 [WIP] Split up lobby -> menu, lobby, custom_game
lobby.gd had gotten big, bloated, ugly, and hard to read. It needed a
refactor. The first thing I did is split up the *GUI* into the logical
steps it should be. So the new flow is:
- Start the game
- Click "Quick Play"
- Matchmaking begins on my dedicated server
- Start the game
- Click "Custom Game"
- *Only now* am I presented with server / client options
- Start the game
- Click "Singleplayer"
- Singleplayer
NOW, and only now, and NO MATTER WHAT PATH I TAKE, I am taken to the
*lobby*, which now is where I:
- Choose my name
- Choose hero
- See list of players
- Get my team assigned
- Anything else that I might like to put in
The point here is that this has *nothing* to do with handshaking /
matchmaking / etc! This is just part of the game! At this point I have
*already been connected* to the server. I've already been aquainted with
my other players. The game has begun.
I put the things that don't belong in any of these flows in
networking.gd, a sort of model-view sorta thing. All of these flows use
some sort of networking thing like `init_server` that tbh should be
*completely* abstracted from the UI.
It's totally a WIP!!! Above is the IDEA, but below is what I've actually
*done*:
- Made the scenes, made a passable UI for each one that at least
indicates ~what they'll do
- Made the corresponding scripts, and split up the lobby script into
ABOUT where I think it'll end up, but no promises
It still errors all over the place, and it's nowhere near properly
organized. PLUS, I'd also like to rewrite a lot of the code / rename
things as part of the initial refactor goal of making me able to
actually think about networking.
7 years ago |
|
- All TODO / design direction that's not in the README
- ====================================================
-
- Big TODOs:
-
- - Keep implementing more heroes
- - Figure out how to make things seem more fast-paced
- - ^ I think you need more abilities for heroes, that combine well
- - Like, you could combine PAZIENZA with [destroys buildings]
- - Start making maps and figuring out what works / what you like
- - Make just one new main level with the lessons you've learned from this one
- - I'd love to do a payload map!
- - More platforming for everyone (It's industria only rn tbh)
- - Give portals a tilted wall to fuck with acceleration
- - Change portal mechanics to be more PortalTM-y?
- - Make a real user interface
- - Menu 1: (Play Game, and Custom Game) Custom -> Current menu
- - Voice chat
- - Auto-update :(((((
-
- Smaller TODOs:
-
- - Too much time "waiting" - too hard to get to objective
- - Art?
- - Particles - wall destruction, wallriding
- - Ira is OP?
- - Nerfed - 5 walls
- - Make motion more reactive?
- - Remember some player settings, probably in a player.json or something
- - I'm mostly thinking of nickname, but also SR eventually
-
- Bugs:
-
- Landmarks:
-
- - When you have a workable demo: @mention @turion@mastodon.art
- - As soon as you can auto-update, have matchmaking, and it's playable, release on CG
- - As soon as you think it's a fun game and can handle the load, post on reddit
-
- Design ideas too long for the README:
-
|
