[API] - Loading and Config API

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Hello y'all. I've been really getting into balatro modding but didn't like a lot of the boiler plate I was having to write. So I created two separate api's to make creating mods easier! The loader-api is designed to allow for more complex mods without having to specifically load every file. And the config-api is designed to make creating config tabs for mods easier. I've tried my best to document how to use them, but feel free to contribute with PR's or github issues if you do end up using them.

https://github.com/jlwoolf/balatro-loader-api
https://github.com/jlwoolf/balatro-config-api

Here's one of my mods that utilizes both for refernce:
https://github.com/jlwoolf/balatro-dna-splice

[marble shale]

reequiring lovely is probably not recommended as most mods don't need lovely

in the example metadata

also that version for smods might not work

also polluting the global space isn't the greatest idea

it would make more sense to just do smth like SMODS.current_mod.loader_api_config = ...

then you can just go through mod objects when someone inits

also config.lua is special in smods and smdos will load it automatically and use it's return for the defaults in SMODS.current_mod.config

also you can use SMODS.load_file to load files. It takes a second arg for the mod id and resolves paths for you

also it makes the stack traces a bit betteer