Save as folder option

[Logabe]

I think it would be nice to have the option to save projects into a folder instead of as a .sb3 file.
Sharing or exporting projects would still use the .sb3 format

The benefits of this:

• Better support for external tools
  • Art & sound editors
  • Version control: Being able to see version history per-file, branch, use remotes, etc would be a major improvement for projects being made by more than one person.
• Improvements to loading and saving time?

Potential issues:

• Since file names are based on their hash, modifying these files externally would mean a change in the hash.
• This would probably be pretty hard to implement

Other thoughts:

• To avoid the confusion, this shouldn't be the default
• To open the folder, users would select the project.json file
• Could costumes and sounds be saved in separate folders for ease of access?
• Naming files? Custom folders?

I'm really not sure how this could work, but I think that it could be very useful for some people.

[aliasfoxkde]

Being that there's already a built-in graphics editor, I see this as more of a design choice. Many applications (like Docx/Word) work this way, they have several files in a single extension. If you want to edit the files, you can always export the SB3 archive, make the changes and re-package it up.

On top of that, there's a lot of technical hurdles that come with what you are asking. Zipping everything up into an SB3 simplifies things. At least that's my two cents.

A built-in sound editing/midi tool would be awesome though, instead of just options to record or pick from a library.

[GarboMuffin]

#385 would be an alternative way to address half of this