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+# hermeticum roadmap
+
+_being a rather unsorted, evolving, and utterly incomplete braindump of tasks for hermeticum_
+
+for the next push, i see two things: editing WITCH scripts in-client and inter-room movement. I think I'd rather work on inter-room movement until not being able to edit WTICH scripts in-client becomes unbearable.
+
+In tildemush, inter-room movement worked like this:
+
+- there were six directions:
+  - north
+  - south
+  - east
+  - west
+  - above/up
+  - below/down
+- rooms contained "exit" objects
+- exit objects are defined as objects with an `exit` key in their data map
+- the exit map gets two keys added:
+  - one for the room in which the exit was created pointing to target room with given direction
+  - one for the target room with reverse of given direction
+- the exit object is then added to _both_ the current and target room
+- when a go command is observed, the server checks the current room for exit objects and finds the one with the given direction and moves the sender to the room it targets
+
+I don't like the exit simultaneously existing in two rooms at once or the special handling at the server level.
+
+TODO draft something new
+
+## server beta
+
+- [x] grpc server
+- [x] session handling (opening/closing)
+- [x] verb handling
+- [x] WITCH: initial setup
+- [x] DB: initial schema
+- [ ] DB: sundry error handling
+- [ ] build out some more default rooms
+- [ ] WITCH: ability to send verbs outward
+- [ ] WITCH: transitive verb support
+- [ ] WITCH: provides function
+- [ ] WITCH: movement stuff (teleport, move)
+- [ ] VERBS: create
+- [ ] VERBS: announce (for gods)
+- [ ] VERBS: movement
+- [ ] VERBS: inventory
+  - [ ] get
+  - [ ] drop
+  - [ ] view inventory
+- [ ] VERBS: script editing
+- [ ] VERBS: look
+- [ ] VERBS: examine
+- [ ] password hashing
+- [ ] encrypted connection
+- [ ] cron system
+- [ ] room mapping
+- [ ] global chat
+- [ ] loudness system
+
+## client beta
+
+- [x] basic tview app
+- [x] registration
+- [x] login
+- [ ] sundry error handling
+- [ ] encrypted connection
+- [ ] ping/pong tracking for server health report
+- [ ] room mapping
+- [ ] global chat
+- [ ] details pane (see: examine command)
+- [ ] script editing