Description

Setup the folder structure for the project.

User Story

As a user, I would like to be able to move myself, so that I can view the different objects created in the application.

Description

Implement a simple camera, the functionalities should include:

• User movement.
• User mouse movement.

User Story

As a user, I would like to be able to traverse the terrain without lagging, so that the experience can be immersive for me.

Description

Currently the application is really slow. This is mainly due to:

• Duplicate vertices.
• Faces that are not visible to the player, but are still being rendered despite this fact.

User Story

As a user, I would like to be able to determine what object I am looking at, so that I can understand and enjoy the visuals.

Description

Add textures to the shapes in the application.

Description

Unfortunately, the shader manager needs some refactoring as PyOpenGL is a the python clone of the OpenGL library from the C language.

This might reduce the initial load-in time.

User Story

As a user, I would like to be able to view a lot of cubes, so that my eyes can be satisfied.

Description

Create a 'box' of voxels, this is just to test if the instantiation of the wireframed cube model works.

Description

Create an application window. This will make sure that everything is set up correctly.

User Story

As a developer, I would like to be able to code modularly.

Description

Refactor the entire codebase.

User Story

As a user, I would like to be able to know what sort of license the repository holds, so that I won't get in trouble with copyright.

Description

Create LICENSE.txt file.

User Story

As a user, I would like to be able to move vertically, so that I can view more objects in the application.

Description

Currently, there are no vertical movements, meaning the user is restricted to NDC x, and z coordinates. Implement the vertical camera movement.

User Story

As a user, I would like to view shapes in the 3D shape, so that I am not limited to viewing objects in 2D.

Description

Create a simple wireframed cube.

User Story

As a user, I would like to be able to traverse a world with chunks, so that I can have fun.

Description

Create a first chunk, a chunk for now will consist of three layers:

• Grass
• Dirt
• Stone

User Story

As a user, I would like to have an enemy, so that I don't feel alone in the world.

Description

Implement a simple enemy AI that uses a the A* star pathfinding algorithm.

User Story

As a user, I would like to be able to experience the feeling that the world before me is random, so that there is variety in the worlds generated.

Description

Implement a Perlin noise function that generates a pseudo-random heightmap for each voxel. This is important to world generation later on.

User Story

As a user, I would like to be able to view squares, so that I know the shape is a square (lol).

Description

Create and render a square shape. A square in OpenGL is just two triangles - for effective usage of the GPU.

User Story

As a user, I would like to be able to see a triangle.

Description

Add a simple triangle to the program.

User Story

As a user, I would like to be able to listen to music, so that I can enjoy playing the game.

Description

Create a music manager that loops through a list of music in a directory.

User Story

As a user, I would like to be able to play the game without lagging, so that I can enjoy the game.

Description

Implement multithreading so that the application does not lag when chunks are being rendered.

User Story

As a user, I would like to be able to see fog, so that other objects will not be rendered before me.

Description

Adding fog to the application is an easy way to 'un-render' voxels that are very far away from the user. However, I must not rely on this method, and instead incorporate raytracing to determine which chunks to include - determines the render distance.

User Story

As a user, I would like to be able to store things, so that I know what I have done in the world.

Description

Implement an inventory system.

User Story

As a user, I would like to be able to explore the different kind of blocks, so that the experience can be more immersive.

Description

Create a map of texture ids, so that there are more blocks to work with. Additionally, this will set up the next step which will be to parse a string of block data from an appropriate file format.

User Story

As a developer, I would like to be able to call methods without too much coding, so that I won't get carpal tunnel.

Description

Refactor the shader manager class.

User Story

As a user, I would like to feel like the world before me is realistic, so that I will be flabbergasted.

Description

Implement a simple lighting system for the application.

Might resolve conflict between glm and pyGlm modules, as only pyGlm has the vec3 classes used.

User Story

As a user, I would like to be able to explore a world with realistic terrain, so that I can be fully immersed.

Description

Currently, the chunk generation is not that good, this is mainly due to the noise algorithm that I am using. Using Brownian Motion would most likely improve world generation by a lot. Additionally, improve the cave generation.

User Story

As a user, I would like to be given the ability to terraform the world before me, so that I can create dubious things.

Description

Add the ability to remove and add voxels. This requires dynamic shader buffer binding techniques, which could be quite tricky, as so far, the world defined has been 'static'.

User Story

As a user, I would like to be able to view a 3D shape with textures, so that I can immediately discern what the object is.

Description

Add a multi-textured cube to the application. Try testing all 6 faces with different textures.

Description

Add a shader manager. The manager will be used to manage things related to GLSL.

User Story

As a developer, I would like to be able to know how to contribute to the project, so that I can effectively create changes to the repository.

Description

Add a README template which includes:

• Installation
• Brief project description
• etc..,

User Story

As a user, I would like to be able to play the game without lagging, so that I can enjoy the game.

Description

Currently, the geometry shader is being used, this is not recommended, as geometry shaders are slow. Here are a few solutions:

• Remove lighting completely - lighting calculations take a lot of VRAM.
• Use quads instead of triangles (indexing), initially it will probably use more VRAM than the current setup, however, we will discard duplicate vertices when binding the GPU buffers.
• Use global shading for less GPU calculation. This will mitigate the use of a GPU profiler (Nvidia nsights graphics - also very hard to attach Python PID).
• Using quads has a few benefits, such as reducing the size of the atlas (reduces file size); could switch to atlas-uv indexing for efficient texture manipulation.

Note

This issue should be completed ASAP, as development speed has slowed down significantly due to lack of attention for performance.

User Story

As a developer, I would like to be able to easily create buffers and send data to them, so that I don't have to write duplicate code.

Description

Create a buffer manager, so that buffers can easily be managed, without obfuscating clear code. This is essential as it improves code readability and lowers the chance of duplicated code.

User Story

As a user, I would like to be able to use your program without lagging, so that I can have a great experience.

Description

Optimize the rendering for many shapes with instance rendering. This is an efficient usage for both CPU and GPU.

User Story

As a developer, I would like to be able to work with clean code, so that I don't laugh at you (lol).

Description

Refactor the codebase.

User Story

As a user, I would like to be able to resize the window, so that I can see stuff more clearly.

Description

Make a method that resizes the window, when the user resizes the window.