TODO.md

Tankode's TODO list

interface

• write Python raw interface; add examples;

• write Lua raw interface; add examples;

game rules

• calibrate constants of Tankode.Constants;

• actuallly count wins and points and show them somehow

low priority

• add Tankode.Functions, parallel to Tankode.Constants but with functions representing game rules (move functions from Physics there)

• when a tank is deactivated, it should deaccelerate to 0, instead of plain stopping;

• detect tanks and obstacles between old and new rays;

stability

• add copyright notice and license disclaimer on all relevant files

low priority

• wait for all child processes to get rid of defunct processes (turns out I'll probably won't need to catch SIGCHLD after all...) including the display process

• add more tests to geometry module

performance

• broadcast tankode inputs to all tankodes, and only then read all tankode outputs;

• explicitly export stuff from modules (including module re-exports) so I don't have to import Tankode.Etc everywhere.

• do not compute scan twice somehow (currently computing when passing scanned point to tank and to display)

sound

low priority

• make runner work when sound files are not present

• separate sound processing from drawing

display

low priority

• draw explosion on wall hit (just as a simple circle? size being half the speed?);

• draw health bar as a torus section on top of the body on the back of the gun;

• draw scan rays as solid triangles;

  • then as fading triangles;