Effect Engine 2

Next Steps (Phase 2 - Sound and Input)

• Introduce the use of multiple threads

  • Do this on a PER system basis, ie system functions are muktithreaded themselves.
  • Add parallel operations to app ie settings entities for multiple layers at a time. to take burden from user.
  • Add worker task system for internal loop, only use when number of tasks becomes high

• Re expose device and queue to allow for massive parallel operations should the user want it

  • Create own parallel functions instead

• Controller support

• 0.3.0 alpha blockers

  • Sound system
    • Allow tracks to be replayed..somehow
    • Separate system for spacial audio
  • User input system
  • Renderer optimisation
  • Project restructure
    • Restructure into Cargo workspace
    • Increase abstractions
    • Examples
    • Internalise WebLayer2D
      • Provide option for parallel updates
    • Remove unnecessary dependencies
      • Possibly use features to minimise deps
  • Replace texture atlas with texture arrays
  • Generate 2D sprite vertices on the fly in shader
  • Simplify Texture2D to component struct used to by user to easily reinitialise a texture
    • Technical aspects will be covered by TextureData
    • Size will be stored in the layer, as it will be uniform with all other textures in the layer.
      • Remove size, index fields from Texture2D
    • Update Texture2D to implement Copy
  • Add pixel art option to TextureData builder, so it is done on a per texture basis

• Possible 0.4.0 alpha

  • Debug GUI using egui
  • Font rendering and basic GUI framework
    • WGPU renderer for GUI

• Possible 0.5.0 alpha

  • Physics system including Collision2D suvat etc
  • Improved coordinate system

• Possible 0.6.0 alpha

  • Parallax backgrounds
  • 2D Shadows and lighting, fog etc
  • Normal maps
  • Custom shaders and pipeline, mainly for lighting and 3D tech

This may or may not need to come before shadows, lighting and fog etc

• Possible 0.7.0 alpha

  • 2D particle system

• Possible 0.8.0 alpha

  • Tilemap (stores entities and a Tile2D type maybe)

• 1.0 release:

  • Could create Touhou or Stardew Valley

• 2.0 release (Effect Engine 3 rebrand)

  • Full 3D support