Next Release

• Area quests
• Cloner tabs
• Mailman role
• Spawner job
• More work on boss job (still not done)
• Slay command (alternative for butcher and killall)
• More included sounds
• Serveral bug fixes
• Edit villagers with the npc wand
• Availability with levels

Todo List

In no particular order

• Add Gambler
• Add Companion
• Respawn when not in range
• More Languages Support
• Add Auctioneer role
• Add Thieves
• Enchanting role
• Transporter payments
• Mailman
• Flying npcs
• Sheet weapon when its not used, to the side or the back
• Add Fisher Job
• Add Miner Job
• Innkeeper
• Commands (for adding and retracting factions points etc)
• Quest waypoints
• Let npcs sleep at night
• Mounts
• Blacksmith
• Add more models
• Redstone powered spawner
• Add conversation npcs
• Add npcs who follow other npcs
• Add builder npc
• Let npcs spawn naturally

Plans List

Innkeepers

• Add InnDoors which you can hire
• Only the player hiring the door will be able to interact with it

Companion

• You will be able to set an npc as companion role
• In the edit screen you can set its dialog/quest/faction availability.
• A friend is like a mercenary only with more options
  • You can equip armor to a friend and that armor will actually reduce damage and can break
  • A friend can carry items for you
  • A friend will have a hunger bar and will need food
  • You will be able to set a number of dialogs to comunicate with it
  • Can be set to pick up nearby items

Boss Role

• You get to set a maximum of 4 health points and 4 npcs from your cloner
• At set health point it will change into the set npc allowing you to have multiple stages in a boss fight
• Will probably add the ability for music during the encounter

Fisherman/Lumberjack Job

• NPCs will perform these jobs only during the day.
• Fisherman will fish within areas designated by the pathmaker tool.
• Lumberjacks will chop down trees, and plant the respective sapling.

Hitman/Assassin Role

• Can be hired by a player to target a specific player for a price.
• Will either track the player down directly, or find its current homestead.
• Can collect the target’s items for the employer for an additional fee.

Advanced Combat Mechanics

• NPCs will have the option of blocking attacks
  • Will block with a shield if it has one.
• Will block after recent damage, or before a critical hit
• If attacked from the front while blocking, NPCs receive no damage
  • Small chance for blocking stance to break if the damage received is equal to its attack strength, higher damage means a better chance.
  • NPCs using shields are much more resistant to having their stance broken.
• Shield NPCs will have the option of keeping them raised while advancing towards the target.
  • Ranged NPCs will have to lower their shield to use their ranged attack.
• NPCs will have the option to immediately counter attack after a successful block.

Navigation Types and Properties

• Land Navigation: Default
  • Avoid, or don’t avoid certain hazards (lava, fire, water, cliffs)
  • Climb up (or down) walls
• Hovering Navigation
  • Hover at a minimum and maximum altitude above the ground
  • Can ascend if too low on the ground, or descend if too high
  • Can be allowed to wander on the ground unless it has a target
• Jumping Navigation
  • Can leap at low, or high altitudes
  • Can be restricted to a maximum jumping height
  • Can either always jump, or only jump under special conditions
• Teleporting Navigation
  • Can be restricted to teleport at only certain intervals and within certain ranges
  • Can be allowed to teleport away from damage
• Pathmaker tool should allow NPCs to use special navigation types

Experimental Ideas

• Actively seek out and climb ladders if it is the better path to its destination
• Sleep in beds during the night, and occupy them
• Combat NPCs could choose different types of attacks dependent on health and target stats
• Having guards Aggro default mobs into attacking them without having to attack first
• Create Scalable immunities, such as resistance against projectiles, explosions, and magic
• Allow guards to only attack certain mobs, with settable priorities
• Actively seek out and pick up dropped items