MinetestWiki:TODO

This is a list of things that need to be done on the wiki.

Big, overarching pages

• Main Page

• Make it more main-page-like (see e.g. the MediaWiki main page)

For the lua API

• Lua

• Create
• Link to a tutorial or so (maybe Lua/Tutorial)
• Talk about some of the benefits
• Talk about the meaning WRT Minetest
• Consider the existing Intro page

• Mods

• Create
• Link to Lua tutorial and page, talk briefly about Lua
• Link to some examples of good mods. Make sure they don't conflict with our licensing!

• Global minetest object

• Briefly describe each part of the minetest object

For the core engine

• Engine structure

• Maybe move from Core Architecture, I don't know.
• Talk about general structure, don't get into details or implementations (or code)
• Link to pages for each component

• Engine documentation

• List here things we need to document, how we will document those things, and more.
• Maybe use Doxygen-style comments. Yes, do that.

For community things

• How to communicate

• Something like a rule set, but nothing official (make that clear)
• Link to IRC, Forums, GitHub

• GitHub

• Explain how we use GitHub.
• Mention issues, link to our pages, etc.

• Git

• Explain how we use Git
• Mention how to download things, how there are two separate repos, etc.

Littler pages

Potential questions from a new developer

Technology:

• What 3d engine are you using? What version?
• How are you using voxels in Minetest? Do you render polygons or voxels?
• What rendering techniques should a new developper read about? Maybe from GPU gems / wikipedia or similar materials?
• How many voxels do you have in a block? (ie: what is the resolution)
• How do you manage frustum, culling, drawing back faces, deciding what to draw, etc?
• Is there a classes diagram somewhere so I could understand the role, responsibilities and interactions for each classes and between them? Do you have use cases?
• How do you manage dependencies between mods?

Project Goals:

• I understand that keeping minetest usable by older computers is a project goal. What are the other goals?
• Is there a semi-official fork with more advanced features or the forks are individual efforts?
• As it is the game is very similar to minecraft. Is this project a clone of minecraft? If not, how do you intend to make minetest unique?

How to Contribute:

• What are the most important issues with the code right now?
• Why is it important to fix these issues?
• Is there some particularities with the code that a newcomer need to understand before contributing?
• Is there some parts of the code that need to be recoded or refactorized?
• What parts of the code could be optimized?
• What is the difference between the minetest package and the minetest_game package?

Existing discussions

• Can you provide a list of existing discussions about those features so a newcomer could see what has been discussed before:
  • Shaders
  • Physics
  • Typical 3d models
  • Can you explain the license more so I can judge wheter library X/texture Y/model Z would be usable in Minetest? (ex: why can't irrklang be used instead of those 3 sound libraries)