December Development Schedule:
- 6th - 9th: Content Mounting & Workshop
- 11th - 14th: Transition to TheGamesDB.net
- 14th - 16th: Multiple Launch Options (Run in Windows vs Run in Libretro)
- 17th - 23rd: Update Tutorial Map, Help Sections, and Videos
- 25th: Release (end of full-time development)
Post-Release Enhancements:
- Workshop Rating/Commenting System: To easily leave feedback on your favorite addons.
- Streaming Video API Syncing: So people who join late are watching the same part you are.
- Improved Libretro Support: For sound playback & customizable emulator options.
- Hardware Acceleration for Libretro Framework: Allowing for fast in-game emulation, video playback, and N64/3D emulators.
- Upgrade Interal Web Browser to CEF 3: Fixing compatibility with websites such as Soundcloud, Netflix, and Steam Streaming.
- Multi-Language Support: So non-English characters stop causing issues.
- Full Controller Support: So you can do everything from your joypad.
- Full VR Support: So you can launch other VR programs from AArcade.
- Native Windows Renderer: To run native Windows applications on the in-game screens.
- Infinite Active Screens: So PC's that are able to handle it can watch more than two things at once.
- JavaScript Data Scraping API: So the community can write their own spawners for their own favorite websites.
- Search Provider Wizard: So you can easily tell AArcade to search your own favorite sites for missing media.
- Emulator Wizard: So you can easily add support for your own favorite emulators & "open with" programs.
- Offline Mode: For when your internet dies, AArcade needs to be able to run using only cached files.
- Multiplayer Spawning: To allow friends to work together when building an arcade.
Anarchy Arcade is scheduled to end Early Access and have its big Steam release on December 25th, 2014. After that, AArcade will go back to being a hobby project of mine that I will only work on in my free time. As I will be continuing to use it as my own personal 3D desktop, you are guaranteed that it will receive regular maintaince updates and feature enhancements as time permits. However, I will be focusing more on community events and stuff like that rather than hardcore coding & develpment as you've seen me doing so far.
If you would like to see full-time development continue for an additional month, check out AArcade's new Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/aarcade/3d-vr-desktop-and-multiplayer-web-w-oculus-anarchy
Thanks to the support of the community, it's already half-way to it's goal! If it succeeds I will be able to push back the release date and continue putting all of my time into Anarchy Arcade for another month.
HAPPY GAMING!