Roadmap

[rob]

The Grid 12 roadmap can be found here. We've used Trello all along, but we've decided to experiment with having a board be visible to the public. Let us know what you think.

Rob

[linkshot]

You're the best.

[amitp]

Awesome experiment!

[rob]

Is anyone finding this useful?

[tarbomb]

It's definitely useful to know what you guys are up to, so we can see where the game is headed. This transparency between devs and players is great.

Nobody's commenting on the stuff here though, since most of the non-server-related stuff here is stuff that we've already discussed on the build threads; the main information the board gives is a) whether the idea will be implemented and b) if so, the timeframe on which it will be implemented.

[linkshot]

I'm finding it very useful. I check it every so often to see what changed. I think a larger playerbase will adore it, if you plan to take it that far.

[fsm]

This is great. And Linky is completely right, larger player bases will love this.

[amitp]

Neat to see. There are times when I can't figure out what something means, either because I don't play often enough, or because there's some context inside of Jetbolt that we don't have on the outside. For example, “kill off poop bomb” made no sense to me.

[rob]

That was the old Hercules bomb that he would eject out of his prehensile butt.

There will be times that we'll use internal shorthand...just ask.

[vkm]

+1
Dates too, as in goals, to have something by a certain date would be nice you can always push it back if its not ready but that way people will tell their friends "hey the new build should be coming out tommarow we should totally get together. I have noticed that players would rather know what is coming in a build, even test it beforehand, then for a dev to implement it without letting the player base test it and surprise them with a buggy build. Not saying any names, but you get the idea. Openness is better than secretiveness regarding builds. Thats what I like about the old devs:)

amitp is right, shorthand is rather confusing...
+1

[tarbomb]

Just noticed the "switching tanks starts you at 1 hp and no shields" card.

I understand the rationale, and I think starting with no shields is fine, but starting at 1 HP will have the same effect as no healing fountains in the nexus: people are going to put bots with peacekeepers on them at the center of towns, which isn't exactly good for the server.

Besides, no shields is a dangerous enough state to be in by itself. 0 hp on top of that isn't necessary.

[sven]

"switching tanks starts you at 1 hp and no shields"

April Fooling? ^^; Erk, noticed the hourly switch...

[quicklite]

Woah, those things really are useful! I wanted to have some sort of source of reference for how the game developed, and what features are being added/worked on, and this really helps. Now I feel...caught up? I guess? ^^

[hypevosa]

I have to agree, starting you with 1 hp for switching tanks is a horrible idea, we already know what starting people with low HP results in, let's not necessitate healing bots in this game.

[cryophile]

You automatically regenerate health fast enough anyway, and the current system is prone to abuse. You can just /drive tankname and have full health, shields, and reset your cooldowns. You can just keep spamming that while clearing near a town.

1 hp might be pushing it a bit. I'd say full hp, no shields, cooldowns halfway or empty.