add update function

.github/workflows/pyinstaller-build.yml

@@ -92,21 +92,18 @@ jobs:
         generate_release_notes: true
         overwrite: true
         body: |
-          Pre-release versions are not consistent between tags. This is just used 
+          Pre-release versions are not consistent between tags. This is used 
           as a way to automatically package the game as executables for different 
-          operating systems. Each executable version is suffixed with its github
-          commit hash to identify versions. Pre-releases might be overwritten with
-          newer versions (differentiable by the github commit hash in the file 
-          name).
+          operating systems.
 
     - name: Upload Linux executable to Release
       uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
       env:
         GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       with:
         upload_url: ${{ steps.create_release.outputs.upload_url }}
-        asset_path: ./dist/vigilant-ubuntu-latest-${{ github.sha }}
-        asset_name: vigilant-ubuntu-latest-${{ github.sha }}
+        asset_path: ./dist/vigilant-ubuntu-latest
+        asset_name: vigilant-ubuntu-latest
         asset_content_type: application/octet-stream
 
     - name: Upload macOS executable to Release
@@ -115,8 +112,8 @@ jobs:
         GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       with:
         upload_url: ${{ steps.create_release.outputs.upload_url }}
-        asset_path: ./dist/vigilant-macos-latest-${{ github.sha }}
-        asset_name: vigilant-macos-latest-${{ github.sha }}
+        asset_path: ./dist/vigilant-macos-latest
+        asset_name: vigilant-macos-latest
         asset_content_type: application/octet-stream
 
     - name: Upload Windows executable to Release
@@ -125,6 +122,6 @@ jobs:
         GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       with:
         upload_url: ${{ steps.create_release.outputs.upload_url }}
-        asset_path: ./dist/vigilant-windows-latest-${{ github.sha }}.exe
-        asset_name: vigilant-windows-latest-${{ github.sha }}.exe
+        asset_path: ./dist/vigilant-windows-latest.exe
+        asset_name: vigilant-windows-latest.exe
         asset_content_type: application/octet-stream

lib/helper.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import math, os, sys, yaml, datetime
+import math, os, sys, yaml, datetime, urllib.request, platform
 from scipy.interpolate import CubicSpline
 import pickle
 import numpy as np
@@ -219,4 +219,23 @@ def merge_dicts(a: dict, b: dict, path=[], level=1):
         else:
             print(f"Savegame key '{key}' not found in loaded savegame, defaulting to template value {b[key]}.")
             a[key] = b[key]
-    return a
+    return a
+
+
+def update_game():
+    osname = platform.system()
+
+    if 'Linux' in osname:
+        osname = 'ubuntu'
+    elif 'Darwin' in osname:
+        osname = 'macos'
+    elif 'Windows' in osname:
+        osname = 'windows'
+    else:
+        print(f"Failed to update game executable. Could not detect operating system since platform.system returns unknown value: {osname}.")
+        return
+
+    try:
+        urllib.request.urlretrieve(f"https://github.com/fischer-hub/vigilant-funicular/releases/latest/download/vigilant-{osname}", "vigilant")
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"Failed to update game executable, download returned: {e}.")

scenes/start_screen/start.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from src.scene import Scene, Clickable, ChangeScene, Commentable
 from src.text import Text
 import pygame as pg
-from lib.helper import path, save_config, check_update
+from lib.helper import path, save_config, check_update, update_game
 from src.animate import StripAnimate
 from datetime import datetime
 import os, sys
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ def __init__(self, player, cursor, collision_file = None, scale_factor = 6, dev
             save_config(self.config)        
 
         if 'update_available' not in self.config:
-            self.config['update_available'] = False    
+            self.config['update_available'] = False
 
         self.player_spawn = (-100, -100)
 
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ def __init__(self, player, cursor, collision_file = None, scale_factor = 6, dev
         # clickables
         start_button_clickable = Btn(pg.Rect(460, 120, 1050, 220), sound = path('sounds', 'button_click.ogg'), animation = start_button, scene = self, id = 'start_button', fct = lambda: (4,(0,0)))
         new_game_button_clickable = Btn(pg.Rect((460, 440, 1050, 220)), sound = path('sounds', 'button_click.ogg'), animation = new_game, fct = lambda: (0,(0,0)), scene = self, id = 'new_game')
-        update_button_clickable = Btn(pg.Rect((460, 770, 1050, 220)), sound = path('sounds', 'button_click.ogg'), animation = update_button, scene = self, id = 'update_button')
+        update_button_clickable = Btn(pg.Rect((460, 770, 1050, 220)), sound = path('sounds', 'button_click.ogg'), animation = update_button, scene = self, id = 'update_button', fct = update_game)
         caution_msg_clickable = Msg(pg.Rect((524, 708, 800, 150)), sound = path('sounds', 'button_click.ogg'), animation = caution_msg, scene = self)
 
         self.clickable_lst = { '1': SizeMeter(pg.Rect(1670, 290, 90, 65), self, 1), '2': SizeMeter(pg.Rect(1670, 395, 90, 65), self, 2), '3': SizeMeter(pg.Rect(1670, 495, 90, 65), self, 3),