Level 9 games in Blorb files

[DavidKinder]

It would be possible to add support for all the files for a game to be kept in a single Blorb file. The Blorb specification already includes an executable chunk type for Level 9 games ('LEVE'). Support for all the games and graphics formats would involve:

• Single part games would have a single executable chunk.
• Multiple part games would have multiple executable chunks, numbered in order of the parts.
• Bitmap graphics would be represented as PNG images.
• Line drawn graphics data would be represented as a binary data resource chunk ('BINA').

For this to be of any use it would also be necessary to create a tool to create the Blorb files from the original data files and/or the output of L9Cut.

[cibersheep]

I have used the blorb Python Tool from Andrew Plotkin to get a blorb Snowball working game (with graphics):
SB-BLORB.zip

Like this (ifiction file seems not be detected):

python blorbtool.py -o snowball.l9 -n
>import EXEC 0 LEVE Snowball/SNOWBALL.DAT
Added chunk, length 31538
>import DATA 0 BINA Snowball/SNOWBALL.CGA
Added chunk, length 11392
>import DATA 1 BINA Snowball/SNOWBALL.HRC
Added chunk, length 11392
>import IFmd Snowball/LEVEL9-018.ifiction
Added chunk, length 1051
>save
``

[cibersheep]

I tried the same for Scapeghost adding the *.PIC as PICT 0 PNG SG/1.PIC but didn't work.
The interpreter didn't find the pictures in the blorb (it did if I copied at the same level of the blorb file)

[cibersheep]

I have tried (with no luck) to include the pictures for Scapeghost as

>import RESO 0 BINA title
Added chunk, length 40072
>import RESO 1 BINA 1
Added chunk, length 27272

and as

>import PICT 0 PNG title
Added chunk, length 40072
>import PICT 1 PNG 1
Added chunk, length 27272