TODO.md

js13k2022

notes

• If you mess up but have the ingredients you can try to cook it again. (skipping alreadyDone)

general

• optimize performance (auto-reduce effects if runing with low FPS)
• set colors for dialog boxes based on speakers
• find a name
• handle ticks separately from frames (skip frames instead of slowing down)
• reduce running speed
• cooking individual ingredients
• text progressbar for cooking
• level loading
• save/load progress
• new game
• recipes
• feedback (★ = ★)
• menu button
• recipe text content caching
• play area boundaries
• add status - score display, recipe+stars, total points
• common way to update the contents of recipe, description, status divs
• head pats for Cerberos
• About page
• add a highlight to action buttons before they are used
• Goblin should remind to attach the recipe

sounds

• steps x2
• cooking
• different sound for petting
• [/] dialog x3
• level load
• level win
• seasoning
• steps sound should be quieter

input

• virtual gamepad for mobile

ui

• menu
• welcome screen
• level transition effect

graphics

• wall
• cutting board
• firewood/place

extras/bonuses

Coil

• add notice

NEAR

• add login
• tip?
• "thank you" message for tip

in game

• infinite pans, pots
• extended last 3 seconds

server features

stats

• total meals started
• total meals finished
• total time cooked
• total pans and pots used
• total seasoning used
• total stars collected
• total pats for Cerberos

content

ingredients

• fire fungi
• some vegetables

seasoning

• black pepper
• garlic
• green chili
• red habanero

annoying bugs

• "in front of you" checks the grabbed object and its children as well
• jagged/buggy edges of transformed divs (Chrome only)
• "d" div has background color
• stats are off when in transit (see code)

severe bugs

breaking bugs

optimizations

• cache the sprites in getSprite()
• rename css classes, ids, etc.
• remove newlines from minimized html
• use integers instead of strings for object types
• remove css comments
• AdvZIP
• [/] pack sprite sheet more densly
• replace all unicode characters with html entities
• set Google Closure Compiler to use single quotes (already set?!)
• remove unused dialogs
• remove console.log() calls
• trash icon in sprites is unused
• reduce sprites.png palette
• remove chute sprite
• remove additional delay handling in dialog
• remove quotes from some attributes (i.e. onclick)
• Google Closure Compiler does not rename ".position", ".name", ".description", ".status"

nice to have

• some transition from the welcome screen
• Find a name for Goblin
• green dialog box for Goblin
• Goblin should walk around
• proper move and slide
• GameObject is interactable?
• proper 3rd axis handling (z-height?)
• stacking z-height handling
• sort the contents of dishes properly
• fix border around dialog profile picture
• better font
• progressbar for cooking
• disable text selection
• recursive highlight so the meat also blinks
• better gamepad dead zone handling (i.e. https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2015/11/gamepad-api-in-web-games/#applying-a-dead-zone )
• cursor always arrow
• blinky "Press Start"? :)
• _floorHeight, _floorWidth, _padX, _padY, _zoom -> const
• _names -> data
• separate shadows from objects?
• dynamic shirt, pants colors
• rearrange description box, separate boxes for "in front of", "drop target", etc.
• easter egg for trying to leave the play area
• easter egg for cooking stuffs too long (turn into coal)