What are the fields that go in a .castle file?

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There is a list here:

As of the time of this writing, they are:

List of .castle keys

This section provides a reference of all possible keys you can add to a Castle project file. The only required key is main.

  • main: Relative path to a the Lua entry point file that Castle should use to load this game. For example, main.lua.
  • title: The title of this game.
  • description: A brief description of this game.
  • owner: The Castle username of the owner of this game. Required in order to add this game to a Castle profile.
  • dimensions: The desired dimensions of your game’s screen in LÖVE units. The default value is 800x450. See Game Dimensions and Scaling for much more detailed information.
  • scaling: How your game should scale when changing size to fit screen space. Can be on, step or off. See Game Dimensions and Scaling for much more detailed information.
  • upscaling: Same as scaling above but only configures the behavior when the available space is larger than your game’s dimensions.
  • downscaling: Same as scaling above but only configures the behavior when the available space is smaller than your game’s dimensions.
  • coverImage: A url or relative path to an image containing some artwork for this game. Castle will use this image when showing a preview of this game on profiles, in search results, and elsewhere.
  • primaryColor: A hex string (without the #) for a color that represents this game. For example, C0C0C0. Castle may use this when rendering previews of the game.
  • multiplayer: A dictionary with the following possible keys. If omitted, the default is a dictionary with a single key, enabled: false.
    • enabled: A boolean. If true, indicates to Castle that this game is an online multiplayer game that uses Castle’s hosted multiplayer servers.
    • serverMain: Similar to main. A relative path to an alternative entry point Lua file to be used when the game’s code is run on a multiplayer server.
  • unlisted: A boolean. If true, Castle will not show this game in Search results, even if you added it to your profile. Default is false.
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