To-Do || Upcoming Features

[Colack]

To-Do

The following list are features, items, and other elements of the website that are going to be added to WatermelonKatana in the future.

Phase 1 : Prototyping (Complete!)

• Timeframe: Summer of 2024 (Done Wed Aug 07 2024 20\:02:38 GMT-0700 (Pacific Daylight Time), Ahead of Deadline!)
• Completely Private

Step 1 - Accounts

• [x] Basic Account/Profile System - DragonFireGames
• [x] User Settings - DragonFireGames
• [x] Profile Page - Colack
• [x] Home Page - Colack & LGM Productions & IMPixel

Step 2 - Posting Projects

• [x] Game Embed System - Varrience
• [x] CDO, Khan, and Scratch support - Varrience & DragonFireGames
• [x] Publishing Panel - DragonFireGames
• [x] Post/Forum Viewer - Colack & DragonFireGames & Letti
• [x] Commenting System - DragonFireGames
• [x] Favorite System - Colack & DragonFireGames
• [x] Tag System/Search - Colack & DragonFireGames

Step 3 - Forums

• [x] Posting System & Forums - DragonFireGames
• [x] Upvote System - DragonFireGames
• [x] Follow Systems - DragonFireGames

Step 4 - Quick Chat

• [x] Chat System using discord - DragonFireGames
• [x] Use account photo/name in quick chat - DragonFireGames

Phase 2 - Development (ACTIVE)

• Timeframe: Winter of 2024-2025 (Lets shoot for Thanksgiving??)
• Limited access Beta

Step 1 - Administation

• [ ] Administration Panel
• [ ] Moderation Panel
• [ ] Anonymous Mode???
• [x] Reporting System - DragonFireGames

Step 2 - More Features

• [x] Notifications - DragonFireGames & Colack
• [x] Media Uploading System - DragonFireGames
• [ ] Dashboard page for users with suggested games based on what they have favorited
• [x] Better Search for Posts/Users/Games - DragonFireGames
• [x] Navbar - Colack & DragonFireGames
• [x] Community Ranking - DragonFireGames
• [ ] Private Forums, Quick-Chats & Games
• [x] Featured Games - DragonFireGames
• [x] Admins / Moderators ability to pin posts - DragonFireGames
• [ ] Post games directly using GitHub without requiring a static host url to be embedded
• [ ] Flash support???
• [ ] Profile Badges - Colack
• [x] Mature game/post rating option - DragonFireGames
• [x] Hidden games/posts - DragonFireGames
• [ ] Game Verification
• [ ] Improve Security (XSS, SQL Injection, etc.) - toodols & DragonFireGames & Letti
• [x] Email Verification - DragonFireGames
• [x] Forget and Reset Password using emails - DragonFireGames

Step 3 - Better UI

• [ ] Logo
• [ ] UI Overhaul
  • [ ] Home Page
  • [ ] Forum Page - Varrience
  • [ ] Gallery/Search Page - GxBriel & Varrience
  • [ ] User Profile Page
  • [ ] Project Page
  • [ ] Discussion Page
  • [ ] User List Page
  • [ ] Profile Settings Page
  • [ ] Login Page
  • [ ] Register Page
  • [ ] Post Project Page
  • [ ] Post Discussion Page
  • [ ] Edit Project Page
  • [ ] Edit Discussion Page
  • [ ] Edit Profile Page
  • [ ] Change Password Page
  • [ ] Admin Page
  • [ ] 404 Page
  • [ ] 403 Page
• [ ] Dark/Light mode & themes
• [ ] Markdown Support
• [ ] Custom Emoji Support
• [ ] Project css for preview, (background color and text color)
• [ ] Nameplates?!?!!??!!??!?

Phase 3 - Deployment

• Timeframe: Summer of 2025
• Open Beta

Step 1 - Add Remaining Features

• [ ] Save for Later tab
• [ ] Newsletter + Forgot Password for verified accounts
• [ ] Community Leaderboards
• [ ] Improve Performance
• [ ] Friend activity monitor (what are they doing?)
• [ ] Live Game Chat???
• [ ] Remix System (integrated with Github/Free Deployment Software)???
• [ ] Code editor???
• [ ] Public Version Management (from Github)
• [ ] Profile Statuses
• [ ] Game Jams?

Step 2 - Final Debugging/Graphics

• [ ] Fix Remaining Server Issues
• [ ] Improve Security (XSS, SQL Injection, etc.)
• [ ] Improve Performance
• [ ] Finalize GUI/Graphics
• [ ] Custom Color Stylesheets

Phase 4 - Production

• Timeframe: Winter of 2025 onwards
• Completely Open Public Access

Step 1 - Maintenence

• [ ] Bot API
• [ ] Embed external websites in posts
• [ ] Bug Fixes + Security + Performance
• [ ] Establish a healthy moderator community

Step 2 - Spread Awareness

• [ ] Spread Awareness for the site (also done during Beta)
• [ ] Ad-Campaigns across scratch & code.org
• [ ] Post it everywhere
• [x] Discord Server
• [ ] Make it Popular (Honeymoon phase)

Step 3 - Cash Out

• [ ] Form a corporation, make a logo, do it properly
• [ ] The ads must sell that will be your new philosophy
• [ ] Migrate to paid production environment
• [ ] Scale Up, Scale up, handle a large userbase
• [ ] Hire Staff (or rely on volunteer moderation like Reddit)
• [ ] Page Ads (before games)
• [ ] Page Ads (during games)
• [ ] Page Ads (around games)
• [ ] Excessive Page Ads for Anonymous Users
• [ ] Ad-free subscription service
• [ ] Sell Private Account information to China
• [ ] Sell company to Microsoft for $10,000,000,000

[Colack]

working on flash soon