Game Developer's Guide to the new 3.1.X.X update

(Work in Progress)

#1. Change your Game Definition file structure

• Rename your main xml file to definition.xml (you cannot give it a specialized name anymore)
• Delete [content_types] as it is removed from OCTGN.
• definition.xml is the ONLY file allowed in the root directory of the game definition. All other files must be moved into folders.
• delete the _rels folder (no longer needed).

#2. Change the RELS id links inside definition.xml

• Wherever you had a file/image linked through your _rels document (counters, card backs, python scripts, etc), replace the _rels ID with the filepath of the file.
• I.E. <script src="r02" /> becomes <script src="scripts/actions.py" />

#3. Capitalize all instances of "true" (to "True") and "false" (to "False") inside definition.xml

#4. Make sure all XML tags inside <game> go in this order (this is now important!):

1. <scripts>
2. <fonts>
3. <proxygen> (NEW!)
4. <globalvariables>
5. <card>
6. <table>
7. <player>
8. <shared>
9. <deck>
10. <sharedDeck>

#5. Add new code inside the <game> tag

• (this is where stuff like the game GUID and version number are)
• tags="" -- a short tag to help locate your game, usually an acronym if available
• description="" -- give a description for your game
• setsurl="" -- the full URL of a website to find more info or help for sets in this game
• gameurl="" -- the full URL of a website to find more info or help for this game
• authors="" -- a place to put the name of the person (or people) who helped code this game
• iconurl="" -- the full URL of a hosted picture to display as an icon for this game