Tiny Town Defense (first port)

[light leaf]

New Port: Tiny Town Defense
Description:
Follow the command of mayor L.T. and defend your tiny town from the hordes of imps.

Addicting gameplay with meta progression and upgrades will make sure you will have a great time!

Instructions:
Claim the game for free on Itch:
https://zefrost.itch.io/tiny-town-defense

Download the linux version of the game and place
"Tiny Town Defense.x86_64" in the gamedata folder.

Controls:
D-pad = Move
B = Jump
L-Stick = Movement/Mouse
Start = Select Option
Select = Pause/Menu

CFW Tests:
[X] AmberELEC
[X] ArkOS
[X] ROCKNIX
[X]MuOS
[] Knulli (optional)

Architecture
[X] Aarch64
[X] Panfrost (Mainline)

Resolution Tests
Test all major resolutions:
[X] 480x320
[X] 640x480
[X] 720x720 (RGB30)
[X] Higher resolutions (e.g., 1280x720)*

ZIP FILE->
https://discordapp.com/channels/1122861252088172575/1332972006039097467/1333200441969872958

@rich bluff if this isnt okay please tell me

but look at me. i did it 🙂

Tiny Town Defense (first port)

[rich bluff]

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[fickle hatch]

@light leaf
I'm not sure where you copied the .sh from but it's way outdated

You need to understand what the .sh does

https://portmaster.games/packaging.html

Please update your script and structure to match what we use nowadays

[light leaf]

It's literally copied from Jans port she uploaded like a week ago ...

[fickle hatch]

Which one?

[light leaf]

Sprout Valley

It's in testing

[fickle hatch]

That's from July

[light leaf]

I don't see any flack for her .sh on her post

I didn't know

[fickle hatch]

Im only telling you because it won't get accepted like this to pm 🙂

[light leaf]

Okay, so just delete this then if it's not up to standard

[lethal wharf]

Or modify it

It’s okay

[light leaf]

I was just trying to contribute. It runs perfectly on my device

[floral quiver]

Eh this is part of the dev and testing process

[lethal wharf]

This is just the testing process. It’s okay

[light leaf]

I was only able to do this because I knew Jan's port was from the same maker and same engine

So I edited what needed to be edited and it worked perfectly for me.

But I can't make one from scratch

[floral quiver]

So things have been added since Sprout Valley was posted… and what works for you may not work for all the devices available

Hence the updated scripts

[light leaf]

So I guess just delete it. 🫠

[floral quiver]

You don’t have to start from scratch… I usually build my ports from older ports too but you just need to edit your script

[light leaf]

Well what one would work? It's a Godot

[floral quiver]

http://portmaster.games/packaging.html#godot-game-example-launchscript

You will see parts that are similar and parts which are updated to the current standard

[light leaf]

And just edit the zip name and .sh file where they need to go?

Like I did with jans?

[floral quiver]

I would say you probably just need to edit the .sh script.

[light leaf]

Well that's what I mean. In the script where it points to the file name "tinytowndefense"

Just edit that where it's needed?

I'll try it tomorrow. Maybe it'll work

Thanks for the encouragement Klops and Frax

[obsidian parcel]

Portmaster (app on your device) receives updates over time and you adapt your script to these changes

[light leaf]

Hahahaha wow

[tulip coral]

the .sh path is wrong -- the download itch.io download is named Tiny Town Defense.x86_64 (without underscores)
also, as per portmaster convention, the .sh shuld be named Tiny Tower Defense (with spaces)

[light leaf]

the download doesnt have underscores

[tulip coral]

i'm not sure i'd bother mapping the mouse? if anything, it should be mapped to left-stick (because single-stick devices have no right stick)
i mapped select to esc, and start to enter, and could play without a mouse

[light leaf]

Instructions:
Claim the game for free on Itch:
https://zefrost.itch.io/tiny-town-defense
Download the linux version of the game and place "Tiny Town Defense.x86_64" in the gamedata folder.

[tulip coral]

SDL_GAMECONTROLLERCONFIG="$sdl_controllerconfig" "$runtime" $GODOT_OPTS --main-pack "./gamedata/Tiny_Town_Defense.x86_64"

[light leaf]

so.... what are you saying?

oh

[tulip coral]

so, yeah fix those couple things and relook at your bindings for a mouse-free experience

(plus the other tips people provided)

but great to see you attempting a port! 🙂

[light leaf]

if someone else can do the .sh i dont mindf at all

whats a recent godot i can usde as atemplate?

[tulip coral]

the most recent port in the catalogue is godot 🙂
https://portmaster.games/detail.html?name=dudelingsarcadesportsball

[light leaf]

this isn 32 bit is it?

[tulip coral]

you can amend that .sh. but delete this part --

# Extract APK and repack assets folder into dudelings.zip
APK_FILE=$(find "gamedata" -type f -name "*.apk" -print -quit)

if [ -n "$APK_FILE" ]; then
  pm_message "Found APK file: $APK_FILE"
  unzip -o "$APK_FILE" -d "apk_unzipped"
  pm_message "APK file unzipped to apk_unzipped"
  cd apk_unzipped/assets
  zip -r "../../gamedata/dudelings.zip" ./* .[^.] .??*
  cd ../../
  pm_message "Repacked assets to dudelings.zip"
  rm ./gamedata/*.apk
  rm -r apk_unzipped
  pm_message "Finished clean up."
fi

[tulip coral]

godot is 32/64-bit agnostic

[light leaf]

ok

so this game htough

is it 32 bit

i have no ides how to tell

[tulip coral]

forget about 32/64-bit for godot -- it's entirely irrelevant here. that's a gamemaker thing (and some other ports)

[light leaf]

its not launching now

[tulip coral]

"$runtime" $GODOT_OPTS --main-pack "gamedata/tinytowndefense.zip"

should be
"$runtime" $GODOT_OPTS --main-pack "gamedata/Tiny Town Defense.x86_64"

[light leaf]

still wont launch

[tulip coral]

check the console

[light leaf]

got it

fixed

updated zip!!!

and the mouse IS needed

i played it for a good while

[tulip coral]

i'd recommend editing the gptk, then -- mapping the mouse to left stick

[light leaf]

you need it to select buffs, to type in HighScores and some other stuff

[tulip coral]

also -- you might as well map esc to back, and enter to start

[light leaf]

whys it matter? left stick can be used for movement if someome wnats

[tulip coral]

okay ... your call but you're cutting out all single-stick and stickless devices
(for eg, muos can switch d-pad to l-stick and back for sp, etc.)

[light leaf]

look good?

[tulip coral]

i reckon it's an improvement. sometimes, i prefer to go with x for left-click (then a for enter, etc.), but that's me -- a lot of this depends on porter tastes
see what other testers feel

at the end of the day, you're the porter, so it's your call

[light leaf]

it works how i like it i guess? haha

allyou really do in this game is move left and right

jump serves no real purpose except zoning in your spread a bit closer to the target

so it shoukld be ready!

[tulip coral]

nope. metadata

[light leaf]

hm?

what i gotta add?

[tulip coral]

note the README.md, gameinfo.xml, port.json, and screenshot.png files --
https://github.com/PortsMaster/PortMaster-New/tree/main/ports/dudelingsarcadesportsball

[light leaf]

i have no idea what they need to say though

[tulip coral]

just scaffold off of those

[light leaf]

just copy and past ethem?

[tulip coral]

here's further documentation https://portmaster.games/packaging.html

[rich bluff]

Documentation is also on the website

[tulip coral]

also, don't forget TinyTownDefense.sh --> Tiny Town Defense.sh

[light leaf]

is this aarch64 or x86_64?

i need to space the .sh?

[rich bluff]

Its a runtime, frt

And yes, sh needs to be actual title

[tulip coral]

like the example i showed you

        "image": {},
        "rtr": false,
        "exp": false,
        "runtime": "frt_3.5.2.squashfs",
        "reqs": [],
        "arch": []

[light leaf]

readme i do not understand th epackager

[tulip coral]

sorry. i don't understand you

[light leaf]

i dont understand how to use the readme generator or what its supposed to contain

[obsidian parcel]

Look at other ports for documentation examples

You can even load other port data to give you examples on Portmaster site

[light leaf]

what size is the pmg need to be

can someone resize it for me?

5

[nova pilot]

you can make a screenshot on a device, I make them on muos (power + fn button)

[light leaf]

what size does it need to be

[obsidian parcel]

640x480

[light leaf]

FINAL ZIP

[tulip coral]

metadata files go in root (alongside .sh)

delete the log file

also, delete frt license (that runtime ships with portmaster -- you're not distributing it)

also, delete the conf folder

rename tinytowndefense.png to screenshot.png

(and correct <image> path in gameinfo.xml)

[light leaf]

wrong sh

[tulip coral]

json is wrong, too

(please refer to the example i showed you, which is for a godot game https://github.com/PortsMaster/PortMaster-New/tree/main/ports/dudelingsarcadesportsball)

[light leaf]

image path needs to be screenshot.png?

[tulip coral]

also, image looks squashed -- did you just scale a 16:9 image to 4:3?

[light leaf]

i took a print screen of ther game on a 16:9 screen man.

[tulip coral]

use 4:3 screen

[light leaf]

image path needs to be screenshot.png or tinytowndefense.png

it doesnt play that way on my laptop man

[tulip coral]

https://github.com/PortsMaster/PortMaster-New/tree/main/ports/dudelingsarcadesportsball
seriously -- please look at those files 😅

[light leaf]

but you said image oath is wrong

so what do i put it as

screenshot or tinytowndefense

[tulip coral]

<image>./tinytowndefense/tinytowndefense.png</image>

screenshot must be named screenshot.png https://github.com/PortsMaster/PortMaster-New/tree/main/ports/dudelingsarcadesportsball

[tulip coral]

take screenshot from handheld

[light leaf]

so in the gameslist.xml i need to change it to screenshot.png

[tulip coral]

respectfully -- REFER TO THESE FILES https://github.com/PortsMaster/PortMaster-New/tree/main/ports/dudelingsarcadesportsball

[light leaf]

k not sure what to do about the screenshot

is tat one right?

ty ty

[tulip coral]

sorry -- use this one (i had to zip it, otherwise discord converts it to webp)

(you'll need to get it inside the zip)

[light leaf]

nah it was png

check and see though

all good?

[tulip coral]

no ...

[light leaf]

dude wtf

[tulip coral]

where is the png here?
https://github.com/PortsMaster/PortMaster-New/tree/main/ports/dudelingsarcadesportsball

[light leaf]

okay,,, last try or i give up

[tulip coral]

btw, looks like you need more testing? (arkos?)

[light leaf]

youve been so much of a help, Tab. Cant thank you enough

bro i just put this up ive only got muos and rocknix to test on

so should i delete this post and make a new one

[tulip coral]

for sure -- i'm just poiting out that it's not 'ready' for p.r until testing is complete 🙂

[light leaf]

oh i know that

[tulip coral]

and you can mark off amberelec 👍

[light leaf]

jus trying to get this zip right FIRST

[tulip coral]

cool. cool. make sense

[light leaf]

done!

now @ someone with arkos for me please lol

im goin' the hell to sleep

GD 4 A.M.

[tulip coral]

no need -- someone will test arkos soon enough. it wouldn't warrant another at-navigator ping

[light leaf]

ok ok

[tulip coral]

(i can do arkos, prob later)

[light leaf]

have a great night

thank you so so so much Tab

you didnt have to do that for me and you took the time to

i really appreciate it and wont forget it

[tulip coral]

no worries. get some sleep while the magic testing faries do their thing 😆

[light leaf]

@fickle hatch All Better Now?

[tulip coral]

• in README.md, amend the following line (because the game is free) Thanks to [ZeFrost](https://itch.io/profile/zefrost) for creating this great game and which you can purchase on [itch.io](https://zefrost.itch.io/tiny-town-defense)
• in README.md, this'll cause markdown issues: Tiny_Town_Defense.x86_64 -- change to: Tiny\_Town\_Defense.x86\_64
• change the entire end of your JSON file to this --

        "genres": [
            "action"
        ],
        "image": {},
        "rtr": false,
        "exp": false,
        "runtime": "frt_3.5.2.squashfs",
        "reqs": [],
        "arch": []
    }
}

[fickle hatch]

I will the be the reviewer on GitHub later on 🙂

[light leaf]

Tab, I'm in bed. If you wanna fix that stuff. Add your name to the porters. I don't mind

You deserve it anyways

[tulip coral]

go to sleep. these are tomorrows problems

[light leaf]

Left stick (l/r) was for moving Left and right which is all you can do in this game

[tulip coral]

makes sense. i deleted that point. good night

[light leaf]

Ok

[fickle hatch]

That's not how the porters work, you take on responsibility if you add a name 🙂

[ripe sequoia]

Dude congrats on your first one @light leaf . Honestly I wanted to try to do one but it does look like it's for big brains. I might not be up to the task.

Keep at it and big props to you sir!
I assume the community will support and help guide. So you can iron everything out in good time. No worries.

[light leaf]

I really appreciate the support of everyone. I'm sitting down at the PC to iron out the last few things @tulip coral mentioned. your names been added to JSON

This is finalized. changed JSON/MD/ and Controls in MD to match game @fickle hatch

DONE

just need ArkOS checked out @tulip coral
also 720x720 and 480x320 ... maybe you can help with that @nova pilot 😄

[nova pilot]

I can see its going to be stretched on 720x720 as it is fullscreen on 480x320 and I doubt its a 3:2 game

[livid raft]

Looks fine on 480x320 (rg351p amberelec)

[nova pilot]

I dont think its going to be that much of a problem and he had enough pain today, so lets not torture him about making a xdelta patch 😄

[tulip coral]

this one scales to any res

[nova pilot]

is it?

my bad then, I havnt tried to anything but 3:2

[tulip coral]

yup -- even ridiculously narrow 🤣
https://zefrost.itch.io/tiny-town-defense

(see screenshot)

[nova pilot]

thats actually kinda cool 😄

will work great on that stupid upcoming magicx handheld with vertical screen

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/rhryMIvI9vE

in that case its good to be wrapped

though actually, when looking at script, it doesnt seem to be up to date

[livid raft]

The game sometimes turns into a slideshow on the RK3326

[light leaf]

Yeah when it gets up around 300,000 points, it even stutters on rk3566. But once you clear the enemies, it's smooth again. I think it's playable.

[tulip coral]

too weird for me, haha

something in my brain keeps saying: why not a screen with the same height but more width?

[light leaf]

Yeah that's such a weird device. Wow

[obsidian parcel]

That thing is only good for vertical shooters and DS games

[nova pilot]

actually community made them do it with constant pressure for a device for ds

and they caved in

[light leaf]

Well, DS has a LOT of cool games. If you love DS, it's perfect.

So has ArkOS been tested yet

[nova pilot]

yep, I had it running on Arkos

[light leaf]

It runs on your OGA 480x320? @nova pilot

[nova pilot]

yes

[light leaf]

Okay we're all set then!

[nova pilot]

https://portmaster.games/packaging.html#the-launchscript-sh I would check the sample godot script, because yours doesnt seem to be up to date

[light leaf]

K were good them. Besides Knulli

I literally took the script from the one @tulip coral sent linked to me

[tulip coral]

looks like it's been reverted?

[light leaf]

Wait WHAT? it's the old one now?

[tulip coral]

yeah, not sure what you did

[light leaf]

Wtf... okay one sec

Laptop is booting

[nova pilot]

btw sample script on the web is missing the Retro Deck bit, I probably need to ask klops if its still needed
if [[ "$PM_CAN_MOUNT" != "N" ]]; then $ESUDO umount "$godot_dir" fi

[light leaf]

@ him and ask

[tulip coral]

script i gave you was based on the latest approved godot port https://github.com/PortsMaster/PortMaster-New/blob/main/ports/dudelingsarcadesportsball/Dudelings - Arcade Sportsball.sh

[nova pilot]

so its probably not needed anymore if this one got approved

like I said nothing 😄

[obsidian parcel]

I made a "screenshot" and optimised size with pngquant program (you should learn to do this yourself eventually)

I could make something with game logo for the cover too

[light leaf]

delete this rihgt?>

Extract APK and repack assets folder into dudelings.zip

APK_FILE=$(find "gamedata" -type f -name "*.apk" -print -quit)

if [ -n "$APK_FILE" ]; then
pm_message "Found APK file: $APK_FILE"
unzip -o "$APK_FILE" -d "apk_unzipped"
pm_message "APK file unzipped to apk_unzipped"
cd apk_unzipped/assets
zip -r "../../gamedata/dudelings.zip" ./* .[^.] .??*
cd ../../
pm_message "Repacked assets to dudelings.zip"
rm ./gamedata/*.apk
rm -r apk_unzipped
pm_message "Finished clean up."
fi

[tulip coral]

thx -- i already provided one

[tulip coral]

yes

[obsidian parcel]

Cover too?

[tulip coral]

no -- just 640 x 480 pnqquant screenshot

[light leaf]

is this right one?

[tulip coral]

no -- i can see an echo

[light leaf]

so what needs to be removed

[tulip coral]

i don't know exactly, but it cannot be the same as this https://github.com/PortsMaster/PortMaster-New/blob/main/ports/dudelingsarcadesportsball/Dudelings - Arcade Sportsball.sh
(because yours has an echo, but not sure what else is different)

[light leaf]

is that right?

it launches the game on my device

so i think thats the correct format there

[tulip coral]

looks right to me. either way, it should be fine for p.r -- if there are any minor tweaks required, the p.r reviewers can advise

[light leaf]

okay so HERE is the final zip then

changed link on first post too to this one

thanks, fellas

[obsidian parcel]

Once ready for PR, you can change tag of this post from "Testing" to "Ready for PR"

[light leaf]

So do that now?

[tulip coral]

you p.r it

[light leaf]

Woo-hoo!

[light leaf]

I know that -.- I meant (so I should do that now?)

[tulip coral]

github repo is at https://github.com/PortsMaster/PortMaster-New

[obsidian parcel]

Now, do you have any idea what to do with Github?

[light leaf]

Suuuuure dont

[tulip coral]

make a github account, and do this #1330419333297471569 message

[light leaf]

This all started as a fun idea to switch out everything from Jan's really old script to just see IF it would work. It did.
That turned into a whole new script, generating json, MD, screenshot.

[tulip coral]

yep, porting

[light leaf]

Hahaha

So what do i do

[obsidian parcel]

Here is a text writeup that might help:

1. Fork the portmaster repo https://github.com/PortsMaster/PortMaster-New
   This will create a personal fork, which you can find in your own repo.

2. Go to the repo settings, general, and click on Disable actions
   Make a new branch, name it according to your portname

3. Inside that branch, go to the ports folder
   Click on add files, upload

   Drag your portfolder, with all the port files. Dont forget to add a .gitkeep to empty folders

4. Fill in the commit changes, name it ''Added portfiles'' for example
   Commit changes

5. Now its time to double check everything! Structure ok, files ok, screenshot ok etc
   In the top "vitasnake" folder you only need readme, cover, gameinfo.xml, portj.json, screenshot and the .sh
   .
   ├── README.md
   ├── Vitasnake.sh
   ├── cover.png
   ├── gameinfo.xml
   ├── port.json
   ├── screenshot.png
   └── vitasnake
   ├── game.apk
   ├── gamedata
   ├── gmloader
   └── libs

   Click on contribute tab, create PR

6. Fill in the form

7. Submit PR
   The autochecker will run

8. Check for feedback by looking in Pull requests in the original portmaster repo

optimize the png size with PNGquant
remove log file
use new log maker: "$GAMEDIR/log.txt" && exec > >(tee "$GAMEDIR/log.txt") 2>&1
Cover needs to be 640x480

[light leaf]

Ok. So can't do this from my phone it looks like

[obsidian parcel]

You have a PC?

[light leaf]

Of course

Just turned it back off though lol

I'll do this in a few hours. Thanks for the write up slobs

[obsidian parcel]

I use this thing myself because I forget the steps of it

[light leaf]

It's very handy

[tulip coral]

tinytowerdefense belongs inside ports, otherwise looks good.
(i'm not sure if you can do a drag-move in the github web interface. if not, delete the folder and re-upload into the ports folder)

[light leaf]

I think I did it correctly this time

[tulip coral]

that looks correct -- you can do the pull request

use this feature (from there on it's intuitive) --

[light leaf]

I don't see tinytowndefense in ports folder anymore

[tulip coral]

i'm pretty sure it's there https://github.com/NotYourAveragePaladin/PortMaster-New/tree/main/ports/tinytowndefense

when you do the pull-request, it'll complain if there are no new files

as a i said, looks ready to go

[light leaf]

Did I do it?

[tulip coral]

yes -- it's listed as a p.r in the main repo 🙂
https://github.com/PortsMaster/PortMaster-New/pulls

now you wait on the reviewers to feedback/approve

[light leaf]

Awesome!

Aspect I think k is ready too

[tulip coral]

DON'T ADD THE ASPECT YET

it'll come through in the same p.r if you add it now, because you're not using branches

i'd say: wait for approval on tiny town defense, then once that's merged, add the aspect and then do another pull-request

when you're more accomplished, you can start looking at branches. keep it simple for now

[light leaf]

Thanks for your help! Will do

[light leaf]

@fickle hatch what happened with the pr?

[fickle hatch]

wdym?

[light leaf]

I just got an email saying failed

Maybe it was from the earlier one

[fickle hatch]

then something is wrong in the pr I'll comment on it soon 🙂

[light leaf]

Tab said it was all good

[light leaf]

Okay thanks

[fickle hatch]

this wont' work

this is no free field

[fickle hatch]

we have a 4 eyes princiaple 🙂

[light leaf]

So what do I need to fix?

[fickle hatch]

https://github.com/PortsMaster/PortMaster-New/pull/1245

it'll say in your PR 🙂

[light leaf]

oh okay. So just remove that from the readme

I can do that

Thank you

Should anything be put into the Notes field?

[fickle hatch]

There should be no notes field 😛

Unless you have some special notes

[light leaf]

Ok. So I'll just get rid of that whole portion

[light leaf]

@fickle hatch so do not include the controls under notes in the .md either?

[fickle hatch]

controls is controls

Has its own section

[fickle hatch]

now the other stuff and you should be good to go

[light leaf]

what si the delimitter im missing

i dont know what that means

and with tab returns name, i need to fix it to just say tabreturn, not TabReturn?

at

i did th eoull request and then saw afterwards the delmittier and tabreturn spelling issue so il do it again \

but i need to know what i need to fix with the delimitter

not sure what that means i need to add/delete to the json

if you could assist me id really appreciate it

[fickle hatch]

i gave you the site where to check

https://jsonlint.com/

put the content of the json fiel in there

it'll tell you where the error is

in what line exactly

[light leaf]

i dragged it into it but i dont know what im looking for

[fickle hatch]

do you know what a delimter is?

, for example

[light leaf]

i sure dont

thats why im asking

[fickle hatch]

sentence,
wants,
delimter,
at end

sometimes its also ;

[light leaf]

so i need to add a comma at the end of what sentence

[fickle hatch]

put it into jsonlint

it'll tell you exactly what line and character

[light leaf]

ok

[fickle hatch]

I'm not telling you to the result so you learn to do it

[light leaf]

its there

[fickle hatch]

I don't mean harm 😄

[light leaf]

i know you dont

youre just trying to teach me in good faith

and i appreciate it

what line

13?

[fickle hatch]

put it into jsonlint

[light leaf]

after the wrod thing"?

[fickle hatch]

the content of the .json file

[light leaf]

i did

[fickle hatch]

what does it say?

[light leaf]

it just shows the contents of the json

[fickle hatch]

It'll even mark it for you

no

you press validate json

[light leaf]

oooh

after my namer

add a comma a the end after the quptations?

[fickle hatch]

read it

Invalid JSON!
Error: Parse error on line 12:
...eragePaladin"      "TabReturn- held my ...
----------------------^
Expecting 'EOF', '}', ':', ',', ']', got 'STRING'```

line 12, expecting End of File ","

and tabreturn name is wrong

[light leaf]

pk

got it all done

here we go

after i click contribute then open new pull request

is there anything else i have to do

[fickle hatch]

your pull request is already open

so no need to do it again

[light leaf]

ok so can you check it for me and make sure i did it all right?

[fickle hatch]

sure

[light leaf]

thank you very very much

[fickle hatch]

@light leaf my friend

😄

What did you not understand abouzt "tabreturn- held my hand through the whole thing"

is wrong

the json and thus the porters name is something that is used by the website and the gui to filter for names and such

so the name has to be a real name

so case, spelling have to match

so it's just tabreturn

[light leaf]

I SWEAR I changed it

Maybe I forgot to save. Blah. I'll get it fixed. I'm so sorry

I see what you mean now. It has to be JUST the name

It's done and uploaded. I'm Hopefuly it'd ready this 5th and final time. Lol

[light leaf]

@fickle hatch the gitkeep wa sin the gamedata folder i promise you

but i deleted it, made a new text file, renamed it from a .txt file to .gitkeep and it opens to a blank notepad. i think that's correct? but i will try again

[fickle hatch]

The past doesn't interest us anymore 😛 The here and now counts ^^

[light leaf]

yeha i just uplosded it and it deleted it

its got the .gitkeep in it

so i have no idea what im doing wrong here

any ideas?

[rich bluff]

.gitkeeps get deleted on browser. This is why you use Github Desktop (or cli client)

[light leaf]

okay can you send me a link to that download

i got it

[tulip coral]

this simple solution is not use a .gitkeep -- just pop a file in there named "place game file here" or somthing

[light leaf]

so i clone the portmaster-new repository then just do everything the same as what i did on browser?

Thats much MUCH easier

[tulip coral]

you got ~30 gb free on your hdd 😆

[rich bluff]

If you plan on doing more ports you shuold be using Desktop sooner or later anyway, but another file with no extension will also work yeah

[tulip coral]

agreed, but for now, baby-steps, i think 🙂

[lethal wharf]

👀

[light leaf]

okay its done

[light leaf]

holy frickin wow

should be gravy this time

after 6 tries my hell

[tulip coral]

tbh, i quite like the "place game file here" approach because it helps the user know where the correct location is

[tulip coral]

haha, 6 tries isn't actually too bad -- despite having a bunch of ports in the catalogue, i still take 2 or 3 revisions for some of my ports

[light leaf]

well i guess i shouldnt feel TOO bad then 😉

[tulip coral]

technically speaking, this is a single file -- so "place game file here" is more appropriate.
also, it's arguably better to remove the file extension (the .txt), as the file contains nothing

but, these are minor details, and the reviewers may not mind. sometimes this depends on who is reviewing, haha

[light leaf]

Wow... I just can't even...

Lol

This is hopefully the last time I had to do it. If it needs changed, of course I will. But I really hope it's just done

[fickle hatch]

Don't worry I'll find something

[light leaf]

Ummm... hooray?! I think!?

[tulip coral]

in the catalogue! congrats!
https://portmaster.games/detail.html?name=tinytowndefense

https://tenor.com/bgjSD.gif

(btw, i re-tagged this as "finished")

[light leaf]

That's fine! Thanks! I know, I saw it in there and was overwhelmed!

[rain spade]

Congrats @light leaf ! You live up to your name. 🙂 An average paladin would've been stumped by code and computers.