEditor) Add option to wrap text and use it for manifest description
- Support saving & loading games

Visual inspirations

• Zelda: A Link to the Past https://static.hitek.fr/img/up_m/1373484298/Link_to_the_past_poules.jpg
• Arclands https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EENUKr0W4AEu9cW?format=png&name=medium
• Worlds MMO https://twitter.com/2Pblog1/status/546067188558221313, https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CoakSQlWIAAfUhJ?format=jpg&name=large
• Spelunky Classic https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/SxQKcijZk2wVyhDThNeXj8vfzCDHqegyp4Ar23bS8fAVO--XzLrBm25qfKQGbKhGkhrLMsqhqL0=w640-h400-e365
• Yokai Dungeon https://twitter.com/Neutronized/status/1187390284117823488
• Fidel Dungeon Rescue https://img.itch.zone/aW1nLzE2MjEyNjYucG5n/original/KfVMMM.png