marble-machinations/README.md

# marble machinations
(working title)

logic mostly like https://git.crispypin.cc/CrispyPin/marble

## todo
make marble movement not order-dependent (`>ooo <` does not behave symmetrically)
blueprints
scroll level list

decide on marble data size (u32 or byte?)
blueprint rotation

## file hierarchy
```
- assets/
- storage/
  - levels/
    - 00_zeroes.json
    - 01_cat.json
    - 02_parse.json
    - 99_sandbox.json
  - solutions/
    - 00_zeroes/
      - solution_0.json
      - solution_1.json
    - factorial_194726/
      - solution_0.json
      - solution_1.json
  - blueprints
    - blueprint_0.json
  - custom_levels/
    - factorial_194726.json
```

`00_zeroes.json`
```json
{
  "id": "00_zeroes",
  "name": "Zeroes",
  "description": "learn how to output data",
  "init_board": null,
  "inputs": [],
  "outputs": [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]
}
```
`00_zeroes/solution_0.json`
```json
{
  "level_id": "00_zeroes", //redundant, useful if sharing solution files?
  "solution_id": "solution_0",
  "name": "unnamed 1",
  "board": "oo\nP*\n|-",
  "score": {
    "cycles": 8,
    "tiles": 6,
    "area": 6,
  }
}
```

`blueprints/blueprint_0.json`
```json
{
  "name": "fast printer",
  "board": "oo\nP*\n|-"
}
```