Galanova Universe

Galanova Adventure · Development

To-do list

What's built and what isn't. There are no dates on this list: one person builds this game, and a date is a promise about a future nobody can see. What's here instead is the whole picture, finished work included, so the unfinished half has something to be measured against.

12 done · 1 in progress · 8 to go

Last reviewed

The game

  • 110+ classes, and the skills under them

    Each class a unique combination drawn from 40+ combat and 40+ non-combat skills, with no cap on the character bench.

    Done

  • The worlds

    Rath is the demo. It is not the game — there are many more planets.

    Done

  • Eighteen minigames

    All of them playable while your party autobattles.

    Done

  • Autobattle, and the modes that switch it off

    Normal or hardcore, plus any combination of Solo, Chosen One, Iron Man and Turtle, locked at save creation.

    Done

  • Dungeons

    Built, and there is one in the demo.

    Done

  • Raids

    The top of the gear ladder, for parties of up to forty. Not implemented in any form yet.

    To do

  • Ground battlefields

    The hexgrid layer as it stands, and it is in the demo.

    Done

  • Space battlefields

    A first pass exists. Untested, and not in the demo.

    In progress

Online

The game is single-player first and stays that way. Everything here is optional, and none of it gates the story.

  • Leaderboards

    One for every skill, every enemy and every drop, live in the demo.

    Done

  • Accounts and cloud saves

    Optional. The game runs perfectly well signed out.

    Done

  • Server-side validation

    Leaderboards are the only competitive part of the game, so the scores on them have to be real.

    Done

  • Chat and minigame multiplayer

    To do

Presentation

  • Basic graphics

    The look is settled and the game is drawn in it.

    Done

  • Dialogue

    Placeholder throughout. This one needs time rather than money, which is why it goes before the art.

    To do

  • Music

    To do

  • Portrait art overhaul

    The last thing on the list, because it's the one that needs funding rather than hours.

    To do

Getting it to people

  • Browser, Windows and Android builds

    The same save logic under all three.

    Done

  • A free demo that stays free

    One planet and one minigame, with leaderboard support that is never slated to cease.

    Done

  • Surviving strangers

    Crash handling, save migration, onboarding, and a bug-report loop that works when the person reporting isn't me.

    To do

  • Taking money

    Entitlements that answer "what does this account own" rather than "did this device pay", and demo saves that carry into the full game.

    To do

  • Early access

    To do