If the page is updated and the URL contains more than one path segments, like /cityhall/governor the background images disappears.

The log book right now just list everything that has happened. It would be great if the missions could have different entry types like ie 'revenue', 'mission' and 'barter goods'.

In the log book we could then filter these with a select box and even link to a specific log filtering. Example from the mission page we could link to mission history as a filter.

Each town should have it's own touch and feel. With individual images and maybe places to visit. The game get's boring if everything is the same. Different prices for items are a given. Maybe different music as well.

Today there is different images depending on the nation. It was easier to implement since there are 4 nations, but 12 towns.

Since it's a Progressive Web App it would be fun to get it out on Google Play Store. It requires a sum of money though, and probably some knowledge about Android Studio which I do not have yet.

The plan is that the ocean map should show your ships position live. When changing town, it would travel from town to town without hitting land. I see no need to actually move the ship with keyboard and touch at the moment.

It should take different amount of time/weeks to reach the destination, and it will cause an actual time to wait until you get there. The user could of course check out inventory and such while he waits. We are not talking many seconds here or the user will be bored.

I just want to give the user a feel of time passing.

Right now you can only see the map when you are out on the ocean. You should be able to plan your trips even if you are in a town. So we should present the map in a view and point out your ship.

I'm afraid that new users doesn't really know what to do next. We should add a guide - maybe a helpful parrot by your side. He should talk to you when you start out playing and show you what everything is without disturbing. He should always be available if you don't really know what you should do.

Today there are some pointers when you get to a town. It informs you what you could sell, what you should buy, if the governor would have a word with you and such. This should also be merged with this feature.

The current frontend is built from scratch. I have chosen not to use a library such as bootstrap since I want total control. And I don't want the game to feel like every other page. I am using some of the same classes as bootstrap though since they are practical to work with. This will be approved upon over time.

The thing I want to change is the way stuff are changed depending on the backend state. Right now we have manipulateDom.js that takes the backend response and make differences in the frontend. But it's easy to make mistakes and we should really start using SvelteJS or React instead.

Multiple missions should be allowed at once, and each mission can have multiple progress steps. It will be stored as JSON in game table as column ‘missions’.

Missionlib

• IsMissionOpportunity: A random_int telling Main.php controller if the user should be presented with an opportunity or not. Only once per town visit, so that the user cannot just click around and trigger multiple missions. Maybe a chance in once per 30.
• CreateMission: Randomized types, could be to visit places and talk to people, or to come back when certain things is valid (like giving someone 10 bottles of rum).
• GetMissions: Get all missions in an array of objects.
• GetMission: Get all info about the current mission (if needed)
• IsMissionTaskTriggered: Check if the town and place should trigger an event. Needs to check all missions and all progress steps. Maybe not that performant. We should help the controllers at least by giving them game['mission_step_town'] and game['mission_step_place'] to avoid needing to check all missions on all places the user visits.

GUI

Have a mission label in the Inventory underneath the Title and Level. Even if there are no missions active.

When clicked upon, a special mission page will show current missions. Old missions are cleared from the database, and only viewable in the log book. I think it would be too much info for the JSON object to keep them all. Should be clear what step is the next.

JSON example

missions: [
    {
        progress: [
            {
                description: 'Please go to the my uncle in San Juan, he his an accountant at the bank there.',
                town: 'sanjuan',
                place: 'bank',
                done: false
            },
            {
                description: 'I know that guy. unfortionally the item has moved to Montenique. I think he is at the tavern.',
                town: 'sanjuan',
                place: 'bank',
                done: false
            },
            {
                description: 'Here you go, you are welcome. Go back to X and tell him hi from me.',
                done: false,
                town: 'sanjuan',
                place: 'bank',
                lastTask: true,
                rewardAmount: 1000,
                rewardItem: 'doubloons'
            },
        ]
    }
]

All places in town have a greeting phrases that is randomized. They are not good enough atm. And they are not well placed in the GUI. My plan was for all images in places should show a human beeing instead of just a room. I want the phrases to seem to come from the greeter.

In the market there can also be exchanges between players. I could choose to sell 10 cannons for 1000 doubloons and when someone buys it I get the reward.

Today we are using PHP and CodeIgniter 3 framework. I see some problem with this.

• It's old and outdated. There are a CodeIgniter 4 out which is better but all features and libs are not ported yet.
• I would probably want to stop using PHP and go with NodeJS instead. Easy to run on cloud services as well.
• It should communicate through REST API only.

Some steps have been taken already to using the backend as an API but much more is needed.

Instead of just winning or loosing a battle, it should be interactive. Probably not in a real time fashion where you point your ship, but more like RPG where you choose your next step. Your active cannons might change during the fight, and you might want to flee in the middle of the fight.

It would be fun to find rare items here and there that can be traded or sold. Like a golden egg or a stupid parrot.