Working on Fishy Facts on stream today:

• Copied TODOs from 20260609192926
• Focusing on implementing the dialog scene today.

Looking at possible dialog frameworks to use:

• The two "big" ones that I know:
  • Dialogic https://dialogic.pro/
  • Dialogue Manager https://dialogue.nathanhoad.net/
• New ones to consider:
  • Sprouty Dialogs https://store.godotengine.org/asset/sprouty-labs/sprouty-dialogs/
  • Dialogue Engine https://store.godotengine.org/asset/rubonnek/dialogue-engine/
  • Aravox https://store.godotengine.org/asset/aravix/aravox/
  • Dialog Editor https://store.godotengine.org/asset/hutia-games/dialog-editor/
  • MadTalk https://godotengine.org/asset-library/asset/3968
  • Dialog System Addon https://godotengine.org/asset-library/asset/4854
• I don't really want to use Dialogue Manager, even though I think it would work for what I want to do, because I don't like the syntax and the way it does translations.
• For this project, I want a linear dialog with nice text effects - no branching or variation in the dialog.
• I think all of the aforementioned libraries are either too heavy or too immature for what I want to implement, so I think I'll just go with an array of objects.

TODO:

• Common pain points:
  • Do some kind of animation when a puzzle is completed
• Stage Select
  • Blockout of aquarium
  • Clicking on different sections of the aquarium take you to different level select screens
  • Lock certain areas of the aquarium off based on progression
• Level Select
  • Show the player's area compared to the goal area Did this offline already
• Visual novel mode
  • Add dialog segments to level select screen
  • Show character placeholders
  • Show text placeholders
  • Remember seen state of each dialog segment
• Collectibles
  • Add stamp status to level select screen
  • Each group of levels has a stamp that you can receive when the sum of all solutions scores under a certain amount.
  • Remember stamp state of each level group
  • Each stage has a plushie that is collected when all levels are completed regardless of score
  • Remember plushie state of each stage.
• Ending screen
  • Show blockout scene of main characters and collected plushies
  • Show ending text (thank you for playing, credits, etc)

For later:

• Add a way to "pin" tiles so they cannot be moved and/or rotated by the player
• More efficient import/export string for puzzles (maybe base64 encoding?)
• Change control icons based on mode state
• Return to selection mode when menu is opened
• Create UI theme to use throughout editor
• Change the 3D cursor appearance when placement is invalid
• Render held shape transparent so we can see under it
• Implement HFlip and VFlip for Shape mode
• Implement HFlip and VFlip for Tile mode
• Draw shapes we are not currently editing in a different way in shape mode
• Draw shapes we are not currently editing in a different way in tile mode
• Add a way to regroup tiles into a new shape
• Add preview for path that is about to be placed
• Restrict path placement to valid locations
• Show invalid placement icon
• Show icons on leaks
• Use different shapes for each color
• Show which colors are completed