ES-DE Frontend - Feature roadmap

ES-DE is developed using an agile methodology so which features to include per release is reviewed and adjusted continuously. As such this document is basically a list of the main features that are planned to be added eventually.

A more detailed breakdown can be found on the Kanban board, and for previous releases the Changelog contains all relevant details.

General functionality

RetroAchievements.org integration
"Time played" counter per game, similar to how it works in Steam
Bulk metadata editor
Background music
Controller button mappings from inside ES-DE (similar to pad2key in Batocera)
Localization/multi-language support
Auto-import tools for Android apps, Steam, Lutris etc.

User interface

Menu reorganization, possibly adding basic/advanced modes
Animated menu elements like switches and tick boxes
Simple file browsing component

Theme engine

Composite element support for enabling advanced and finely controlled layouts
Element animation support (storyboards)
Scrollbar component for the system and gamelist views

Scraper

Support for additional scraper services

Infrastructure

New texture/cache manager with improved memory management and performance
Better and more accurate RAM and VRAM usage statistics
Vulkan renderer for all supported operating systems (via MoltenVK on macOS)
Proper audio mixer
Improved multi-threading
Reduced amount of gamelist reloading to retain cached textures and improve overall performance
Replacement for the abandoned FreeImage library

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