RenderingIn progress
Material & node graphs
Visual material authoring with typed shader nodes, graph assets, GLSL generation, live preview, and a shared foundation for node-based workflows.
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Engine initiatives
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RenderingIn progress
Forward+ Renderer
Forward+ light culling and clustered shading for many dynamic lights, integrated with the engine’s material and shadow systems.
RenderingIn progress
Cinematic camera effects
Film simulation, lens flares, physical depth of field, chromatic aberration, and painting-style post-processing.
RenderingComplete
Transparency & GPU culling
GPU visibility culling, HZB occlusion tests, and transparent draw sorting integrated into the renderer.
Tools & AIComplete
Render inspection & profiling
Per-pass GPU timings, CPU scopes, metrics, screenshots, render-graph inspection, and diagnostics tooling.
Editor & UIComplete
Editor workspace
A dockable visual editor with inspector panels, scene view, search, project tools, shortcuts, and a component library.
Editor & UIIn progress
Scene & asset workflows
Scene schemas, hierarchy tooling, mesh picking, project folders, thumbnails, importers, and editor-side asset management.
Editor & UIComplete
Smart Folders
Saved project and global views that collect assets automatically by file type, name, regular expression, tags, and version-control status.
Editor & UIComplete
Asset tags
Project-defined coloured tags for labeling assets, filtering Smart Folders, and keeping large content libraries easy to navigate.
Editor & UIComplete
Git version control
Git workspace detection, asset status badges, commits, diffs, logs, and project-aware source-control workflows from the editor.
Editor & UIComplete
Lore version control
Lore integration through the editor’s provider system, with repository detection, status reporting, history, and server-backed update workflows.
Editor & UIComplete
Subversion version control
Subversion support through the shared source-control provider interface, including repository status, diffs, history, and commit workflows.
Editor & UIComplete
Diversion version control
Diversion integration with server-backed status, reviewable changes, history, and update actions available alongside the project assets.
FoundationComplete
High-performance ECS
C++20 component registration, data-oriented storage, fluent queries, scheduling, and rendering integration.
FoundationComplete
Asset database & runtime
GUID-based references, a Git-friendly asset database, parsers, streaming services, derived data, and file watching.
FoundationComplete
Physics, audio & input
Physics ECS with opt-in collision and trigger events, plus native audio and input modules for gameplay systems.
Gameplay & ScriptingComplete
CoreCLR C# scripting
Managed scripting with native interop, a compile server, incremental compilation, and asynchronous hot reload.
Editor & UIComplete
XML/CSS UI system
XML layouts, CSS-like selectors and variables, Yoga layout, custom controls, events, text rendering, and live reload.
AnimationIn progress
GPU humanoid retargeting
GPU-resident cross-rig animation playback for Mixamo, Synty, MetaHuman, glTF, and VRM-style characters, with CPU preview.
AnimationIn progress
Animation authoring
Animation windows, controllers, graph nodes, skinning support, retargeting samples, and dedicated regression coverage.
World buildingIn progress
Terrain & natural worlds
Terrain, CBT terrain, terrain grass, ocean, splines, and ECS integrations for constructing large environments.
World buildingIn progress
Atmosphere & effects
Volumetric and height fog, GPU fog particles, portable particles, text, and lens-flare systems for scene atmosphere.
MultiplayerPlanned
Multiplayer foundation
Networking foundations for replicated worlds, entity state synchronization, client/server iteration, and practical multiplayer testing workflows.
Tools & AIComplete
MCP editor automation
An MCP server for driving the editor, querying scenes and ECS, reading logs, capturing screenshots, and running build/test loops.
PlatformIn progress
Standalone Player
A dedicated Player runtime target alongside the Editor, with continued work on packaging and distribution workflows.
PlatformIn progress
Cross-platform editor
Native C++ Engine and Editor builds across Windows, macOS with Metal support, and Linux. Managed scripting remains Windows-first.
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A living plan
The road ahead.
This roadmap communicates intent, not release dates. Work may move between stages as technical discoveries, contributors, and real-world projects shape the engine.
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