Game Maker Studio 2 Roadmap

gms2-roadmap.txt

The tables below show the Roadmap for GameMaker Studio 2. This is a rough guide to what features and progresses we hope to make over the coming year, but the dates and contents may change as we advance.
2019

The roadmap for 2019 is still in the works. Once it is more established we will share it with you here. 

 
2018 
Q1 	Q2 	Q3 	Q4
Released 	Released 	Released 	Released
v2.1.4 	v2.1.5 	v2.2.0 	v2.2.1

IDE Localisation Beta

Education Seat Management
	

Nintendo Switch Export Open Beta

Virtual Keyboard

Android 64bit Support

Collision List Functions

Google Play Services Update

Xbox One SDK Update

PS4 SDK Update

Non-AABB Collisions
	

Nintendo Switch Export Full Release

Stabilisation and Bug Fixes
	

Stabilisation and Bug Fixes

Open GL Optimisations

Getter Functions for draw_ subsystem

Game Optimisations

Nintendo Switch Matchmaking

IDE Bugfixes

Runtime Bugfixes
	

IDE Bugfixes

Runtime Bugfixes
	

IDE Bugfixes

Runtime Bugfixes
	

 IDE Bugfixes

Runtime Bugfixes

 
Upcoming

The list below represents the planned additions, this is not necessarily the order they will be done in or released. Smaller items may well appear directly without appearing on this list.

While we will try and keep this list updated, items listed are also subject to change or removal without notice.

    9-Slices
    Adaptive Icons (Android)
    Additional IDE Translations
    CI Building
    Colour tinting of tiles
    Education Updates
    Facebook Instant Games
    HTML5 Web Sockets
    Local Multiplayer
    Redefine key bindings for the IDE
    Sequences
    Source Control Updates
    Spine Update
    Sprite Attach Points
    Todo List
    Video Playback
    Vulkan

Future (In discussion)

    64bit runtime support for Windows
    Allow auto tile sets to be used at runtime
    Audio - basic audio generator in IDE
    Audio - basic sample editor in IDE (cut / copy / paste / Trim / resample / Fade In / Fade Out)
    Code editor - Document replace text support
    Code Editor - Pretty Print / Format of selected code.
    Game Language support - IDE Language Resource
    GML: Accessor literals - allow data structure literals - var a = {|  1, 2, 3 };
    GML: Chained arrays and accessors - allow foo[a][b][c] (and accessor equivalents)
    GML: data structures as a true datatype (not just an index)
    GML: exception support  - try… catch… finally… and throw
    GML: foreach statement to iterate over arrays and data structures
    GML: Garbage Collector
    GML: Inline functions - allow var a = function( a, b ) { ….. }
    GML: lightweight objects - new and delete + constructors / destructor methods.
    GML: method data type to allow calling scripts through variables (i.e. foo=myscript; foo( 0, 1, 2); )
    IDE Find All References - quick search in IDE to find all the references
    IDE Search in preferences
    Image Editor - Animated Brush support
    Image Editor effects
    Import PSD file format to projects (NOTE: Will still convert to PNG) - should handle layers
    Import SVG graphics
    Inherited projects
    Minimap - Workspace and Room Editor
    Mip Maps - mip map generation, mip filter selection (HTML5)
    Mobile - allow load and save of pictures from camera / picture albums
    Mobile Templates - indication of what room views will look like on popular platforms.
    Orientation Events - new event for supported platforms.
    Particles Editor (and new Resource type)
    Personal Asset Library - quick access for personal code snippets, assets, extensions etc
    Plugin documentation and SDK
    Quick 47 Tile Tilemap generation from a simple 5 tile
    Refactor support
    Resize Event - so it works as expected when window is resized (or fullscreen)
    Room Editor : Audio Emitter on Asset Layers
    Room Editor : Particle Emitter on Asset Layer.
    Room Editor : Static Text on Asset Layers - include Language Resource support
    Runtime Signed Distance Field for Fonts
    Runtime support for Game Languages
    Save GIF
    Signed Distance Field for Fonts
    Tile Collision - built in support for tile collision
    Tileset resizing
    UWP - Full Open Live support
    Wrapping Tilemaps - also allow smaller tilemaps than the room for simple parallax 

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