Developer Documentation

Currently the developer documentation for Stars! Nova is limited. Please add to it if you can.

Getting Started

If you would like to help out with Stars! Nova as a developer the best place to start is the [Developer Primer] .

For information on running the release version of Stars! Nova see [Getting Started].

For information on running the developmental version of Stars! Nova see [Developmental Getting Started] .

General Information

• These [Priority Definitions] are used for all bugs and feature requests.
• A list of [developer tools] relevant for this project.
• Information about our [Subversion] source control repository. Browse the repository on the FishEye or ViewVC sites.
• [Style Guide]
• [Development Road Map]
• A [Release Engineering] page that describes the steps required to publish a new release.
• Notes on the use of [In Code Trackers].

Stars! Nova Specification

Essentially we are cloning Stars!

For more information on what we are aiming to do see the Stars! Nova [Specification] or:
[Cargo Specification]
[Data Files Specification]
[Limits]

These websites are key references for information about Stars!
*Stars! Wiki
*Home World Forum
*Stars! FAQ

Manuals for Stars! can be found at either Stars! Wiki, or see the original manual and reference guide.

Design Documents

These documents describe how Stars! Nova implements various features.
* [Map Generation]
* [Turn Files]
* [Game Objects]
* [Static Objects]

Test Plan

See the [Test Plan] for information on testing Stars! Nova.

Wiki Maintenance

* [Nova Wiki Maintenance] page contains some useful links and information for maintaining these Media Wiki pages.