For those who don't know my development method, it is now public for everyone to see.
There's no reason to change what has been working for decades, so I'm going to keep the same Roadmap as always, which I used in practically all my projects, including the most recent Call of Duty Rio and it was particularly successful.
Stage 00 (100% Done)
. Idea
. Main Concept
. Plot
. Design Plan
. Paths Decisions
Stage 01 (100% Done)
. Basic Movement
. Fire/Damage
. Basic Gametypes (TDM/DOM)
. Multiplayer/Netcode/Connection
. Optimizations
. Steam Presence
. IndieDB Presence
. Personal Pages (Facebook/Instagram)
. Free Propaganda
Stage 02
. Public Roadmap
. New Site Design
. Setup Campaigns to Spread the word
. Playermodels (at least 1 to each side)
. FPS Feel (Movements/Sounds over Materials/Etc)
. New Movements / Anims
. Jump/Mantle Anims
. Stances Anims
. Death Anims
. Weapons (at least 1 to each side)
. Optimizations
. Free Propaganda
Stage 03
. First Map (Medium Size)
. Rio Storms
. More Playermodels
. More Weapons
. AI Improvements
. Optimizations
. Free Propaganda
Stage 04
. Map Improvements and perfection
. Playermodels completed
. Good amount of Weapons
. Weapons Balance
. New Gametypes
. AI Improvements
. Optimizations
. Free Propaganda
Stage 05
. Writing Texts for Voice Recording
. New Voice Recordings
. Reuse of Call of Duty Rio voices that fit
. Voice Database
. Voice Database Logic
. Voice Database Programming
. Lots of Tests
. AI Improvements
. Optimizations
. Free Propaganda
Stage 06
. Minimap
. Helicopters
. Fireworks
. Dogs
. Favela Daylife (NPCs such as Womans/Kids/Workers/Dogs/Cats/Rats/Etc)
. Ambient Sound in General
. Music
. Lots of Tests
. AI Improvements
. Optimizations
. Free Propaganda
Stage 07
. Steam Integration
. Epic Integration
. Lots of Tests
. Optimizations
. Free Propaganda
Stage 08
. Closed Alpha for supporters only
. Lots of Tests
. Fix all bugs found
. Gameplay Improvements
. Optimizations
. Free Propaganda
Stage 09
. Open Alpha (Earlier Access Release)
. Lots of Tests
. Dedicated Server
. Fix all bugs found
. New Gametypes
. More Weapons
. More Maps
. Gameplay Improvements
. Optimizations
. Paid Propaganda
Stage 10
. Open Beta (Still Earlier Access)
. Lots of Tests
. Fix all bugs found
. New Gametypes
. More Weapons
. More Maps
. Gameplay Improvements
. Optimizations
. Paid Propaganda
Stage 11
. Full Release (GOLD)
. Possible corrections and adjustments
. Paid Propaganda
Stage 12 (in Loop)
. In Loop as long as there are supporters
. More Maps
. More Gametypes
. More Weapons
. Gameplay Improvements
. Fixing bugs
. Optimizations
. Paid Propaganda