Adding Games to Arcade Machine

many of these steps are eser to perform via the GUI all commands below are for CLI but can start the GUI by typing startx in the terminal

C++ Programs

If you have a complied arm program skip to step 7

Open Terminal
Change to the Games Source Folder in the home directory
```
cd GameSource
```
Create a new folder for your Game and change into the folder (Optional)
```
mkdir mygame
cd mygame
```

Git Clone your code into the directory

git clone https://github.com/Thoth-Tech/MyGame.git

Compile your game
```
skm g++ program.cpp -o MyGame
```
Test Your game is running correctly (optional)
```
./MyGame
```
Copy your Complied game to the Games directory\
```
cp -r ~/GamesSource/MyGame ~/Games
```
Create a Launch Script for your game
```
nano ~Games/LaunchScript/MyGame.sh
```
- Add the following
```
#!/bin/bash
~/Games/MyGame/MyGame
```
- Note: Some C++ programs may not run correctly when executed from a remote directory in which case make the script chagne to the program directory first
```
 #!/bin/bash
cd ~/Games/MyGame/
./MyGame
```

save by pressing ctrl-o and exit by pressing ctrl-x

Make the script executable

sudo chmod +x MyGame.sh

Add the game to the emulation station game list.

nano ~/.emulationstation/gamelist/pc/gamelist.xml

Create new entire for your game.

<game>
    <path>./MyGame.sh</path>
    <name>My Game</name>
    <image>~/Games/MyGame/TitleImage.png</image>
</game>

C# Programs

Open Terminal
Change to the Games Source Folder in the home directory

cd GameSource

Create a new folder for your Game and change into the folder (Optional)

mkdir mygame
cd mygame

Git Clone your code into the directory

git clone https://github.com/Thoth-Tech/MyGame.git

Compile your game (—sc complies it as standard alone)
```
- you may need to change into a sub directory first
```
Compiling as a standalone program is presently required for C# games as dotnet and splashkit paths are not loaded on CLI boot, paths are presently loaded by bashrc which only run on interactive login shells. i.e. when you login to the desktop.

skm dotnet publish --sc

Copy libsplashkit.dll and libsplashkit.so to your published project directory

cp ~/.splaskkit/lib/linux/libsplashkit.dll ~/GamesSource/MyGame/bin/Debug/netcoreapp7.0/publish
cp ~/.splaskkit/lib/linux/libsplashkit.so ~/GamesSource/MyGame/bin/Debug/netcoreapp7.0/publish

Test Your game is running correctly (optional)
- change into the publish directory
- If you are using a Resources folder copy that into the Publish directory cp -r ~/GamesSource/MyGame/Resources ~/GamesSource/MyGame/bin/Debug/netcoreapp7.0/publish

./MyGame

Copy your Complied game to the Games directory

cp -r ~/GamesSource/MyGame/bin/Debug/netcoreapp7.0/publish/ ~/Games/MyGame

Create a Launch Script for your game

nano ~Games/LaunchScript/MyGame.sh

Add the following

#!/bin/bash
~/Games/MyGame/MyGame

save by pressing ctrl-o and exit by pressing ctrl-x

Make the script executable

sudo chmod +x MyGame.sh

Add the game to the emulation station game list.

nano ~/.emulationstation/gamelist/pc/gamelist.xml

Create new entire for your game.

<game>
    <path>./MyGame.sh</path>
    <name>My Game</name>
    <image>~/Games/MyGame/TitleImage.png</image>
</game>