Openage Development: 2019 - Week 26

New blogpost about our modding API!

New openage release v0.4.0! (Changelogs will follow)

Upstream

• NEW: Updated windows build instructions with lighter build tools (Link)
• NEW: Prepare release 0.4.0 (Link)
• NEW: Modding API v0.2 + documentation (Link)
• NEW: Move tutorials from openage wiki to modding repository (Link)
• FIXED: Clarified logical process of singleplayer vs. multiplayer architecture (Link)
• FIXED: Start openage explicitly from shipped Python version (Link)
• FIXED: Horrible typo (Link)
• FIXED: math environment usage in modding API reference guide (Link)

Issues

• BUG: Release process is undocumented (Link)
• PROPOSED: Version numbering format (Link)
• PROPOSED: Changelogs for releases (Link)

Too few bugs for your taste? Build the project yourself for Linux, OS X or Windows and report your own findings to us.

Open Discussions

• Conversion of flat terrain textures (Link)
• Upscaling of assets (Link)

Roadmap

1. Rewrite of the coordinate system ✓
2. Merge eventsystem code ✓
3. Implement core gamestate
   • nyan file loading and pong demo
   • run pong with generic openage entities
   • Decouple the simulation from display
   • Define minimal gamestate for displaying entities
4. Establish modpack format
5. Create a simple demo for testing
6. Adapt the new renderer to the simulation model