Start building releases

.gitignore

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+BYTEPATH-win32.zip
+BYTEPATH.AppImage
+BYTEPATH.love
+game_64.AppImage

README.md

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 ### Running
 
-Note: If I can stick to this long enough I'll start doing releases
+**Warning**: running from source or `BYTEPATH.love` and running from a fused release save to different locations.
 
-#### Windows
+|OS|not fused|fused|
+|---|---|---|
+|Windows|`%appdata%\LOVE\BYTEPATH`|`%appdata%\BYTEPATH`|
+|Linux|`$XDG_DATA_HOME/love/BYTEPATH`|`$XDG_DATA_HOME/BYTEPATH`|
 
-???
+#### Without Steam
+##### Windows
 
-#### Linux
+1. download `BYTEPATH-win32.zip` from the latest [release](https://github.com/RunningDroid/BYTEPATH/releases)
+2. extract & run!
 
-1. install [LÖVE](https://repology.org/project/love/versions) from your distro's repositories or use the latest [appimage](https://github.com/love2d/love/releases)
-2. clone this repo
-3. cd to where you've cloned the repo and run `love .` (or just run `love /path/to/repo/`)
+##### Linux
+
+1. download `BYTEPATH.AppImage` from the latest [release](https://github.com/RunningDroid/BYTEPATH/releases)
+2. `chmod +x BYTEPATH.AppImage` & run!
+
+#### With Steam
+##### Windows
+
+1. Download `BYTEPATH-win32.zip` from the latest [release](https://github.com/RunningDroid/BYTEPATH/releases)
+2. Extract `BYTEPATH-win32.zip` on top of the version installed by Steam
+    - It's most likely `C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\BYTEPATH`
+3. Copy `steam_api.dll` from another game and put it in the folder you just extracted
+    - Or you can grab a `steam_api.dll` from the [Steamworks SDK](https://partner.steamgames.com/downloads/list) instead
+4. Enjoy your achievements!
+
+##### Linux
+
+1. Download `game_64.AppImage` from the latest [release](https://github.com/RunningDroid/BYTEPATH/releases)
+2. Replace the `game_64.AppImage` Steam has with the one you just downloaded
+    - It's most likely in `$XDG_DATA_HOME/Steam/steamapps/common/BYTEPATH`
+3. Copy `libsteam_api.so` from another game and put it in the same folder as `game_64.AppImage`
+    - Or you can grab a `libsteam_api.so` from the [Steamworks SDK](https://partner.steamgames.com/downloads/list) instead
+4. Enjoy your achievements!
 
 ---
 

release.sh

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+#!/bin/sh -eu
+#
+# build release binaries for Windows and Linux
+
+current_love_release='11.4'
+
+# get the path to the repo
+repo_dir="$(realpath "$(dirname "$0")")"
+cd "$repo_dir"
+
+(
+	# separated by '' (Unit Separator (0x1F) usually rendered as '^_') (Ctrl-v Ctrl-Shift--)
+	generated_files="BYTEPATH.loveBYTEPATH-win32.zipBYTEPATH.AppImagegame_64.AppImage"
+
+	# set IFS to Unit Separator (GitHub doesn't render control characters)
+	IFS=''
+	for file in ${generated_files}; do
+		if [ -e "$file" ]; then
+			rm "$file"
+		fi
+	done
+)
+
+# some stuff in the repo doesn't need to be included in the release
+# zip's --exclude doesn't exclude directories, test case: `zip -sf --recurse-paths test.zip . --exclude tutorial/ release.sh | grep tutorial`
+find . \! -path './tutorial*' \! -path './.git*' \! -path './release.sh' \! -path './BYTEPATH.love' \! -path './resources/BYTEPATH.desktop' | zip -9 --names-stdin BYTEPATH.love
+
+tmp_dir="$(mktemp -d)"
+cd "$tmp_dir"
+
+# create a Windows executable
+curl --disable --location --output 'love-win32.zip' \
+	"https://github.com/love2d/love/releases/download/${current_love_release}/love-${current_love_release}-win32.zip"
+
+mkdir love-win32
+unzip love-win32.zip -d love-win32
+love_dir_name="$(basename love-win32/* )"
+
+cd "love-win32/$love_dir_name"
+
+rm 'readme.txt'
+cat "love.exe" "${repo_dir}/BYTEPATH.love" > "BYTEPATH.exe"
+
+cd ..
+
+mv "$love_dir_name" 'BYTEPATH'
+zip -9 --recurse-paths 'BYTEPATH-win32.zip' 'BYTEPATH'
+mv 'BYTEPATH-win32.zip' "$repo_dir"
+
+cd "$tmp_dir"
+
+# create a Linux appimage
+mkdir love-lin64
+cd love-lin64
+
+curl --disable --location --output 'love-x86_64.AppImage' \
+	"https://github.com/love2d/love/releases/download/${current_love_release}/love-${current_love_release}-x86_64.AppImage"
+curl --disable --location --remote-name 'https://github.com/AppImage/AppImageKit/releases/download/13/appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage'
+
+chmod +x 'love-x86_64.AppImage' 'appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage'
+./love-x86_64.AppImage --appimage-extract
+
+cat 'squashfs-root/bin/love' "${repo_dir}/BYTEPATH.love" > 'squashfs-root/bin/BYTEPATH'
+chmod +x 'squashfs-root/bin/BYTEPATH'
+
+rm 'squashfs-root/love.desktop'
+cp "${repo_dir}/resources/BYTEPATH.desktop" 'squashfs-root/'
+
+./appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage 'squashfs-root' 'BYTEPATH.AppImage'
+
+mv 'BYTEPATH.AppImage' "$repo_dir"
+
+cd "$repo_dir"
+rm -r "$tmp_dir"
+cp 'BYTEPATH.AppImage' 'game_64.AppImage'

resources/BYTEPATH.desktop

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+[Desktop Entry]
+Name=BYTEPATH
+Exec=BYTEPATH
+Type=Application
+Categories=Game;
+Terminal=false
+Icon=love