It'll be encoded in the level like
.byt LSpecialCmd, LevelSpecialConfig::MAKE_BACKGROUNDS, (StartScreen<<4)|Length, BackgroundId
and I'll have to have a list of backgrounds somewhere I guess.

Add the ability to enter doors, and also add doors to the level postprocessor.

For whatever reason there's a single bricks block in the intro level in the sky and I don't know why.

Add the ability to read signs, relies on the cutscene engine being written.

I think it gets stuck on the level upload list??

Dunno what it is exactly but when the level has just started there's a frame that looks wrong

The scripting system needs a program that will interpret a script source file and export to the engine's script and automatically do dictionary compression and word wrap and such.

The "plz wait" flickers on and off

Right now I'm using DPCM and it's eating up 2KB of fixed bank space. If I make it use a custom compression scheme instead I can move it somewhere else.

Right now the music just stutters when rerendering the screen, from exiting a cutscene or going to another screen. I'll have to figure out how to fix this. I might have to have it where NMI can play music but MMC1 makes that complicated and would probably introduce a lot of overhead to bank switching.

This should be easy, just reusing moving platform code.

Make it really fancy and show off what the level number is. Maybe only play a fancy intro at the level start and not when reentering a level.

Add a title screen, and actually maybe get a good one drawn?

Bricks have particles when being smashed open but currently pawprint blocks don't. They could either use the same style as the bricks or maybe use stars instead?

The scrolling code can only handle speeds of 8 pixels per frame or lower, and anything higher will make it break. The scroll speed needs to be limited.

Pausing via pressing the start button

This will require a lot more work than horizontal platforms do

These would use the 16x16 fire sprites and actually act more like the roto discs

In my current plans, the story parts will be told with cartoony cutscenes with characters below a speech bubble or thought bubble or a narration or whatever (like this).

The level format is designed to let you make levels taller by linking the top and bottom sides of screens to other screens. Add this into the engine.

Inventory screen upon pressing Start where you can choose and use items

This is necessary for when the player starts somewhere other than the far left.

The level format has two bytes for establishing borders between two screens but the game doesn't actually use them yet.

Particle effects for breaking bricks

Rideable minecarts that ride along rails, for cave-ish levels.

So far Nova can't die, lol. This would be from running out of health or from falling down a bottomless pit.

Right now the level intro displays again if you die. Add a flag or something to fix that.

Make enemies get hit by projectiles and get hurt

Create a checkpoint after entering doors and return the player to them when they die

They're drawn but need to actually be inserted. I have like, trees and flowers and fences and stuff.

Make it so you can break bricks with the tail attack

Like Hannah and the Pirate Caves

Right now the dialogs have a lot of places where the location changes or time passes and I think it would be good to have an effect to make that clear.

They should have a puzzle piece icon rather than a standard icon. Probably should also make it clear if you're entering a puzzle level, maybe by returning to the level select after completing a stage?

There's flickers with horizontal lines before the "PLZ WAIT" and then there's garbage sprites for a frame.

Platforms the player can stand on and ride, that either move back and forth horizontally/vertically or follow a path.

Right now the water code is actually the ladder code reused. This should change.

This screen will have options and the ability to delete the save if wanted

I'll probably need a whole rewrite or something, aaaaaaaaaaa

Currently ladders can't be climbed on. Add a movement state for the player for climbing ladders.

When standing here, Nova jitters and I have no idea why.

Paw blocks can only contain coins currently. They should be improved to where they can hold items too, preferably with icons for the items or some other way of actually being able to tell what item it is.

Right now it just stops looking for background collisions and it's pretty buggy. Do this properly.

Currently the algorithm looks through the entire enemies list and compares X positions. This isn't really efficient, and it doesn't spawn enemies on the screen the player starts on.

Add a better algorithm for this.

Assign a priority level to different enemy/object types and allow important types (like moving platforms) to wipe out less important types when they're spawned, if necessary.

Add the ability to copy abilities from enemies and polish up the code for writing the new ability's tiles into VRAM

Make moving platforms slow down before they reach the end of the path and change directions

I don't know why this is. I thought I fixed this already.

I can prooobably implement this very easily, especially if it only shakes vertically