STATUS REPORT 3/M1


Subject: STATUS REPORT 3/M1
From: Tommi Leino (namhas@majik.netti.fi)
Date: Wed Jun 16 1999 - 16:34:00 EEST


Development is trying to figure out how to do the client using PLIB's SSG
(Simple Scene Graph) library and the Design is sleeping. The active people
of Majik are now: Namhas, Beregar and MacDuff. That is a total of 3, grins
for Jormap.

--
Tommi Leino / Majik 3D project
namhas@majik.netti.fi http://majik.netti.fi
DEVELOPMENT (M1: 44% done [66% assigned / 34% unassigned])
  dazzt       (army)
  harum       client: Terrain and buildings (no M1, GRR!)
  namhas      client: Solid installation base
  yorkaturr   pc race: Dwarves (no progress 1x) (no M1, GRR!)

DESIGN (M1: 10% done [40% assigned / 60% unassigned])
  belemar     The Regions of Majik in short (no progress 2x)
  beregar     Climate
  darshan     (army)
  doughnut    - [?]
  glabrezu    Languages in the World (no progress 2x)
              Flora (no progress 2x)
  jormap      pc race: Trolls (no progress 2x) (no M1, GRR!)
  malekith    (busy with rl)
  sinister    (busy with rl)
  warc        - [?]
  seyvern     - [ready to do 2D graphics if requested]
  jah         - [ready to do 3D models and 2D graphics if requested]
  zull        - [ready to do 2D graphics if requested]
  mcduff      graphics: Landscape textures (no M1, GRR!)
  mandor      pc race: Elves (no progress 1x) (no M1, GRR!)

Total 18 people and 15 of them are "active":
  - 26% (4/15) are doing a M1 project
  - 13% (2/15) are doing a M1 project without "no progress"

M1 PROGRESS BAR:
   ....:....:....:....:....:....:....:....:....:....:
0% #############                                      == 27%
     10%  20%  30%  40%  50%  60%  70%  80%  90% 100%

The estimated time of arrival for M1 is: 08-Jul-1999, that means we
are actually exactly one week late of our schedule. Hurry up!

TERRAIN                TEXTURE

glacier                + snow1.jpg
tundra                 -
prairie                -
hill                   -
mountain               -
high mountain          + snow1.jpg
plain                  -
grassland              + grass2.jpg
moor                   -
savannah               -
lowland                -
highland               -
valley                 -
oasis                  -
waterfall              -
  rock                 + greyrock.jpg
  water                -
badland                + badland.jpg
desert                 -
beach                  -
lava                   -
volcano                -
swamp                  -
deciduous forest       -
  trees                -
    bark               -
    leaves             -
  forest floor         + grass2.jpg
  shrubs               -
coniferous forest      -
  trees                -
    bark               -
    leaves             -
  forest floor         -
  shrubs               -
jungle                 -
  trees                -
    bark               -
    leaves             -
  forest floor         + grass1.jpg
  shrubs               -
river                  -
deep river             -
lake                   -
sea                    -
shore                  -
unknown                -

WORLDBOOK'S TODO
- not taken
+ taken
* done

  * TOC (Glabrezu)
    The Wonderful Realm of Majik:
      - The Planet and the Continents within
      - Timeline of the History
    Races roaming the World:
      - Humans
      + Elves (Mandor)
      - Orcs
      + Trolls (Jormap)
      + Dwarves (Yorkaturr)
    Majik:
      + The Regions of Majik in short (Belemar)
      - Flow of the Time
      * World of names (Glabrezu)
      + Languages in the World (Glabrezu)
      - Currency and Trade
    The Regions and the World:
      + Desert of Ghalimcar (Beregar)
      + Meralin-Terennir-Nemen federation *SUSPENDED*
      - Add more...
    Religion:
      - Myth of Creation
      - The Gods
          - Add more...
      - Priests
    Magic:
      - Theory of Magic and Spellcasting
      - Spellcasters
    Ecology:
      + Climate (Beregar)
      - Creatures
          * Osthelian Pixies (Beregar)
          * Giant Scorpion (Beregar)
          * Banto (Beregar)
          * Blood Bat (Beregar)
          * Desert Cat (Beregar)
          * Ghazai Desert Snake (Beregar)
          * Hadarah Shasta (Beregar)
          - Add more...
      + Flora (Glabrezu)
    Philosophy:
      - Structure of the World
      - Life and Death

If there is something that is already done, please send it to me. If you
see that there is something that should be added to the TOC, please tell
about it.


CURRENT MILESTONE TODO
- not taken
+ taken
* done

Milestone Deadline   Features
M1        01-07-1999 CLIENT: * code made ready for open source
                               (Namhas)
                             - initial object system using a real
                               object-class instead of series of kludges
                             - dummy player object
                             + initial movement system using which the
                               user can move the dummy player object,
                               see from its eyes or from semi-isometric
                               perspective. Movement system should look
                               for collisions and follow the landscape
                               (Harum)
                             - must be able compile for both Win32 and Linux,
                               without needing any additional libraries that
                               we used only because of a kludge
                             + solid installation base, the client should
                               move all images etc. to directory where they
                               belong and the format for data etc. files
                               should be decided
                               (Namhas)
                             * rc-file parsing system
                               (Yorkaturr)
                             * scripts for building automatic daily snapshots
                               of both cvs source code and pre-compiled
                               binaries
                               (Namhas)
                             * png-loader
                               (Namhas)
                     DESIGN: - these chapters must be made ready from WorldBook:
                                 - The Planet and the Continents within
                                 + The Regions of Majik in short
                                   (Belemar)
                                 + Languages in the World
                                   (Glabrezu)
                                 * World of names
                                   (Glabrezu)
                                 - Myth of Creation
                                 - The Gods (all described)
                                 + Climate
                                 + Flora
                                   (Glabrezu)
                                 - Structure of the World
                                 - Life and Death



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