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# PerlRL: TODO #
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# 0.4.0 #
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- Fix the "Where are we?!" bug, which seems to be caused by the character
  attacking another and silently killing it due to non-unique hotspots.
- Plan improvements to EmotionRL.
- Anything else I have time for.

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# Engine #
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- PROFILES. testing1 could include no monsters and autoLOS and 2 could have
  baddies.
- Centralized debug thingy. dynamically reassign STDERR. cool indention, descr
  of stacktrace, etc
- player blocks before any move.. rage, frozen, etc
- rename dleayed events DAEMONS
- Messages could be more interesting and even defined externally. Return of msg
  ids?
- Wizard mode profile... spawn stuff, place it, etc for TESTING. Then a create/
  mod content permanently option. Interactive creation. DB of content for
  indexing maybe.
- The data interface syntax still sucks. Badly.  Hrmmm... I hate methods. Next
  step up is... well, plain vars! tie so bloody slow and impossible to use tho
- If pre is called at UI stage, then it's not called again later. Should it be? 
  What if conditions change between input and execution? It may be a design
  problem later.
- MAJOR PROBLEM. There can't be reactions to check actions. E.g., no way to
  react to before/after descend/ascend. LAUGH BEFORE PERFORMTECH!!!!!!!
- Fix the priority queue. Use my old binary heap implementation, but fix the
  bug where undef entries seem to choke things. Make it fast.
- Hmm... events only nuke themselves if they return -1. But react() will have a
  TOUGH time sorting with that! maybe -1 will make eventoff($name) be called
- Much more flexible events. Data, sending what needs to be sent, reacting to
  checks... for all actions even.
- savescumming is EVIL.... meh, who cares
- optimize memory usage further
- HalloweenRL (7dRL, start in October)
- Massive bugfix, easy enhancement quest
- Possible rewrite (design of everything should be stable, code clean maybe
  commented, and data organized. real documentation?)

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# Dungeons #
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- in dungeon style at end of hallways, randomly make a hall in opposite
  direction! ZOMG!
- make the cave style be cool.. random rooms with overlapping corridors
- ensure hotspots are plentiful and unique always
- diag corridor sizes are a bit fixed right now due to weirdness
- balance num of content with regards to size...
- External map files should be able to define more stuff. Stairs autoadded,
  random? hotspots
- Resimulation is perfect for makin videos
- light cant travel thru walls... cellular caverns would look awesome with air
  bubbles!
- predefined rooms (vaults, special areas, 4 diags connected, etc)
- Fix the offset issue. Maybe row and column 0 can be for data?
- Dunno why I changed to weird data structures for exit data coords. Fix
  permanently?
- Barrier wall on the edges should be specially impermeable.
- The logical exit thing is OK, but we should specify wall and direction too.
  Fix this, too.
- All the styles can... BECOME A ROOM! YES!
- More ways to configure.
- Mazes!
- place shouldn't choke. Just mix!
- Major logic bug in dungeon code relies on negative values for skip offset
  values. Why? This screws up random() bigtime. For now, workaround is to
  explicitly say random(0, x). :(
- post connection code may be a bit buggy

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# UI #
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- shooting stuff traces a little line quickly!
- Much more detail in target!
- Make the info panel its own window and use it for EVERYTHING.
- Look into an RPG-style battle statusbar. Battles.
- An interface to a menu object for character creation and such things
- Make the UI more customizable and nicer.
  * Make the selectinv error messages slightly more extensible.
  * selectinv will look at the current tile for objects first!
- tears of rage centers display on target (versatile UI)
- flicker bug on statusbar... weird
- map overview cmd (what about places not seen yet at all?)
- static light sources... lamps, fire
- UI is getting fugly... maybe different types of refreshes.
- Cool interface idea: Rotating the display! Like targetting, it involves a
  good way to describe relationship between map on-screen and in memory.
- Equipment screeen!
- drop X of qty items
- Make an interactive random number generation thingy. Have a thing that has
  callers explain what the random number is for. Storing just the seed is bad
  because of stuff like this.
- Reference arrow keys by name not number
- shoot() should use the targetting system!!! trace has to pathfind. Hrmm.

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# AI & Gameplay #
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- monsters on stairs is BAD
- weird bug with penguin trying to move towards player, no thing to queue
- better ai... guardmode
- variable speeds for stuff
- LOS memory better... render monsters
- if there are baddies in the way, get as close as can do
- **** baddies get a freebie move the first turn of the game cuz of interface
  and idle hack ****
- hrmm..  ENSURE teddy is regainin tp
- If a baddie ascends or descends, it won't be added to the queue or list!!!
- Curses affect many things, or should. Why try to overwield on a slot that's
  cursed? :P
- Skills, experience, piety... Balance.
- cause of death msgs

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# 0.5.0 #
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- Improve EmotionRL
- Improve engine CLEANLY as game is improved
- Release game on rgrd, rgrm, Perlmonks, happypenguin.

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# 0.5.x #
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- Ensure complete cleanedness and stability, so new stuff can be added
- Integrate text adventure elements such as full commands (thus, parsing) and
  room descriptions. Rewrite Adventure!
- 3D dungeons in ASCII
- Parties
- Networked multiplayer by means of POE
- Possible other interface... gfx?
- Rewrite major roguelike such as nethack
- Rewrite SNES RPG such as Earthbound or Chrono Trigger or Pokemon
- interactive environment. furniture, scenery, wall markings. interactive?
  flooding room. AI influence. patrols, spotlights, etc.
- make the project more publically available. site, use svn properly, maybe find
  a partner

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# 0.x #
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- An abstraction for battles themselves should be created, aiding AI. Mob AI.
- Separate components of PerlRL into separate projects. An object protocol and a
  dungeon generator so far.

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# x #
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- Rewrite static core components in C for speed.
- Rewrite in Perl 6.
- Achieve perfection.
- Come up with a better freaking name than PerlRL. PLEASE.
- Solve an NP-complete problem... the traveling salesmen problem. Also related
  to connecting deadend halls.
- If I have a girlfriend by this time, maybe actually retire from the project
  for a while. Oh no!