rCatacombSnatch/Catacomb-Snatch--Reddit-Edition — Issue #21: Idea/Solution for level hosting
Author: mspringer
Created: 2012-02-22 13:00:50+00:00
State: open

I was thinking about a way to keep our users up to date with their levels as well as a way to make it so I'm not ripping from the jar (which so far has been a pain in the arse, I'm so close...but it is escaping me) but instead a remote repo, i.e. here.

If we were to setup a simple "manifest" file in the levels directory that is just a simple list of all the files in it, or even just a number (corresponding to how many files there are), it is possible for the game to just check that file when it starts and download any new maps that are there. I can easily access the files in the master branch via
>https://github.com/rCatacombSnatch/Catacomb-Snatch--Reddit-Edition/raw/master/res/levels/

I haven't tried it with the code yet because I want to get your guys' input on this solution and idea to keep people up to date on maps.