====== About ======

**WorldGen** is a web server application for generating and displaying information on a galactic empire, for user in science fiction roleplaying games.

===== Technology Stack =====

**WorldGen** is mostly written in Java 8, running on top of [[http://sparkjava.com/|Spark]], and using Bootstrap, JQuery and three.js for the front end.

As well as web pages, data is accessible via REST APIs which provide data in JSON format.

===== Source =====

**WorldGen** is an opensource (BSD) application. The source is available on [[https://gitlab.com/samuelpenn/worldgen|GitLab]], and released under a BSD license.

==== History ====

This version of **WorldGen** is based on a previous version [[https://github.com/samuelpenn/mapcraft|available on GitHub]]. This is a complete re-write using a new technology stack, though some classes have been copied across.

===== Roadmap =====

The road map is geared towards focusing development into certain areas. They shouldn't be seen as releases as such, but more as "what's being worked on during this phase".

^ Release ^ Status ^ Description ^
| Atomic Apocalypse | Complete | Working display of galaxy and systems. Basic world types. |
| Baryonic Blast    | WIP      | Basic support for civilisations. |
| Carbon Cataclysm  | Planning | Economy |