GDExporter: a CLI tool for exporting GDevelop games

GDevelop general
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Hi everyone!
Today I built gdexporter, a project which let you build GDevelop games through command line fast and easily, for usage in CI for example. Right now it only has html5 export support.
Installation:
You only need node. Do:

npm i -g gdexporter

To install. You can also install the latest dev version by cloning the repository, npm install and npm link:

git clone https://github.com/arthuro555/gdexporter
cd gdexporter
npm i
npm link

Usage:

gdexport [--in path/to/game.json] [--out path/to/output/directory]

By default, it assumes the project is located in ./Project/game.json, and exports to ./Exported. To use custom paths use the in and out parameter.

Real life Example on a CI:
Here is an example repository that autobuilds the game on every commit to master:

Link to the automatically built game:
https://gdevelop-game.github.io/GDevelop-Open-Game/

Enjoy!

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Update: Now you can export for electron cordova and facebook instant games.
The old way of exporting still works. To export to electron cordova or face book use the following argument:

gdexport [-b|--build electron|cordova|facebook]
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Love it! :rocket:

I had a blast deploying to vercel by adding package.json to my github repository root as follows:

{
  "name": "game",
  "private": true,
  "scripts": {
    "build": "gdexport --in game.json --out public/"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "gdexporter": "^3.2.3"
  }
}

Assume the game saved as game.json in the root of the repository.

Love auto-magic deployment :smiley:

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I am happy this could help you :slight_smile: If you are interested, you can check out the plugins feature I recently added to automatically make a web manifest or add a service worker based on Workbox for runtime caching to turn your web exports into PWAs :wink: