To summarize, we're saying: to get to Wesnoth 2.0 we need to Refine
(not Reinvent) Wesnoth 1.0.
Better graphics, cleaner code, clearer GUI, etc. but not
significantly altered gameplay. KISS is just as important as ever.
For what it's worth, i agree. But it's going to be trickier to
figure out "when it's ready" when what were doing is essentially
tweaking and polishing.
Re: "everyone doing their own thing" Maybe i'm confused because I
was away from Wesnoth for a year, But it's not clear to me what most
of the Dev's roles are. A few have titles on the forum, even that
only goes so far. (Jetryl's more than merely an "Art Developer")
Maybe people are doing their own thing because when things are
thoroughly discussed it's not clear who has the final word, or who's
responisble for which part. If these roles have been given, where
can they be disovered?
My personal goals are similar to Frame's with the addition of
eventually producing a newbie friendly campaign.
-eleazar
On Nov 26, 2005, at 7:03 AM, Hogne Håskjold wrote:
Hi all
Been thinking a bit about this lately. Since Dave "retired" I have
gotten the feeling that Wesnoth development lacks direction.
Everyone (including myself) seems to be wrapped up with doing their
own thing without much overall planning/discussion/vision.
If we are to be able to release a new stable version some time in
the future I think we need to decide where we are heading, what are
the overall goals.
Are KISS still the mantra? or do we want to add more complicated
features. What will this do to game stability/code complexity... Do
we need more rigorous methods or are commit and break ok..
Many are also looking into some major rewrites of part of the code,
this will need to be planned quite well imo, or it might turn into
a mess.
Personally I have the following goals:
- Keep improving the gfx while retaining Wesnoths excellent gameplay
- Work on GUI suggestions, since I feel the GUI has the potential
to be vastly better than it is now
- General polish. I want Wesnoth to look professional
I would like to hear what other peoples goals are.
--
mvh (o_
Hogne Håskjold //\
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