delout: Deleting files as a game of Breakout.

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This has lived rent-free in my head for too long. Here it is.

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Looks cute. Could be fun to delete files in the bin (holy, I meant the trash can, not /bin). Block color could indicate type of file and they could be differently sized as well. More ideas: Infected files that spread the virus, if you don't kill it fast enough next to it. And hidden blocks with by files starting with a .dot.

I won't try it, don't have Go installed right now and I have some concerns if the programmer did a mistake and something important gets deleted. So be careful playing with fire.

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Block color could indicate type of file and they could be differently sized as well.

I have thought about that, but if you delout todo.txt large-folder, the large-folder would probably be too easy to hit. ;-)

More ideas: Infected files that spread the virus, if you don’t kill it fast enough next to it.

That's for the Halloween Edition of the game... (no, I probably won't do that.)

I have some concerns if the programmer did a mistake and something important gets deleted. So be careful playing with fire.

I have absolutely made several mistakes. :-)

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I have thought about that, but if you delout todo.txt large-folder, the large-folder would probably be too easy to hit. ;-)

Or (like in old games) large folders are "heavy", same size, but needs more hits. And if so, size should be relative to the smallest files (or biggest file).

I have absolutely made several mistakes. :-)

:D It gets worse, especially when you try to be careful. At least for me.

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Or (like in old games) large folders are “heavy”, same size, but needs more hits.

Blocks for folders need one hit per containing file. That's already in the game. I should probably add a different colour for those though. I'll choose blue.

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And instead lives you could add a row of blocks below the paddle representing random system files.

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That would require delout to be run as root, and while I absolutely wanted to annoy as many people as possible with the thought behind this game, I will not risk their security.

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