raylib-src/ROADMAP.md

roadmap

Here it is a wish-list with features and ideas to improve the library. Note that features listed here are quite high-level and could be long term additions for the library. Current version of raylib is complete and functional but there is a lot of room for improvement.

raylib source code has some TODO marks around code with pending things to review and improve. Check also GitHub Issues for further details!

raylib 3.x

• Network module (UDP): rnet (info)
• Custom raylib resource packer: rres (info)
• Basic CPU/GPU stats system (memory, draws, time...)
• Continuous Deployment using GitHub Actions

raylib 3.0

• Custom memory allocators support
• Global variables moved to global context
• Optimize data structures for pass-by-value
• Trace log messages redesign (info)
• Continuous Integration using GitHub Actions

raylib 2.5

• Support Animated models
• Support glTF models file format
• Unicode support on text drawing

raylib 2.0

• Removed external dependencies (GLFW3 and OpenAL)
• Support TCC compiler (32bit and 64bit)

raylib 1.8

• Improved Materials system with PBR support
• Procedural image generation functions (spot, gradient, noise...)
• Procedural mesh generation functions (cube, sphere...)
• Custom Android APK build pipeline (default Makefile)

raylib 1.7

• Support configuration flags
• Improved build system for Android
• Gamepad support on HTML5

raylib 1.6

• Lua scripting support (raylib Lua wrapper)
• Redesigned audio module
• Support FLAC file format

raylib 1.5

• Support Oculus Rift CV1 and VR stereo rendering (simulator)
• Redesign Shaders/Textures system -> New Materials system
• Support lighting: Omni, Directional and Spot lights
• Redesign physics module (physac)
• Chiptunes audio modules support

raylib 1.4

• TTF fonts support (using stb_truetype)
• Raycast system for 3D picking (including collisions detection)
• Floyd-Steinberg dithering on 16bit image format conversion
• Basic image manipulation functions (crop, resize, draw...)
• Storage load/save data functionality
• Add Physics module (physac)
• Remove GLEW dependency -> Replaced by GLAD
• Redesign Raspberry PI inputs system
• Redesign gestures module to be multiplatform
• Module raymath as header-only and functions inline
• Add Easings module (easings.h)