Status

character-perspective-client

Grid based game client components which only shows things the character can see

Intended Features

• Dumb grid displays composite Font awesome icons (using another of my frameworks + text sent from server)
  • All vision logic would be server side
  • Positions sent relative to grid (again no cheating)
  • Dynamic grid size chosen by server (could grow or shrink based on player view distance)
• Dynamic server controlled status bars (health, mana, sanity, whatever! again with composite FA icons)
• Dynamic server controlled buttons (Inventory, skills, whatever! Again with composite FA icons)
• Console
  • All commands visible in console
  • 'Hidden' commands like 'open secret door' possible through console when not visible through menus
• Dynamic Context Menus: Long clicking on elements in the grid would given a context menu that could change
  • Eg: Search might be available, once searched 'open secret door' might become available through context (plus the space's icon could change)
• Modal grid panels
  • For inventory, or maybe even different views (like through a window)
• Timer Icons
  • This is to support some of my own game mechanic ideas, but allow timers to be shown on attached to grid elements or globally near the buttons/status bars
• gh-pages
  • Includes a mock client and server to show how components might be used

Eventual Features

• Plugin Windows
  • Figure out how to allow client extensions the server can pop up (like character screens, dialog windows, special
• Chat bubbles
  • What it sounds like, dismiss-able chat bubbles that show up near a character
• Animations/View Transitions
• Particle effects
• Targeting assistants
  • Cross hairs
  • Cones