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# EmulationStation Desktop Edition (ES-DE) - Release roadmap
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This roadmap is under constant review so expect it to change from time to time.
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A more detailed breakdown can be found on the [Kanban](https://gitlab.com/es-de/emulationstation-de/-/boards) board and for previous releases the [Changelog](CHANGELOG.md) contains all relevant details.
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#### _v1.0_
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* _New gamelist sorting and media handling logic_
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* _Overhaul of the menu system_
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* _Scraping of additional image types as well as videos_
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* _OpenGL shader support for blurred backgrounds, scanline rendering etc._
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* _Navigation sound support_
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* _A comprehensive theme set bundled with the application_
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* _Ports for Windows, macOS and BSD Unix_
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* _Preconfigured systems configuration files for all supported operating systems_
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* _A detailed user guide_
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#### _v1.1_
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* _Mix image generation based on screenshots, 3D boxes and marquee files (as in Skyscraper)_
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* _Ability to display game media in full screen from the gamelist view_
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* _Proper game launching screen_
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* _New FFmpeg-based video player_
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* _Better method to find installed emulators and cores_
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* _Move to the SDL2 GameController API_
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* _Different button graphics and names applied depending on controller type (Xbox, PlayStation or SNES style)_
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#### _v1.2_
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* _Support for pre-defined alternative emulators and cores (configured in es_systems.xml)_
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* _Badges highlighting things like favorite games, completed games etc. (will require theme support)_
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* _Virtual (on-screen) keyboard_
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* _Support for the Raspberry Pi 4 (Raspberry Pi OS)_
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* _Improve fullscreen support and make game launching more seamless, remove the temporary fullscreen hacks_
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* _Add GLM library dependency for matrix and vector operations, decommission the built-in functions_
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* _AppImage and AUR releases on Linux_
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#### v2.0 (in progress)
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* New theme engine with generalized views (only System and Gamelist) and theme variants support
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* Multiple new components (carousel support for the Gamelist view, grid component etc.)
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* Support for Tate mode, i.e. vertical screen orientation for arcade cabinets and similar
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* Lottie animation (vector graphics) and GIF animation support
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* OpenGL ES 3.0 renderer for use on the Raspberry Pi
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* Replace the OpenGL fixed function pipeline renderer with a shader-based renderer
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* Replace NanoSVG with a more capable SVG rendering library
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* Improve text and font functions, e.g. dynamic texture allocation and faster and cleaner text wrapping
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* Improve the performance of the GLSL shader post-processing
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#### v2.1
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* Theme downloader
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* Theme engine composite element support for enabling advanced and finely controlled layouts
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* Theme engine element animation support (storyboards)
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* New texture/cache manager with improved memory management and performance
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* Better and more accurate RAM and VRAM usage statistics
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* Scraping of game manuals and maps plus a viewer for these (with PDF and raster image support)
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* Support for additional scraper services
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* Checksum support for the scraper for exact searches and for determining when to overwrite files
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* RetroAchievements.org integration
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#### v2.2
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* Removal of legacy theme support
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* Background music
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* Proper audio mixer
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* Reorganize the menus, possibly adding basic/advanced modes
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* Reduced amount of gamelist reloading to retain cached textures and improve overall performance
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* Add "time played" counter per game, similar to how it works in Steam
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* Replace the built-in Unicode functions and lookup tables with those of the ICU library
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* Add text kerning support using the HarfBuzz library
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#### v2.3
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* Vulkan renderer for all supported operating systems
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* Use of MoltenVK to get Metal support on macOS
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* Localization/multi-language support
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* Bulk metadata editor
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* Scrollbar component for the gamelist view which can be used by themes
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* Simple file browsing component
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* Web proxy support for the scraper
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* Improve multi-threading
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#### v2.4
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* Touch screen support
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* Animated menu elements like switches and tick boxes
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* Migration tools for importing game metadata and media from other frontend applications
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* Audit tools to clean up orphaned gamelist entries, media files etc.
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* Auto-import tools for Steam, Lutris etc.
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* Replace the abandoned FreeImage library
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