Update 32 - Easier Development
Happy Thorium Thursday!
We're still moving towards the Alpha release of Thorium Nova! Here's a quick update on that progress, including another new item added at the bottom:
- ✅ Plugins
- ✅ Flight management
- ✅ Station layouts - the frame that goes around the station
- ✅ Station complement definitions - stations and cards a ship has for a given crew size
- 🔶 At least one card to play around with, probably starting with an officers log card (track progress here https://github.com/Thorium-Sim/thorium-nova/issues/148)
- ✅ A form for reporting issues, bugs, and feature requests
- 🔶 Update the documentation for all of the new features that have been added recently.
- Automatic Updates - might be released later.
- Make sure the automated build and deploy process is working correctly.
So, lots of progress! Nothing compared to what is coming, but a step in the right direction.
Which brings me to the next question: What do you want to see in Thorium Nova first? What upcoming features are you most excited about? What things do you want to do with Thorium Nova that brought you to our community in the first place?
I want to hear from you. Here's how you can make your voice heard:
- Start a discussion on GitHub
- Start a conversation on Discord
- Reply to this email. I respond to pretty much every email, and I'll make sure your voice is added to the conversation.
All of these ideas will eventually become issues in GitHub, which developers and contributors will be able to pick up and work on. In other words, this is kick-starting the overall contribution process, so be sure to speak up!
That's all for this week. As usual, I'm glad you're along for the ride.
Alex