Voile/TODO.md

Voile MVP

Core

• Add and implement interfaces for systems (ISystem, IUpdatableSystem, etc.)
• Minimize amount of possible null references.
• TextDataResource providing a convenient wrapper around TOML data files.
• Add documentation for common classes.
• Hot reloading of resources.

I/O

• Use GUIDs and string ID maps for fetching resources instead of string IDs alone.
• (stretch goal) Make async API for ResourceManager
• (stretch goal/1.0) Streamed resource loading
• (stretch goal) Virtual file system

Serialization

• Serialize attribute.
• Add automatic serialization of resources through code generation and System.Text.Json.
• Provide means for fetching key/value configuration (INI? TOML?)
  • Expose some sort of ConfigFile class for safe key/value configuration fetching.

Rendering

• API for drawing textured quads
• Camera API
• Arbitrary mesh rendering API.
• (1.0) Create WebGPU renderer (StandardRenderer)

Audio

• Integrate FMOD
• 2D audio abstraction

Misc

• Asset manager
• Separate engine and game into separate projects
• Particle system

SceneGraph module

• Layers (sorting mechanism)
• Full overhaul using Entity Component architecture (not to be mistaken with ECS).
• Save/load scenes from file

Input

• Action system
• Make action system use an InputMap resource instead.
• Gamepad support

UI

• Immediate mode API.
• Styling.
• Basic input elements (button, text field, toggle).
• Containers (vertical and horizontal).