Add "bundled" storage format #60

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kayomn · 2024-07-22T22:48:06+02:00

kayomn commented

2024-07-22 22:48:06 +02:00

coral.file.bundle introduced the idea of an abstracted file system for reading data from various opaque containers, however the default implementation for coral.files.bundle is the working directory of the application.

While this works great for development and debugging, shipping projects with loose asset files is less than ideal when it comes to making packaging easier.

Having release builds use an archive format for storing game assets in would improve a number of pain points often encountered in games development with loose files:

Loose files are hard to keep track of.
Loading one file into memory and keeping it would be better for file I/O than continuously opening and closing loose files.

`coral.file.bundle` introduced the idea of an abstracted file system for reading data from various opaque containers, however the default implementation for `coral.files.bundle` is the working directory of the application. While this works great for development and debugging, shipping projects with loose asset files is less than ideal when it comes to making packaging easier. Having release builds use an archive format for storing game assets in would improve a number of pain points often encountered in games development with loose files: * Loose files are hard to keep track of. * Loading one file into memory and keeping it would be better for file I/O than continuously opening and closing loose files.

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