crewnode/launcher

A Windows-compatible launcher so that users can easily connect to custom servers, launch custom plugins, and host their own custom private servers through the use of Impostor.

launcher's Issues

Self-updating Launcher

TBD

Form Management

Implement Announcements

• Create a Form for Announcements
• Create API endpoint for Announcements
• Use the Discord bot to sync a channel to Announcements, and write to API

Implement Patcher

• Create a Patching Form
• Detect "Among Us.exe" file from Steam library
• Show progress of patch
• Download base patch from API
• Implement base patch to the client launcher
• Add ability to revert patch

Dev & Production Branches

JWT Authentication

• Instead of using the Launcher ID for account authentication, send an initial request for auth, and return a JWT
• Grab the JWT from the response cookie
• Use the JWT for API endpoints from that point on

Implement Leaderboards

• Create a form for Leaderboards
• Create API endpoint for Leaderboards
• Update plugin to write stats to Leaderboards

Implement Plugins

• Create Form for Plugins
• Create directory structure manager for client-sided plugins
• Create Plugin Manager to add / remove plugins from the client
• Create API endpoint for Plugins
• Download requested plugins when "adding" them to the client launcher
• Check for Plugin version update
• Restrict client launcher from loading if a plugin is out of date

Implement Server Manager

Allow users to update their Region Info files through the launcher. If the game is launched, use the client mod to update that list.

Update API for latest client downloads

Local Server hosting through the Launcher

TBD