added zip utils

main.lua

@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 local logger = require("utils/logger")
 local lovehandler = require("utils/love_file_handler")
+local zip = require("utils/zip")
 
-multi,  thread = require("multi"):init({priority=true})
+local multi,  thread = require("multi"):init({priority=true})
 multi.setClock(require("socket").gettime) -- When on linux os.clock doesn't reture actual seconds the program has elapsed for
-GLOBAL, THREAD = require("multi.integration.loveManager"):init()
+local GLOBAL, THREAD = require("multi.integration.loveManager"):init()
-
-
 
 local fileHandler, logCtrl = lovehandler.new("logs/jeopardy.log", {
     max_size   = 512 * 1024,  -- rotate at 512 KB
@@ -39,6 +38,9 @@ color.indexColor("header_font","#fef6eeda")
 color.indexColor("correct", "#52b11b")
 color.indexColor("skip", "#5d5d5d")
 color.indexColor("wrong", "#bd2626")
+color.indexColor("shaderColA","rgb01(0.10, 0.12, 0.38)")
+color.indexColor("shaderColB","rgb01(0.20, 0.22, 0.58)")
+color.indexColor("shaderColC","rgb01(0.55, 0.58, 0.78)")
 
 require("gui.addons")
 
@@ -56,7 +58,19 @@ multi.error = function(self, err)
     love.quit()
 end
 
+function readFileData(path)
+    return io.open(path,"r"):read("*a")
+end
+
 function love.load()
+    -- local z = zip.new()
+    -- z:add("main.lua",readFileData("main.lua"))
+    -- z:add("package.bat",readFileData("package.bat"))
+    -- local data = z:build()
+    -- local file = io.open("test.zip","wb")
+    -- file:write(data)
+    -- file:close()
+
     loadLog:info("Starting Jeopardy Game")
     loadLog:debug("Setting game identity to jeopardy")
     for i,v in ipairs(color.listColors(showAllColors)) do
@@ -84,11 +98,83 @@ function love.load()
 end
 
 function love.update(dt)
-    gui.update(dt) 
+    gui.update(dt)
-    multi:uManager(dt) 
+    multi:uManager(dt)
 end
 
 function love.draw()
     gui.draw()
 end
 
+-- custom shaders
+
+gui.NewShader("background", [[
+    extern float time;
+    extern vec2  size;
+    extern vec3  colA;
+    extern vec3  colB;
+    extern vec3  colC;
+
+    // Hash function (pseudo-random from 2D input)
+    float hash(vec2 p) {
+        p = fract(p * vec2(127.1, 311.7));
+        p += dot(p, p + 19.19);
+        return fract(p.x * p.y);
+    }
+
+    // Smooth value noise
+    float noise(vec2 p) {
+        vec2 i = floor(p);
+        vec2 f = fract(p);
+        // Quintic smoothstep
+        vec2 u = f * f * f * (f * (f * 6.0 - 15.0) + 10.0);
+
+        float a = hash(i);
+        float b = hash(i + vec2(1.0, 0.0));
+        float c = hash(i + vec2(0.0, 1.0));
+        float d = hash(i + vec2(1.0, 1.0));
+
+        return mix(mix(a, b, u.x), mix(c, d, u.x), u.y);
+    }
+
+    // Fractional Brownian Motion – layers of noise at different scales
+    float fbm(vec2 p) {
+        float value = 0.0;
+        float amplitude = 0.5;
+        float frequency = 1.0;
+        for (int i = 0; i < 6; i++) {
+            value     += amplitude * noise(p * frequency);
+            frequency *= 2.0;
+            amplitude *= 0.5;
+        }
+        return value;
+    }
+
+    vec4 effect(vec4 color, Image tex, vec2 texCoord, vec2 screenCoord) {
+        // Normalized UV with aspect ratio correction
+        vec2 uv = screenCoord / size;
+
+        // Slow, asymmetric time offsets per axis for lava-lamp feel
+        float t1 = time * 0.008;
+        float t2 = time * 0.005;
+
+        // Domain-warped FBM: feed FBM output back into itself
+        // This creates the bulging, self-folding blob shapes.
+        vec2 q = vec2(
+            fbm(uv + vec2(0.0,  0.0) + t1),
+            fbm(uv + vec2(5.2,  1.3) + t2)
+        );
+
+        vec2 r = vec2(
+            fbm(uv + 4.0 * q + vec2(1.7, 9.2) + t1 * 0.7),
+            fbm(uv + 4.0 * q + vec2(8.3, 2.8) + t2 * 0.9)
+        );
+
+        float n = fbm(uv + 4.0 * r + t1 * 0.4);
+
+        vec3 col = mix(colA, colB, clamp(n * 2.0,       0.0, 1.0));
+            col = mix(col,  colC, clamp(n * 2.0 - 0.6, 0.0, 1.0));
+
+        return vec4(col, 1.0);
+    }
+]])

menus/board.lua

@@ -38,7 +38,9 @@ local dd_enabled = false
 local applied_dd = false
 local board, question
 
-local function cleanUp()
+local function cleanUp(frameRef)
+    boardLog:debug("Cleaning up state and returning to title screen")
+    scoreboard:removeAllPlayers()
     activePlayer = nil
     handler_conn:Remove()
     playerList = {}
@@ -55,6 +57,7 @@ local function cleanUp()
     applied_dd = false
     board = nil
     question = nil
+    frameRef:destroy()
 end
 
 local function pickUniqueIndices(t, count)
@@ -189,16 +192,23 @@ end
 
 local function manageCosmetics(frame, cosmetics)
     boardLog:debug("Managing cosmetics")
-    if cosmetics["bg-img"] then
-        frame:setImage(cosmetics["bg-img"])
-    else
-        frame:setImage("assets/images/background.png")
-    end
     if type(cosmetics.colors) == "table" then
         for i,v in pairs(cosmetics.colors) do
             color.reindexColor((i:gsub("-","_")),v)
         end
     end
+    if cosmetics["bg-img"] then
+        frame:setImage(cosmetics["bg-img"])
+        frame:setShader()
+    else
+        -- frame:setImage("assets/images/background.png")
+        frame:setImage(nil)
+        frame:setShader(gui.SHADERS.background,{
+            colA = color.shaderColA,
+            colB = color.shaderColB,
+            colC = color.shaderColC
+        })
+    end
 end
 
 function gui:cleanup()
@@ -210,7 +220,7 @@ function gui:cleanup()
 end
 
 function Menu(frame, path, deb)
-    local frameRef = frame:newFrame():fullFrame()
+    local frameRef = frame:newImageLabel():fullFrame()
     frameRef.visibility = 0    
     boardLog:info("Building board")
     if path:match(".zip") then
@@ -262,10 +272,7 @@ function Menu(frame, path, deb)
         refresh.align = gui.ALIGN_CENTER
         refresh.color = color.green
         refresh:OnReleased(function()
-            boardLog:debug("Cleaning up state and returning to title screen")
+            cleanUp(frameRef)
-            scoreboard:removeAllPlayers()
-            cleanUp()
-            frameRef:destroy()
             menu.getMenu("title"):visible(true)
             menu.getMenu("board"):visible(frame, path, deb)
         end)
@@ -284,6 +291,8 @@ function Menu(frame, path, deb)
 
     local function displayAnswer(q)
         dframe.text = q.answer
+        dframe.textColor = color.white
+
         dframe.visible = true
         dframe.click = q["display-mode"] == "click"
         local sleep = 5
@@ -334,6 +343,7 @@ function Menu(frame, path, deb)
         OnExit = function(self)
             self:setShader()
         end,
+        shaderTime = {true},
         OnReleased=function(self)
             if self.text == "Skip" then
                 handler_conn:Fire()
@@ -342,10 +352,11 @@ function Menu(frame, path, deb)
                 return
             end
             local val = self.text == "Correct"
-            print(multiply)
             handler_conn:Fire(val, multiply)
-            if val then 
+            if val then
-                reference:Unconnect()
+                if reference then
+                    reference:Unconnect()
+                end
                 handler.visible = false
             end
         end,
@@ -368,7 +379,16 @@ function Menu(frame, path, deb)
     index = data.index
 
     local cosmetics = index.cosmetics or {}
-    manageCosmetics(frame, cosmetics)
+    cosmetics.colors = cosmetics.colors or {}
+    
+    for i,v in pairs(color.listColors()) do
+        if not cosmetics.colors[v] then
+            cosmetics.colors[v] = color.rgbToHex(color[v])
+        end
+    end
+
+    frameRef:shaderTime()
+    manageCosmetics(frameRef, cosmetics)
     
     board:fullFrame()
     question:fullFrame()
@@ -407,7 +427,7 @@ function Menu(frame, path, deb)
 
     reset(function(q)
         question:cleanup()
-        manageCosmetics(frame, cosmetics)
+        manageCosmetics(frameRef, cosmetics)
         label.text = default_text
         if q["display-answer"] then
             displayAnswer(q)
@@ -449,6 +469,13 @@ function Menu(frame, path, deb)
             t.category = v.name
             t.index = tier
             t.price = start + inc*(tier-1)
+            t:OnEnter(function(self)
+                self:setShader(gui.SHADERS.glow)
+            end)
+            t:OnExit(function(self)
+                self:setShader()
+            end)
+            t:shaderTime(true)
             t:OnReleased(boardUpdater:newFunction(function(self)
                 if self.text == "" or GetActivePlayer() == nil then return end
                 if dd_enabled then
@@ -470,7 +497,7 @@ function Menu(frame, path, deb)
                 setmetatable(q, {__index = globals})
                 if q == nil then boardLog:debug("Question contains no data: File: %s Category: %s Tier: %s",path,index.categories[cat].name,start + inc*(tier-1)) return end
                 if q.cosmetics then
-                    manageCosmetics(frame, q.cosmetics)
+                    manageCosmetics(frameRef, q.cosmetics)
                 end
                 self.textVisibility = 0
                 local template = LoadTemplate(q.template, path)

menus/settings.lua

@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@ local menu = require("gui.core.menus")
 -- local proc = gui:getProcessor():newProcessor("settings")
 
 function Menu(frame)
-    local background = frame:newImageLabel("assets/images/background.jpg")
+    local background = frame:newFrame():fullFrame()
-    background:fullFrame()
+    background:setShader(gui.SHADERS.background,{
-end
+        colA = color.shaderColA,
+        colB = color.shaderColB,
+        colC = color.shaderColC
+    })
+    background:shaderTime()
+end
+
+return menu.registerMenu("settings", Menu)

menus/title.lua

@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ local proc = gui:getProcessor():newProcessor("main-title")
 
 local APP_VERSION = love.filesystem.read("version.txt")
 
-local board = require("menus.board")
+local boardMenu = require("menus.board")
+local settingsMenu = require("menus.settings")
 
 local titleLog = log:child("title")
 
@@ -59,16 +60,21 @@ function Menu(frame)
     play:OnReleased(function()
         titleLog:debug("Play button pressed")
         if love.filesystem.getInfo("quiz") then
-            menu.getMenu("board"):visible(true, "quiz", true)
+            boardMenu:visible(true, "quiz", true)
             return
         else
             gui:newFilePicker("File picker test",nil, {".zip"}, function(file)
                 titleLog:info("File picked: %s", file)
-                menu.getMenu("board"):visible(true, file:gsub("\\","/"):gsub(love.filesystem.getSaveDirectory(),""):sub(2,-1))
+                boardMenu:visible(true, file:gsub("\\","/"):gsub(love.filesystem.getSaveDirectory(),""):sub(2,-1))
             end)
         end
     end)
 
+    settings:OnReleased(function()
+        titleLog:debug("Settings button pressed")
+        settingsMenu:visible(true)
+    end)
+
     quit:OnReleased(function(self, x, y)
         print("Quit Pressed",x,y,self:getAbsolutes())
         titleLog:debug("Quit button pressed")

templates/zoom.lua

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ local function index(window, q, callback)
 	imageHolder:OnExit(function(self)
 		self:setShader()
 	end)
-	
+
 	imageHolder:shaderTime(true)
 	
 	imageHolder:OnReleased(function()

utils/zip.lua

@@ -0,0 +1,217 @@
+--[[
+    zip.lua — A zip writer module for LÖVE 2D
+    ==========================================
+    Uses love.math.compress (zlib/DEFLATE) and a pure-Lua CRC-32 table.
+    No external dependencies required.
+
+    Requires: LÖVE 11.0+
+
+    Usage:
+        local Zip = require("zip")
+
+        local z = Zip.new()
+        z:add("level1.lua", love.filesystem.read("level1.lua"))
+        z:add("tiles/grass.png", love.filesystem.read("tiles/grass.png"))
+        local data = z:build()
+        love.filesystem.write("levels.zip", data)
+
+    API:
+        Zip.new()              → creates a new Zip writer
+        zip:add(path, data)    → adds a file entry (path uses forward slashes)
+        zip:build()            → returns the zip file as a string
+]]
+
+local Zip = {}
+Zip.__index = Zip
+
+-- ── helpers ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+--- Pack bytes into a little-endian binary string.
+local function pack_u16(n)
+    return string.char(n % 256, math.floor(n / 256) % 256)
+end
+
+local function pack_u32(n)
+    return string.char(
+        n % 256,
+        math.floor(n / 256) % 256,
+        math.floor(n / 65536) % 256,
+        math.floor(n / 16777216) % 256
+    )
+end
+
+-- LuaJIT (used by LOVE) provides the 'bit' library for bitwise operations.
+local bxor   = bit.bxor
+local band   = bit.band
+local rshift = bit.rshift
+
+--- CRC-32 lookup table (standard IEEE 802.3 polynomial 0xEDB88320, reflected).
+local _crc_table = (function()
+    local t = {}
+    for i = 0, 255 do
+        local c = i
+        for _ = 1, 8 do
+            if band(c, 1) == 1 then
+                c = bxor(rshift(c, 1), 0xEDB88320)
+            else
+                c = rshift(c, 1)
+            end
+        end
+        t[i] = c
+    end
+    return t
+end)()
+
+--- Compute CRC-32 of a string (LuaJIT / LOVE compatible).
+local function crc32(data)
+    local crc = 0xFFFFFFFF
+    for i = 1, #data do
+        local idx = band(bxor(crc, data:byte(i)), 0xFF)
+        crc = bxor(rshift(crc, 8), _crc_table[idx])
+    end
+    return band(bxor(crc, 0xFFFFFFFF), 0xFFFFFFFF)
+end
+
+--- Deflate-compress data using love.math.compress.
+--- Returns compressed_string, or nil if compression made it larger.
+local function deflate(data)
+    -- "zlib" wraps DEFLATE with a 2-byte header and 4-byte Adler-32 checksum.
+    -- For ZIP we need raw DEFLATE, which we get by stripping the zlib envelope.
+    -- love.math.compress( rawstring, format, level )
+    -- love.data.compress( container, format, rawstring, level )
+    local zlib_data = love.data.compress("string", "zlib", data, 6)  -- level 6 = default
+
+    -- Strip the 2-byte zlib header and 4-byte Adler-32 trailer
+    local raw_deflate = zlib_data:sub(3, -5)
+
+    if #raw_deflate >= #data then
+        return nil  -- not worth compressing
+    end
+    return raw_deflate
+end
+
+--- MS-DOS date/time encoding for the current time.
+local function dos_datetime()
+    local t = os.date("*t")
+    local date = ((t.year - 1980) * 512) + (t.month * 32) + t.day
+    local time = (t.hour * 2048) + (t.min * 32) + math.floor(t.sec / 2)
+    return pack_u16(time), pack_u16(date)
+end
+
+-- ── Zip writer ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+--- Create a new Zip writer instance.
+function Zip.new()
+    return setmetatable({ _entries = {}, _offset = 0 }, Zip)
+end
+
+--- Add a file to the zip.
+-- @param path   string   Archive path, e.g. "maps/level1.lua". Use '/' separators.
+-- @param data   string   Raw file contents.
+function Zip:add(path, data)
+    assert(type(path) == "string", "path must be a string")
+    assert(type(data) == "string", "data must be a string")
+    assert(not path:match("^/"),   "path must not start with '/'")
+
+    local crc      = crc32(data)
+    local original = #data
+    local compressed, method
+
+    local deflated = deflate(data)
+    if deflated then
+        compressed = deflated
+        method     = 8   -- DEFLATE
+    else
+        compressed = data
+        method     = 0   -- Stored
+    end
+
+    table.insert(self._entries, {
+        path       = path,
+        data       = data,      -- uncompressed (kept for the central dir)
+        compressed = compressed,
+        method     = method,
+        crc        = crc,
+        size_orig  = original,
+        size_comp  = #compressed,
+        offset     = self._offset,
+    })
+
+    -- Local file header = 30 bytes + filename length + compressed data length
+    self._offset = self._offset + 30 + #path + #compressed
+end
+
+--- Build and return the full zip file as a binary string.
+function Zip:build()
+    local parts = {}
+
+    -- ── Local file headers + data ────────────────────────────────────────────
+    for _, e in ipairs(self._entries) do
+        local dos_time, dos_date = dos_datetime()
+
+        -- Local file header signature
+        parts[#parts+1] = "\x50\x4B\x03\x04"  -- PK\3\4
+        parts[#parts+1] = "\x14\x00"           -- version needed: 2.0
+        parts[#parts+1] = "\x00\x00"           -- general purpose bit flag
+        parts[#parts+1] = pack_u16(e.method)
+        parts[#parts+1] = dos_time
+        parts[#parts+1] = dos_date
+        parts[#parts+1] = pack_u32(e.crc)
+        parts[#parts+1] = pack_u32(e.size_comp)
+        parts[#parts+1] = pack_u32(e.size_orig)
+        parts[#parts+1] = pack_u16(#e.path)    -- filename length
+        parts[#parts+1] = "\x00\x00"           -- extra field length
+        parts[#parts+1] = e.path
+        parts[#parts+1] = e.compressed
+    end
+
+    local central_dir_offset = 0
+    for _, p in ipairs(parts) do central_dir_offset = central_dir_offset + #p end
+
+    -- ── Central directory ────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+    local central_parts = {}
+    for _, e in ipairs(self._entries) do
+        local dos_time, dos_date = dos_datetime()
+
+        central_parts[#central_parts+1] = "\x50\x4B\x01\x02"  -- PK\1\2
+        central_parts[#central_parts+1] = "\x14\x00"           -- version made by: 2.0
+        central_parts[#central_parts+1] = "\x14\x00"           -- version needed: 2.0
+        central_parts[#central_parts+1] = "\x00\x00"           -- general purpose bit flag
+        central_parts[#central_parts+1] = pack_u16(e.method)
+        central_parts[#central_parts+1] = dos_time
+        central_parts[#central_parts+1] = dos_date
+        central_parts[#central_parts+1] = pack_u32(e.crc)
+        central_parts[#central_parts+1] = pack_u32(e.size_comp)
+        central_parts[#central_parts+1] = pack_u32(e.size_orig)
+        central_parts[#central_parts+1] = pack_u16(#e.path)    -- filename length
+        central_parts[#central_parts+1] = "\x00\x00"           -- extra field length
+        central_parts[#central_parts+1] = "\x00\x00"           -- file comment length
+        central_parts[#central_parts+1] = "\x00\x00"           -- disk number start
+        central_parts[#central_parts+1] = "\x00\x00"           -- internal attributes
+        central_parts[#central_parts+1] = "\x00\x00\x00\x00"   -- external attributes
+        central_parts[#central_parts+1] = pack_u32(e.offset)   -- offset of local header
+        central_parts[#central_parts+1] = e.path
+    end
+
+    local central_dir_size = 0
+    for _, p in ipairs(central_parts) do central_dir_size = central_dir_size + #p end
+
+    -- ── End of central directory record ─────────────────────────────────────
+    local num_entries = #self._entries
+    local eocd = table.concat({
+        "\x50\x4B\x05\x06",        -- PK\5\6  (EOCD signature)
+        "\x00\x00",                 -- disk number
+        "\x00\x00",                 -- disk with central dir start
+        pack_u16(num_entries),      -- entries on this disk
+        pack_u16(num_entries),      -- total entries
+        pack_u32(central_dir_size), -- central dir size
+        pack_u32(central_dir_offset), -- central dir offset
+        "\x00\x00",                 -- comment length
+    })
+
+    return table.concat(parts)
+        .. table.concat(central_parts)
+        .. eocd
+end
+
+return Zip