- \n
- Movie cast members <\/strong>(#7752<\/a>):
\nembedded Director movies that run as parallel sprites, managing separate execution states while sharing global variables.<\/li>\n- Lingo execution tracer <\/strong>(#7816<\/a>):
\na flamegraph view inside the debugger that records Lingo execution for performance and control-flow analysis.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.scummvm.org\/ramyak\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-12-at-12.02.55-AM.png\")
<\/p>\n- \n
- ImageDiff on buildbot<\/strong>:
\nbrought screenshot-diff regression testing into the ScummVM buildbot dashboard, plus a set of Director regression test movies, so rendering changes can be caught visually.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.scummvm.org\/ramyak\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2026\/06\/image-scaled.png\")
pic of the tool from dev chat<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n - \n
- Gus games compatibility<\/strong>:
\ndetection entries and a series of engine fixes (film loops, mouse dispatch, digital video, sound channels) that make the Gus titles playable.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.scummvm.org\/ramyak\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-09-at-3.18.11-PM.png\")
movie paused at a breakpoint<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n Before the coding period I made around 10 contributions building the initial Director visual debugger and fixing film loop rendering, which laid the groundwork for the GSoC work.<\/p>\n
Director visual debugger (DT)<\/h4>\n
- \n
- #7553<\/a> Fix bugs and crashes throughout the visual debugger<\/li>\n
- #7564<\/a> Improve search and add a Windows panel<\/li>\n
- #7577<\/a> Improve cast details, add script browser navigation and keyboard shortcuts<\/li>\n
- #7612<\/a> Fix script not rendering in the script viewer<\/li>\n
- #7646<\/a> Fix crashes, stale state, and navigation in the debugger<\/li>\n
- #7690<\/a> Call-stack highlighting, Cast window improvements, and paused redraw<\/li>\n
- #7781<\/a> ImGui debugger improvements (sortable cast lists, thumbnail refreshing)<\/li>\n
- #7816<\/a> Add a Lingo execution tracer that records execution as a flamegraph (in review)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Director engine fixes and features<\/h4>\n
- \n
- #7563<\/a> Fix empty cast slot error and immediate sprite drag in D4+<\/li>\n
- #7598<\/a> Add detection entries for Gus Goes to Cyberopolis (Windows and Mac)<\/li>\n
- #7614<\/a> Add detection entry for Gus Goes to Cybertown<\/li>\n
- #7620<\/a> Fix film loop shift when swapping a cast member with Lingo<\/li>\n
- #7633<\/a> Fix mouseUp dispatching to the wrong sprite in D4<\/li>\n
- #7727<\/a> Fix film loop D4 and D5+ behavior (freeze during pauses)<\/li>\n
- #7752<\/a> Implement movie cast members as parallel interactive movies<\/li>\n
- #7780<\/a> Fix trail-sprite erasure and 0x0 digital-video sizing<\/li>\n
- #7825<\/a> Share sound channels across the Stage and MIAWs (in review)<\/em><\/li>\n
- #7854<\/a> Fix Lingo point\/rect operations and bitmap picture assignment (in review)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Backend<\/h4>\n
- \n
- #7779<\/a> BACKENDS: SDL: Preserve SDL text input for active ImGui text fields<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
ImageDiff and buildbot infrastructure (scummvm-sites)<\/h4>\n
- \n
- #39<\/a> Integrate the ImageDiff screenshot diff viewer<\/li>\n
- #40<\/a> Add pagination and default to the last page<\/li>\n
- #41<\/a> Replace image comparison with a file check<\/li>\n
- #42<\/a> Add ImageDiff integration using the wsgi-dashboards plugin<\/li>\n
- #43<\/a> Fix imports after merging imagediff.py into main.py<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Director regression test movies (director-tests)<\/h4>\n
- \n
- #4<\/a> D4-win: Text wrapping test movie with reference rendering<\/li>\n
- #5<\/a> D4 test movies for mouseUp dispatch and text wrapping<\/li>\n
- #7<\/a> D4-win\/D5-win: clickOn manual test movie in both D4 and D5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Timeline<\/h4>\n
- \n
- May 2026: <\/strong>Community bonding, Introduction<\/a><\/li>\n
- Jun to Jul 2026 (Weeks 1<\/a> 2<\/a> 3<\/a> 4<\/a> 5<\/a> 6<\/a>)<\/strong>
\nDebugger fixes, Gus game compatibility, ImageDiff on buildbot; midterm passed mid-July.<\/li>\n- Jul to Aug 2026 (Weeks 7<\/a> 8<\/a> 9<\/a> 10<\/a> 11<\/a> 12<\/a>)<\/strong>
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- Jun to Jul 2026 (Weeks 1<\/a> 2<\/a> 3<\/a> 4<\/a> 5<\/a> 6<\/a>)<\/strong>
- #5<\/a> D4 test movies for mouseUp dispatch and text wrapping<\/li>\n
- #40<\/a> Add pagination and default to the last page<\/li>\n
- #39<\/a> Integrate the ImageDiff screenshot diff viewer<\/li>\n
- #7598<\/a> Add detection entries for Gus Goes to Cyberopolis (Windows and Mac)<\/li>\n
- #7564<\/a> Improve search and add a Windows panel<\/li>\n
- #7553<\/a> Fix bugs and crashes throughout the visual debugger<\/li>\n
- Gus games compatibility<\/strong>:
- Lingo execution tracer <\/strong>(#7816<\/a>):