squib new

Generate a basic Squib project layout.

While Squib is just a Ruby library that can be used in all kinds of ways, there a bunch of tried-and-true techniques on how to use it. To make this process easier, we provide some built-in project starter kits.

Basic

The default run will generate a “basic” layout:

$ squib new arctic-lemming

This kit includes the following:

• deck.rb is your main source code file
• config.yml is the default config file for all runs of Squib
• layout.yml is a basic layout file
• Rakefile has a basic rake task (if you’re familiar with that - it’s not necessary).
• Git files, such as .gitignore, and gitkeep.txt. These are helpful because every coding project should use version control.
• Markdown files, e.g. IDEAS.md, RULES.md, PLAYTESTING.md, and ABOUT.md, to write notes in and organize your ideas.

You can see the basic files here on GitHub

--advanced

If you run with the --advanced flag, you get a lot more stuff:

$ squib new --advanced arctic-lemming

In particular, the --advanced run will all run through Ruby’s rake command. You will no longer be able to run your ruby scripts directly with ruby deck.rb, instead you’ll need to do rake. See The Squib Way pt 3: Workflows for a walkthrough.

Addtionally, everything else is broken out into directories.

• We assume you will have a LOT of images, so there’s a separate image directory configured
• A default Excel sheet is included, in its own data
• The Rakefile is much more advanced, taking advantage of build groups and various other things
• Assume one layout file per deck
• Separate the game documents (e.g. RULES.md) from the project documents (e.g. IDEAS.md)
• We also include a Guardfile so you can auto-build your code as you are writing it.
• We include a version file so you can track the version of your code and print that on all of your cards. It’s a good idea to have this in its own file.
• The default deck.rb demonstrates some more advanced features of Squib

You can see the advanced project kit files here on GitHub