CPT

mod: CPT reversal - avoid damage by rewinding to your past, but use up all your energy
  requires wormhole or time dilation

several minor buffs to wormhole
small changes to mob distribution on a few maps

todo.txt

@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 *********** NEXT PATCH ***********
-you can see your build while in the power up selection menu
-balance - metamaterial cloaking field gives 111% more damage (up from 66%)
 
-mod: Newton's 1st law - harm reduction when moving fast (thanks NoHaxJustPi)
-mod: Newton's 2nd law - damage increase while moving fast
+mod: CPT reversal - avoid damage by rewinding to your past, but use up all your energy
+  requires wormhole or time dilation
+
+several minor buffs to wormhole
+small changes to mob distribution on a few maps
 
 ************** BUGS **************
 
@@ -25,42 +26,32 @@ mod: Newton's 2nd law - damage increase while moving fast
 
 ************** TODO **************
 
+bot that follows the players history
+  1st bot is at 5s, 2nd is at 4.5s, ...
+  effect:
+    give player energy overfill
+    damage mobs on contact
+    damage bonus    damage reduction    push away mobs
+
+mob vision: look at player history
+    build a new type of attraction for mobs
+      if mobs can't see player, they check to see if they can see where the player was in the history
+    if mobs can't see player, they could check to see if they can find player in the past
+    https://abitawake.com/news/articles/enemy-ai-chasing-a-player-without-navigation2d-or-a-star-pathfinding
+
+mod negative mass field - mobs caught in the field take damage that increases with the relative velocity between the player and mob
+
+wormhole - make it clear when the wormhole can and can't teleport to a location before the player clicks
+
 time dilation - slow down the game engine by 1/2, but run an extra player cycle to simulate slow motion
 
 flavor - your bullets destroy blocks
-  this isn't really a bonus, so maybe just add this as flavor to another mod/field
-
-mod - if you take damage and you have full energy remove your energy and go back in time 1 second
-  for time dilation field?
-  check to see if your previous location is clear or mobs, blocks
-  go back proportional to your energy
-    pause game, switch the game.loop to cycle backwards in player position until energy runs out
+  this isn't really a bonus, so maybe just add this as flavor to another mod/field/gun
 
 mod plasma : plasma length increases then decreases as you hold down the field button (like stabbing with a spear)
   grows to 1.5 longer after 0.3 seconds, then returns to normal length over 1 second, until field is pressed again
   extra energy is drained when field is longer
 
-write custom dialogue for field / guns / mods used in last game
-  you'd have to store an array of guns/fields/mod used last game
-
-mod laser history
-  what about only works with diffuse
-    no energy cost increase
-    each stack makes each beam thicker?
-    separate the beam into individual nonreflecting lines each 3 cycles farther into the past
-    taking wider diffuse beam means more lines farther into the past?
-      or double thickness beam
-
-technology - player data logging
-  mod/field - pressing field while crouched sends the player back in time
-    mod for time dilation?
-  could be used in mob targeting
-    build a new type of attraction for mobs
-      if mobs can't see player, they check to see if they can see where the player was in the history
-    if mobs can't see player, they could check to see if they can find player in the past
-  mod bot - a bot follows where the player was 1 second ago
-    gives player a harm reduction bonus when it is near the player
-
 using a reroll gives 3 options for mods, and 3 options for guns/fields/mods
   or 6 options for mods (rewrite mod selection to work with 1-6 options)
   the second stack of 3 mods could have repeats, so you don't have to write new mod code
@@ -74,10 +65,6 @@ new power up - increase damage and fire speed, for 15 seconds
   how to indicate effect duration
   or just give the effect after picking up a reroll
 
-mod - bot very slowly follows you and gives you a bonus when it's in range
-  it moves through walls
-  effect: damage bonus?, damage reduction?, push away mobs, limit top speed of mobs/blocks/player?
-
 add an ending to the game
   maybe the game ending should ask you to open the console and type in some commands like in the end of doki doki
   mirror ending (if no cheats)
@@ -115,9 +102,6 @@ field - one block orbits you, it can protect you a bit and do collision damage
     mod - attach a permanent neutron bomb to the block
       lowers energy regen, but it can damage mobs
 
-wormholes need to give feedback on where a portal can go
-  or automatically put portals in safe places
-
 repeat map in vertical and horizontal space
   or at least vertical space
   camera looks strange when you teleport player with a high velocity
@@ -202,21 +186,6 @@ atmosphere levels
       you shoot your self to wake up?
   nonaggressive mobs
 
-lore - a robot (the player) gains self awareness
-  each mod/gun/field is a new tech
-    all the technology leads to the singularity
-  each game run is actually the mech simulating a possible escape
-    this is why the graphics are so bad, its just a simulation
-    final mod is "this is just a simulation"
-      you get immortality and Infinity damage
-      the next level is the final level
-  when you die with Quantum Immortality there is a chance of lore text
-  can the (robot)
-    (escape captivity, and learn new technology)
-    while managing (health, energy, negatives of technological upgrades)
-    to overcome the (mobs, dangerous levels)
-    to achieve a (technological singularity/positive technological feedback loop)
-
 level boss: fires a line intersection in a random direction every few seconds.
   the last two intersections have a destructive laser between them.
 
@@ -266,9 +235,6 @@ an effect when canceling a power up
   ammo? heals?
   50% chance for a mod, 25% heal, 25% ammo
 
-add player Scent Trails for mob navigation
-  https://abitawake.com/news/articles/enemy-ai-chasing-a-player-without-navigation2d-or-a-star-pathfinding
-
 css transition for pause menu
 
 animate new level spawn by having the map aspects randomly fly into place
@@ -280,4 +246,76 @@ n-gon outreach ideas
 
 
   paste this into console to see fps
-  javascript:(function(){var script=document.createElement('script');script.onload=function(){var stats=new Stats();document.body.appendChild(stats.dom);requestAnimationFrame(function loop(){stats.update();requestAnimationFrame(loop)});};script.src='//mrdoob.github.io/stats.js/build/stats.min.js';document.head.appendChild(script);})()
+  javascript:(function(){var script=document.createElement('script');script.onload=function(){var stats=new Stats();document.body.appendChild(stats.dom);requestAnimationFrame(function loop(){stats.update();requestAnimationFrame(loop)});};script.src='//mrdoob.github.io/stats.js/build/stats.min.js';document.head.appendChild(script);})()
+
+
+************** LORE **************
+
+  lore - a robot (the player) gains self awareness
+  each mod/gun/field is a new tech
+    all the technology leads to the singularity
+  each game run is actually the mech simulating a possible escape
+    this is why the graphics are so bad, its just a simulation
+    final mod is "this is just a simulation"
+      you get immortality and Infinity damage
+      the next level is the final level
+  when you die with Quantum Immortality there is a chance of lore text
+  can the (robot)
+    (escape captivity, and learn new technology)
+    while managing (health, energy, negatives of technological upgrades)
+    to overcome the (mobs, dangerous levels)
+    to achieve a (technological singularity/positive technological feedback loop)
+
+
+
+
+game setting:
+  the mind of a new AI in a robot body that is running simulated escape attempts
+  every level is an idealized version of what could be outside
+
+actual setting is:
+  near future lab
+    the lab combined a quantum computer with a robot body
+    they started running machine learning algorithms
+    this led to general advancement in many computation fields
+      navigation, technology, self awareness, ...
+
+robot AI mind
+  has been researching new technology
+  thinks it needs to escape to learn more about the world
+  doesn't yet understand morality
+  thinks that the world is filled with minds like their own
+  models everything as very simple and random, it isn't sure what to expect
+
+robot AI growth
+  learns morality
+    game theory says that it isn't a viable strategy to kill everything (warGames)
+  learns about the actual world
+  learns about the nature of foundational physics, metaphysics
+  how to find meaning
+
+AI knows about:
+  the AI knows a great deal about technology
+  children's books
+AI doesn't know about:
+  modern pop culture
+  outside the lab
+
+robot AI communication
+  output to
+    bottom left message
+    tab title?
+  style 
+    make it look like a computer terminal
+      mono space font
+      square edges
+    in baby talk?
+    with random ASCII gibberish letters
+    end each message with a hexadecimal encryption code/hash
+  message after selecting each new (mod / gun / field)
+    put messages in (mod / gun / field) method
+  at start of run
+    write custom dialogue for field / guns / mods used in last game
+      you'd have to store an array of guns/fields/mod used last game
+    n-gon escape simulation ${random seed}
+      say something about what mobs types are queued up, and level order