Development Roadmap

Future plans and upcoming features for ALttP Door Randomizer.

Project Vision
Bug Fixes
1. Critical Bugs
2. Minor Bugs
Logic & Generation Improvements
New Features
Quality of Life Enhancements
Performance Improvements
Customization & Content Creation
Multiworld
External Tools & Integration
Technical Debt & Refactoring
Research & Exploration
1. Dungeon Randomization Ideas
Branch Strategy
1. Current Branches
2. Planned Branch Changes
Completed Features
How to Contribute
Release Schedule
1. Regular Releases
2. Upcoming Releases (Tentative)
Success Metrics
1. Technical Metrics
Feedback & Discussion

Project Vision

Door Randomizer aims to provide the most comprehensive and flexible dungeon randomization experience for A Link to the Past while maintaining playability and logical consistency. Our focus is on:

Robust Generation - Ensuring seeds are always completable and logical
Feature Richness - Providing extensive customization options
Community Engagement - Responding to player feedback and needs
Performance - Improving generation speed and reliability

Bug Fixes

Critical and important bugs that need to be addressed:

Critical Bugs

Dungeon Key HUD indicator issue (total is incorrect)
Links House on DM pathing issues (See OWR solution)

Minor Bugs

Resolve Swamp Trench 2 draining issue (pot obtained but still drains)
Fix OHKO logic issues - Crystal Path backwards in GT
Fix MapCompass forbidden boss items mode (currently bugged)
Killing Certain Red Guards Kills Music

Logic & Generation Improvements

Improving dungeon generation algorithms and logic:

Enhanced key logic algorithms (experimental mode in New Generation)
Rework Uncle weapon/Escape small key
Make Sanctuary heart the logical one (simplify sanctuary heart logic)
Investigate rupee balancing issues causing failed generations

New Features

New functionality and game modes, mostly planned for the NewGeneration branch:

Portal placement flexibility (customizability and mixed dungeon pools)
Smarter trap door placement (reduce forced mirroring)
DR Keysanity menu improvements
PitWarp feature
Door Type pooling customizations
OWR ER standardization (District ER, Links on Death Mountain issue)
NewSwappedAlgorithm integration
Bonk Item Pool from Overworld Randomizer (downstream integration)
A better hint system
Prize Shuffle from Overworld Randomizer (downstream integration)
Map Screen from GK Randomizer (need to investigate)
Other downstream integrations? (custom goals, follower shuffle, flute shuffle?)

Quality of Life Enhancements

Improving user experience and usability:

Preferred location groups (control item placement with warnings/failures/retries)
Preset support
Control output ROM name (customize generated ROM filename)
Progress indicators for generations
Better entrance tracking for trackers (investigate race legality)
Super-tile split palettes (reduce hinting from palette colors)
Turn off Bob by default for enemizer (fewer graphical glitches)

Performance Improvements

Making generation faster and more efficient:

Reduce memory footprint

Customization & Content Creation

Tools and features for creating custom content:

Re-design customizer file format (improved YAML structure)
Presets for customizer (start from predefined base)
Easier enemy customization (simpler interface for customizing specific enemies - better integration with customization system)

Multiworld

Enhancements for multiplayer seeds:

Multiworld documentation
Ability to have similar randomizations across multiworlds (makes parts of it co-op)

External Tools & Integration

Integration with external tools and platforms:

Tracker integration features
Web-based API

Technical Debt & Refactoring

Behind-the-scenes code improvements:

Modernize Rules.py (improve readability and maintainability)
Python upgrade (3.10 deprecated in 2026)

Research & Exploration

Experimental ideas that may or may not be implemented:

Dungeon Randomization Ideas

Subroom randomization - Randomize smaller rooms within a larger room (subtile vs. supertile doors)
Euclidean dungeon layouts - Dungeon randomization that makes spatial sense (rooms connected geographically)
Swapped dungeon generation - Create dungeons by swapping door destinations (requires new algorithms)

Branch Strategy

Current Branches

NewGeneration - Active development branch for new generation system
NewSwappedAlgorithm - Experimental branch for swapped item algorithm
DoorDevUnstable - Main branch, maintenance mode - only bug fixes and patches (ready to be moved to official stable)
DoorDev - Stale development branch (needs update)
Dev/Master - Do NOT use for PRs. Used by upstream only.

Planned Branch Changes

Transition from DoorDevUnstable to DoorDev as main maintenance branch
Transition NewGeneration to main development branch

Completed Features

Recent accomplishments:

✅ Dynamic colored pots
✅ Free lamp cone
✅ Experimental key logic improvements

How to Contribute

Want to help shape the future of Door Randomizer?

For Players

Test seeds - Play with different settings and report issues
Provide feedback - Share what you like and what could be better
Suggest features - Tell us what you want to see

For Developers

Submit PRs to DoorDevUnstable
Join Discord - Discuss development in #door-rando
Write tests - Improve test coverage
Improve documentation - Help others understand the code

For Creators

Custom rooms - Design interesting custom rooms
Presets - Create balanced preset configurations
Tutorials - Teach others how to use Door Rando
Tools - Build complementary tools (trackers, analyzers)

Release Schedule

Regular Releases

Unstable builds - Automated on every push to DoorDevUnstable
Hotfixes - As needed for critical bugs

Upcoming Releases (Tentative)

v1.5.x (Q2 2026) - DoorDevUnstable becomes DoorDev
v1.6 (Q3 2026) - Python upgrade
v2.0 (Q4 2026) - New Generation branch release

Success Metrics

How we measure progress:

Technical Metrics

Generation success rate (target: >95%)
Average generation time (target: <10s for crossed seeds)
Memory usage (start measuring)
Test coverage (start measuring)

Feedback & Discussion

Have thoughts on the roadmap?

Discord: Join #door-rando to discuss

This roadmap is a living document and will be updated regularly as priorities shift and progress is made.

Last updated: 2026-01-30