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Phase 1(Setup and Planning):

• Create a basic outline of goals. Discuss features and ideas and define them within the outline. Estimate the time required for each feature and create a timeline.
• Organize the technology. Set up the repo, ensure people have the right software and are able to access and edit the basic project on their personal machine.

Game Features(Somewhat chronological):

• Creating the environment: Ideally, a grid-based system to allow easy map editing and possible random generation. Various terrain types can be expanded later.
• Item placement: Being able to edit the environment through placing and removing items.
• Basic Pathfinding: Allow a unit to move around while taking into account the obstacles and their costs. Able to constantly update pathfinding map to a changing environment.
• Basic Interactions: Allowing items and units to interact in a modular way.
• Resource management: Units can go collect resources from placed items and the data data is stored. Units fighting each other units and items.
• Saving game data: Converting game data with an efficient method to allow both save games and data transfer for multiplayer.
• UI elements: A main menu screen, gameplay interaction screen, etc.
• Level elements: Level screen, UI Art, thinking about level possibilities
• Expand features for multiple factions, items, units, etc.
• AI: Set up basic computer enemy. Implement and test different strategies for better gameplay.