A Partial Wayfarer To-Do List

NOW

• more npcs with unique behaviors
• monsters can push/swap with others
• actual item stats + costs, include reach weapons (polearms)
• magic equipment properties
• "combine items" command, ability to combine items with nearby objects (fountains, braziers) -- requires "dippable, flammable" flags
• fix max message length, set enter/return as "more" prompt

SOONER

• Ray effects (lightning, digging)
• 'identify' scroll, pseudo-iding of items in eq/inv (requires inv targeting)
• "throw" command, special throwing daggers etc.
• dual-wield skill
• ask before walking/running onto known traps
• npcs should check to see traps
• AI that doesn't charge into narrow spaces
• a clever npc type that can attack vulnerable areas, evade you, snipe you, gang up on you, and steal from you (Grablins?)
• Better sound library (doesn't block game)
• skill screen
• speech
• marquee'ing shop info?
• stacks of potions, scrolls, daggers, throwing axes?
• scroll of disarm traps?
• amulets of spell resistance
• drop items according to scent values of nearby grids (new nearestopen script) -- requires quick temp. scent generation (player drop could be done now)
• extra senses (you sense death, you smell a glormbeast) -- requires scent array
• empty bottles, refillable at fountains
• "shoot-past" skill
• "look" command?
• "tunnel" command
• random faces
• sort potions/wands/scrolls/rings/amulets by type
• thrown torchers/lamps light an area for a while
• lockpicking minigame, locked chests, keys
• flaming arrows, arrows passing through braziers, sticking in walls
• mutations
• newbie messages ("You have discovered your first item!" "You have found a trap! Press D to disarm it.")
• blood darkens and fades over time
• arrows that miss should keep going
• remove bootslot if both feet disabled
• fountains, pools, gardens, flowers, landscaping
• npcs appraise fight-or-flight on projected odds
• spell effect: 1-grid timed sparkles for healing, infravision, charm, etc.
• npc/item descriptions
• esp shows nearby thought bubbles when they occur (random chance)
• trail variables for projectiles

LATER

• grablins like shiny things.
• saved equipment sets, macros
• sprites fading in/out effect (sprite alpha variable)
• keep track of monsters below, transparent floors
• process lights with 1/4 grids?
• "junk" items (and possible uses)
• shop inventory turnover more gradual
• combine light heals into heals?
• wandering adventurers (talk, trade, purchase assistance)
• trading camps in dungeons?
• "sokoban" areas? or variation on that.
• cloak graphics?
• factions
• effect for fire / water tiles
• wilderness, roads, streams + rivers, elevation lines
• cool trail of transparent caster images (for Haste? Teleport? Dash?)
• alternate animations for variety?
• Remember gold box draconians...became bug zappers and then time bombs
• music-playing system for bards?
• outdoors: rain, cloud shadows, flowing water...
• druid spell: grow vine (uses "seeds" algorithm to draw Vchunks)
• ranger skill: track by smell (shows smell values)
• feat: continue through willpower at negative hp