Limited Edition: April 15 Executive Roadmap Update
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1. Project: Showroom Alpha
Statuses:
Concept Art: DONE
Art: BUILDING
UX/UI: BUILDING
Game Design: DONE
Blockchain: BUILDING
Game Play: BUILDING
Updates:
- Alpha quality is in progress for all art-related disciplines
- UX is locked. We are working on Title Screen, In-game Menu, and Fast-Travel mockups. Also, we started developing a Splash screen.
- Blockchain UX is ready, and the wireframes are done.
- UI general system (buttons/pop ups/windows), Ships placement and assigning to Pads — developing system and testing.
Upcoming activities:
- Continue to work on Alpha-quality for all environment depts: Level Art, Props, Vegetation, Lighting, VFX
- Continue the mockup creation for all features and their integration to the game
- Plan to start wallet testing.
- Keep working with UI and Ships.
2. Project: Galactic Marketplace
Statuses:
Blockchain: BUILDING
UX/UI: PROTOTYPING
FRONT END: PROTOTYPING
Updates:
- Marketplace program audit ongoing, and ATLAS staking program ongoing
- Started testing prototype with our internal users
- Prototype is ready for user testing
Upcoming activities:
- Update factory methods, prepare mock data for devnet front-end integration
- Conduct testing sessions with community users, address feedback in the high fidelity designs
- Address feedback from user testing and start final implementation
3. Project: System Polishing
Bug fixes:
- Ledger changed address path changed
New Features:
- Update unit tests
- Refactor Cookie and Legal Models/VM
Upcoming features:
- Bundle of GDPR compliance features
- Redesign of play.staratlas.com menu system to enhance UX
- Solana network health indicators
- Solana health endpoint for Galaxy
- Extra cranks for R4 market reliability
Known issues:
- Player net worth not accurate on profile
- Badges not available on player profile
- Ships can’t be withdrawn from Faction Fleet if a rent account is missing
- Toolkit {transactions}failing. This has notionally been fixed at this time.
4. Project: SCREAM v1.0
Statuses:
Game Design: PROTOTYPING
Blockchain: PROTOTYPING
UX: PROTOTYPING
UI Design: BUILDING
Economy Design: R&D
Front End: PROTOTYPING
Updates:
- Continuing to define explicit requirements for core gameplay mechanics and game systems design while exploring rewards structure with Game Economics stakeholders.
- Continuing testing and refining three existing prototypes. Started a new blockchain program — updating SCREAM blockchain architecture based on refinements to gameplay mechanics.
- Continuing to refine user interaction flows based on refinements to game mechanics.
- Continuing low fidelity wireframes for SCREAM player onboarding
- Continuing to refine concepts for SCREAM views. Completed SCREAM outliner
- Assessing economic implications of rewards structure. Produced analysis on a key feature
- Adding gameplay depth to WebGL Proof of Concept
Upcoming activities:
- Continue to define explicit requirements for core gameplay mechanics and incorporate feedback from SCREAM stakeholders.
- Validate gameplay loops playability with WebGL Proof of Concept.
- Assess feasibility of game mechanics with blockchain program proof of concepts.
- Guide UX/UI design based on game mechanics
- Test and refine prototypes across all SCREAM teams and stakeholders
- Prototype the game views and all of the interactive elements
- Solicit feedback on SCREAM UI and refine it.
- Continue to analyze economic impacts of SCREAM
- Validate gameplay loops and key SCREAM concepts with Proof of Concept.
5. Project: DAO
UX/UI: PROTOTYPING
Front End: PROTOTYPING
Blockchain: BUILDING
Updates:
- Working out details of the Lockers section. All other sections are completed.
- Connecting proposals UI with blockchain models, adding blockchain models and building user profile flow.
- On-chain program is close to completion.
Upcoming activities:
- Preparing to move to high fidelity designs (pending final review on the wireframes by all stakeholders)
- Indexing /database streaming solution.
- Schedule Audit for on-chain program.
- Work on off-chain tooling, Implementing data-lake service.
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