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[naturally-intelligent]

I'm going to be doing something similar to this soon, including probably some kind of overhaul to the UI.

I prefer INI files because they are easier to edit by hand

[MrEliptik]

INI might be better especially for non developer you're right. Don't hesitate to share your redesign if you want to!

[naturally-intelligent]

Here is a sample config file proposal:

[GAME]
title = "Sample Game Title"
executable = "Chore 4.exe"
capsule = "capsule.png"
background = "bg.png"
description = "Here is a text blurb. \n\n Or use description.txt."
category = ["Tools", "Tests"]
notice = "Coming Soon"
arguments = "--fullscreen --keyboard"

[SETTINGS]
order = 1
visible = true
available = true
pinned = false

[ATTRIBUTES]
singleplayer = false
multiplayer = true
coop = true
pvp = true

The thought here is that the standard executable, capsule, background, and description will be loaded by file. Then, it will also look for a config file. If that is found, any values in the config file will be used instead. I wanted to have customizable Title and more. And maybe there are more than one EXE or certain images that are getting replaced and it would be annoying to keep renaming them "capsule.png" whenever you update. So the config file per game will let this be customized. A bunch of other things here are just ideas for future settings. And if there are a lot of games, to eventually have a category sort at the top.

I have a working version of the configs in my repo, but I'm going to put a lot more work into it for a gamejam coming up end of this month. So I'll come back after that is over with what may be an almost unrecognizable version of your launcher :D