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Farmtronics Development Road Map

This document lays out the plan for when various features will be added to the mod, starting with the first official release (version 1.0).

All plans are subject to change, of course. But we'll try to update this document when that happens.

Version 1.0

This is our "minimum viable product".

Computer Features

  • ☑ 40x20 text display
  • ☑ full text functionality: color, back color, inverse, ability to get/set cursor and line delimiter
  • ☑ print and input
  • ☑ key module with at least key.available, key.get, and key.clear
  • ☑ file system (including cd, dir, etc.), with /sys and /usr disks
  • ☑ import
  • ☑ code editor, so you can write/edit/save your own programs on /usr
  • ☑ Location class for getting info about a location (map)
  • ☑ farm and here accessors for getting a Location describing your farm, or the location of the computer
  • ☑ built-in help and some demo/utility programs on /sys
  • ☐ no errors spewed to SMAPI under any conditions

Bot Features

  • ☑ bots can be saved and reloaded with the game
  • ☑ initial bot received in mail after completing toDo tasks on home computer
  • ☑ additional bots can be purchased at Pierre's
  • ☑ inventory that can hold any items the farmer can hold
  • ☑ player can move items between their own inventory and the bot's
  • ☑ bot can move, turn, and update its screen and status light color
  • ☑ bot can select and use any basic tool: axe, hoe, pickaxe, scythe, watering can, seeds
  • ☑ bot energy starts full (270) every day, and is depleted as it moves and use tools
  • ☑ bots can be saved & restored with the game, even in player inventory or chests

Support & Documentation

Known Issues

These will be addressed ASAP.

  • If you buy more than one bot at a time from Pierre's store, the resulting bots are conjoined under the hood in a way that makes them malfunction. Workaround: close the shop menu after each purchase. (Sleeping will probably fix them, too.)
  • When a bot tries to break something its tools aren't strong enough for (e.g. a large stump with the default axe), it causes a dialog to briefly appear and the player farmer to jitter in place, even if they are nowhere near the bot.
  • Under certain circumstances, when two bots are moving at the same time (perhaps onto the same space?), one of them may disappear.

Unscheduled Future Version

The following features are definitely things we want to include, but they have not yet been scheduled for a particular version.

  • improved copy/paste support in the editor
  • console autocompletion (as in Mini Micro)
  • mouse module (allowing for point-and-click UI)
  • bots can be recharged (energy refilled), perhaps via some craftable charging station
  • bots can use weapons to fight monsters
  • bots and Home Computer can communicate via networking (besides shared files and world.chat)
  • bots can pick up and drop items
  • allow a bot to stay on top of a crop plant overnight without squashing (destroying) it

Features of Uncertain Fate

The features below are under consideration, but may not make it if they unbalance the game, are impractical to implement, etc.

  • bots can craft things (including other bots)
  • bots can buy/sell goods at shops
  • bots can upgrade tools and crack geodes at Clint's
  • Home Computer can be used for emailing NPCs
  • Home Computer can be used for online mail-order shopping
  • Display object: can display color/message in the world; tileable to make any size Jumbotron
  • PixelDisplay for drawing graphics
  • bots can fish (including handling bait)
  • bot dialog: "!" icon appears above the bot, and when left-clicked, starts a programmable dialogue (like speaking to an NPC)