Replace XML format for data by a more convenient format #102
Description
Currently, data for all entities of the game are stored in XML format.
Example for an item (located in data/items.xml):
<items>
<bones>
<name>
Bones
</name>
<sprite>
food/bone.png
</sprite>
<info>
<en> The remains of a skeleton... Maybe there is a way to bring it back to life </en>
<zh_cn> 骷髅残骸……也许有办法让它复活 </zh_cn>
</info>
<price>
200
</price>
<category>
None
</category>
</bones>
[... other items]
</items>The issue is this language is not lean enough for such project and for beginners ; it's too heavy for something that deserves to be light.
Some other formats could convey the same amount of information in a simpler way, such as YAML.
Example for the same item in YAML:
items:
- name: Bones
sprite: food/bone.png
info:
en: The remains of a skeleton... Maybe there is a way to bring it back to life
zh_cn: 骷髅残骸……也许有办法让它复活
price: 200It's much shorter!
Other possibility is JSON.
[{
"name": "Bones",
"sprite": "food/bone.png",
"info": {
"en": "The remains of a skeleton... Maybe there is a way to bring it back to life",
"zh_cn": "骷髅残骸……也许有办法让它复活"
},
"price": 200
}]Similar length as YAML.