Heyyyyy blender community!!
I’ve seen so many good projects almost done in blender that never see the light that I found the necessity of making this thread. We really should keep a public track on them, so more people know about them and therefore more people can support them, be it by testing, coding, donating, feedback, or any other way. It would be nice also if solo developers could use this thread to point to other specific feature development threads, so we can keep track of projects in one thread, and discuss them in others. This way projects get more attention. And also maybe solo developers could ask for fundrisings for certain projects and have everyone listen.
For me the most crazy list is the work by lukas tonne. I’m always dying to see his node-based things see the light but they never do. So, I’m starting the list, if you think this is a good thing to do and will follow please try to UPDATE the list so we always can see it complete, like this:
post #1:
- super proyect A
examples, what its about, where it is, links, etc.
- super proyect B
examples, what its about, where it is, links, etc. - super dead proyect C
examples, what its about, where it is, links, etc.
post #2: (copy the list and update, but only name)
- super proyect A
- super proyect B
- super dead proyect C
- super proyect D
examples, what its about, where it is, links, etc. - super proyect E
examples, what its about, where it is, links, etc.
post #3: (copy the list and update, but only name)
- super proyect A
- super proyect B
- super dead proyect C
- super proyect D
- super proyect E
- super proyect F
examples, what its about, where it is, links, etc.
This way we can always see the list and people don’t have to be searching for proyects in lost thread pages.
So, I’m starting with these ones:
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Node based modifiers (Lukas Tonne):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-efVnBr65A
I saw this not long ago, amazing feature, but it doesnt seem to have any high priority at all. Couldn’t this be part of the roadmap, or have some official goal instead of a solo project? -
Node based particles (Lukas Tonne):
http://www.graphicall.org/905
For this one there is even a build available. Seems quite powerful, although could be extended more. Is lukas waiting for pynodes to make everything better? -
Advanced array modifier (Fabio Russo):
http://ruesp83.com/2012/12/03/ama-rises-for-bmesh/
I think this project has actually recieved donations, but I think it also has never seen the light as a finished thing. Its quite an important feature if you ask me, and its kind of weird that it is left just like that, specially for those who donated.
Arent this great projects that could recieve more support by us or more official attention/priority? Or maybe ask those who dissapeared for some roadmap, explanation or if its not gonna happen at all? I’m sure there are many more unfinished things around, lets try to make a list so they dont get forgotten.