Posted January 14, 2025 by Mischief Aaron
Version 0.4's work will mostly involve the upgrade to Godot Engine 4, but it willinclude a simple theme color picker so users can have an extra something to make up for the fact we might have a few regressions to deal with:
🔧 I'm currently attempting an upgrade from Godot 3 to Godot 4.
- Include a simple color theme selection.
- There will be regressions expected from the engine upgrade so additional patch versions (0.4.x) will be released to get it back to as stable or better than it was in the previous version.
Version 0.5 will have a few more features:
- Increasing the maximum answers possible from 4 to 8. Four is just too limiting in certain contexts and I can easily handle using eight to correct that. I'll see if I can get away with much higher.
- Include voice clip support.
- Static portraits will be upgraded to have animated portrait support including options for frame adjustments.
Version 0.6 will be the last beta version and include bug fixes & polish in the patch versions (0.6.x) from then on:
- Allow for exporting image/animation and voice clip data alongside or within JSON files.
- Translate the program's text into more languages.
These will likely get pushed to post version 1.0:
- 'Branch-wrapping', an option to display everything in the tree in a vertical sheet with the bounds set to the horizontal size of the viewport. Everything that exceeds the horizontal bounds will create a new line below to display more of the rest of that branch. Additionally an ellipsis graphic will show where it would have connected if not for the wrap.
- More tree sorting options, including a move up and move down button.
- A free float tree organization mode for those that prefer to position the dialogue nodes however they want.
I've got many more ideas to improve the project including an entirely new method to browse the dialogue database. There will be more videos and resources on how to use Squeaker in time as well. I'll work hard to make sure all of it gets realized. Thanks to everyone who has supported the project!