Roadmap: cloud saves, desktop and web both ways (a Cloudflare Worker, a name and password, the newer-copy check)

docs/ROADMAP.md

@@ -114,6 +114,66 @@ phases M2.0-M2.7).
   game icon on the .exe (rcedit), Linux, and the update check below.
 - **Updates**: the game (and a dedicated server) needs to notice when a new
   version is out, download what's needed and install it. See below.
+- **A single-player web version** (Paul, Nov 2026: after the playtest):
+  play straight from the download page, with "Download for the full game
+  and multiplayer" beside it. Godot's web export, single-threaded, on the
+  Compatibility renderer (WebGL 2). What we found (0.6.1):
+  - *The look:* rendered with that renderer (`build/web_look/`, from
+    `tools/site/shots.gd` run with `--rendering-method gl_compatibility`),
+    it's still clearly the game, but harsher: no volumetric fog or haze,
+    no SSAO/SSIL (darker, sharper shadows), deeper greens. Night and fire
+    light hold up. **The sea renders flat white**: `shaders/water.gdshader`
+    needs a Compatibility path. Ordinary distance fog would bring some
+    atmosphere back; grass density and tree counts likely need a lower
+    setting for browsers (speed not measured yet).
+  - *Single-player only:* browsers can't use ENet (UDP), and can't start
+    the Host Game or per-land server processes. Joining from a browser
+    would mean a WebSocket transport on the server, served over wss://
+    (a certificate per server): a separate, bigger job, if ever.
+  - *Saves* go in the browser's storage (IndexedDB): kept, but per browser
+    and lost if site data is cleared. Maybe an export/import button.
+  - *Input:* the pointer lock needs a click, and Esc releases it in the
+    browser, so the pause menu needs another key too (P).
+  - *Size and hosting:* the engine (godot.wasm, 39.5 MB) plus the game data
+    (about 22 MB) download first, then cache. Cloudflare Pages refuses files
+    over 25 MiB, so the .wasm has to live elsewhere (the Gitea release, or
+    another host) or be split.
+  - *Size of the job:* one step to build it and see how it runs, another to
+    fix the water, tune the graphics and controls, and put it on the page.
+- **Cloud saves** (Paul, Nov 2026: with the web version, and useful before
+  it, desktop to desktop): carry a single-player world between the desktop
+  game and the browser, **both ways**.
+  - *In the game:* pause menu **Save to cloud** (a cloud name and a password
+    the first time; after that it can upload on each save: autosave, sleep,
+    quit); title screen **Load from cloud** (name and password, pick a
+    world, it downloads and you carry on). What travels: the world folder
+    (`meta.json`, `world.json`), its explored map (`maps/`), and which of
+    Old Tam's tips you've seen. Not online worlds (they live on their server).
+  - *Size:* a world is 8-32 KB on disk, a few KB compressed: uploads are
+    instant and storage is next to free.
+  - *Where:* a Cloudflare Worker beside the site (`/api/...`), saves in R2
+    (or D1). Free tier is plenty. (Paul's own server would do, but is one
+    more service to keep running.)
+  - *Safety:* passwords never stored, only a salted hash (PBKDF2, WebCrypto
+    in the Worker); HTTPS only; wrong guesses lock a name out for a while;
+    a size cap and a world count per name. Option: encrypt the save with
+    the password in the game before upload, so the server holds only
+    ciphertext (but a forgotten password loses the cloud copy; the local
+    copy is unaffected).
+  - *Playing in two places:* each upload carries a counter. If the cloud's
+    copy is newer than the one you last downloaded, the game asks ("The
+    cloud has a newer save (from the web, 20 minutes ago): use that, or
+    keep this one?") instead of overwriting it.
+  - *Versions:* the same save format on desktop and web; a save from a
+    newer version than the game says so rather than loading it badly.
+  - *Size of the job:* one step for the Worker and storage (with tests), one
+    for the game side (name and password, the buttons, the newer-copy
+    question). Paul creates the Worker and its storage in his Cloudflare
+    account; the code and setup steps come with it.
+- **Later, maybe:** Android tablets (Nov 2026: left for now). Most input is
+  already named actions, so a touch layer (stick, look, contextual buttons)
+  is possible; the Mobile renderer has the same lost effects as the web, and
+  a tablet can join but not host (no server processes).
 
 ### Updates (to design with the packaged builds)
 Needed because every network change bumps the protocol (12 as of P5), and

project.godot

@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ weather_wind={
 
 [cinderwild]
 
-updates/feed="https://git.psbailey.uk/api/v1/repos/Admin/Emberwild/releases/latest"
+updates/feed="https://git.psbailey.uk/api/v1/repos/Admin/Cinderwild/releases/latest"
 
 [rendering]
 

scripts/core/bug_report.gd

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ extends RefCounted
 ## crash or an error: the pause menu shows where it is and opens its folder,
 ## to attach the file to the issue.
 
-const REPO := "https://git.psbailey.uk/Admin/Emberwild"
+const REPO := "https://git.psbailey.uk/Admin/Cinderwild"
 
 ## An autoload (Net, Updates), looked up at run time: this script is also
 ## loaded by tests that start before the autoloads are compiled in.

tests/test_bug_report.gd

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ func _body() -> void:
 
 	print("the link")
 	var url: String = BugReport.issue_url(w)
-	check(url.begins_with("https://git.psbailey.uk/Admin/Emberwild/issues/new?title=Bug%3A%20&body="), "a new issue on the Cinderwild repo")
+	check(url.begins_with("https://git.psbailey.uk/Admin/Cinderwild/issues/new?title=Bug%3A%20&body="), "a new issue on the Cinderwild repo")
 	check(url.length() < 4000, "short enough for any browser (%d characters)" % url.length())
 	var body := url.get_slice("&body=", 1).uri_decode()
 	var ver: String = String(ProjectSettings.get_setting("application/config/version"))

tools/publish_release.sh

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 # Applications). It's read from the environment, never from the command line.
 
 cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." || exit 1
-API=${API:-https://git.psbailey.uk/api/v1/repos/Admin/Emberwild}
+API=${API:-https://git.psbailey.uk/api/v1/repos/Admin/Cinderwild}
 [ -n "$GITEA_TOKEN" ] || { echo "set GITEA_TOKEN first: read -s GITEA_TOKEN && export GITEA_TOKEN"; exit 1; }
 [ -f build/version.json ] || { echo "no build/version.json: run tools/export.sh first"; exit 1; }
 VERSION=$(python3 -c "import json; print(json.load(open('build/version.json'))['version'])")

tools/site/guide_sections.md

@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ The music follows what's happening: calm by day, a night theme after dark, a sto
 
 ### Reporting a bug
 
-**Report a bug** in the pause menu opens a new issue on Cinderwild's [Gitea page](https://git.psbailey.uk/Admin/Emberwild/issues) in your browser, already filled in with your version, computer, mode, land, the in-game time and where you are. Say what happened and how to make it happen again, then press **Create Issue** (you'll need to be signed in there). Nothing is sent from the game itself. **Copy the details** puts the same details on your clipboard instead, and **Show the log file** opens the folder with `godot.log`: attach it for a crash or an error.
+**Report a bug** in the pause menu opens a new issue on Cinderwild's [Gitea page](https://git.psbailey.uk/Admin/Cinderwild/issues) in your browser, already filled in with your version, computer, mode, land, the in-game time and where you are. Say what happened and how to make it happen again, then press **Create Issue** (you'll need to be signed in there). Nothing is sent from the game itself. **Copy the details** puts the same details on your clipboard instead, and **Show the log file** opens the folder with `godot.log`: attach it for a crash or an error.
 
 ### Updates
 

tools/site/make_site.sh

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 # Rebuild it after each release (the links name the version).
 
 cd "$(dirname "$0")/../.." || exit 1
-REPO=${REPO:-https://git.psbailey.uk/Admin/Emberwild}
+REPO=${REPO:-https://git.psbailey.uk/Admin/Cinderwild}
 SITE=${SITE:-https://cinderwild.psbailey.uk}   # (where the page is served: for link previews)
 SHOTS="meadow hut wolves winter cove treasure crabs"
 [ -f build/version.json ] || { echo "no build/version.json: run tools/export.sh first"; exit 1; }