= Welcome to Orxonox Trac =

[http://www.orxonox.ethz.ch Orxonox] is an Open Source vertical scroller game programmed in C++,OpenGL and SDL. It's designed to run on all major platforms like Linux, MacOS X, Windows, Solaris. In the final stages it will support even network play.
If we manage to be sober enough, this game shall definitly become the open-source genre-defining vertical scroller. Rulez!

== Orxonox Developers ==
 * DevelopmentFocus tells you what the development team is currently working on
 * CodingManifesto - tells you how to code and how to use certain data structers
 * GameIdeas, some ideas, feature requests for the game. ADD ADD ADD...
 * DevelopmentResources (documentations, etc.)
 * FrequentlyAskedQuestions

== Orxonox Tasks ==
There are some tasks concerning the orxonox project. Some of them are ideas or requirements, where you are free to design your own solution for a problem. Some others are just coding work, where all the designer work has already been done and you can begin directly with the implementation:
 * Hardcode Development Tasks:
   * [ticket:4 Animation player] to display explosions...
   * [ticket:13 Particle engine] to calculate big explosions - really fancy stuff
   * [ticket:19 Sound engine] to make the choir of angels sing
   * [ticket:21 Clipping/culling] to make the computer draw nothing, that we aren't looking at right now - implementation  in C++, octrees etc.
   * [ticket:27 Physics engine] implementation and integration - quite a big project and very important
   * [ticket:26 Material class] - to have all the material effects like shiny, transparent, blending etc.
 * Development Extensions (less work, straight forward)
   * [ticket:18 Sky Box] to display the sky around our world
   * [ticket:22 HUD] to display and design a heads up display
   * [ticket:24 Shooting] reimplementation
   * [ticket:28 add some environment] - you are free to add anything to the world

== Orxonox Project Status ==
We are currently working on the '''orxonox-0.2.2-pre-alpha''' release. On this page, you can check-out the 
 * [milestone:0.2.2-pre-alpha working topics] 
 * [https://www.orxonox.ethz.ch/cgi-bin/trac.cgi/timeline?changeset=on the last commits]
 * [https://www.orxonox.ethz.ch/cgi-bin/trac.cgi/report/1 all active tasks at the moment]
 * [https://www.orxonox.ethz.ch/cgi-bin/trac.cgi/browser/ the source]