Output of a brainstorming session after Phase 6/7.1/9.1/9.2 shipped
and the lifestone crystal bug was isolated. Two documents:
1. docs/plans/2026-04-11-roadmap.md — strategic roadmap replacing
the stale post-Phase-5 version. Reflects what's actually shipped,
reorganizes upcoming work into Phases A (Foundation), B (Gameplay),
C (Polish — includes VFX/particles, dynamic lights, palette tuning,
double-sided translucents), D (UI + Sound), and E (long-tail).
Updates the "when will my complaint be fixed" quick-lookup with
the correct phase for portals (VFX, not shader tricks as previously
claimed), smoke, fireplace fire, and everything we fixed this
session. Phase ordering: A → B → (C/D in parallel) → E.
2. docs/superpowers/specs/2026-04-11-foundation-phase-design.md —
detailed implementation spec for Phase A only. Covers the four
sub-pieces (streaming landblock loader, frustum culling, net I/O
thread, async dat decoding folded into the streaming worker),
their components, data flow, error handling, testing strategy,
and commit-point ordering. Includes non-goals to prevent scope
creep.
No code changes yet. The spec goes to user review next, then into
the writing-plans skill for a detailed implementation plan.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Captures all the "this looks wrong" findings from the Phase 5 visual
verification and assigns each to a future phase. Top-of-document is
phases done, then phases ahead in suggested order, then a quick
lookup table that maps user complaints to their owning phase.
Phases ahead:
6 Animation system (creature poses, walk/attack motions, breathe-idle)
7 Multi-floor interiors + dungeons (second floors, foundry interior,
subterranean rooms)
8 Player input → server (movement, interact, ack pump, combat)
9 Visual polish (portals, mesh-origin offsets, exact palette ranges,
lighting/shadows)
10 UI / HUD (chat, inventory, character panel, spellbook, minimap)
11 Sound (SoundTable, audio engine, 3D positional audio)
12 Streaming + perf (chunked landblock loading, frustum culling, LOD,
background net thread)
Each phase entry has: what it owns, what it requires, references in the
existing references/ tree, and rough effort estimate.
Document is intentionally a living roadmap — updated whenever a phase
lands or when a new defect is observed that doesn't fit the existing
buckets.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
