Automate Your Workflow with Node
You know those tedious tasks you have to do at work: Updating configuration files, copying and pasting files, updating Jira tickets.
Time adds up after a while. This was very much the case when I worked for an online games company back in 2016. The job could be very rewarding at times when I had to build configurable templates for games, but about 70% of my time was spent on making copies of those templates and deploying re-skinned implementations.
What is a reskin?
The definition of a reskin at the company was using the same game mechanics, screens and positioning of elements, but changing the visual aesthetics such as color and assets. So in the context of a simple game like ‘Rock Paper Scissors,’ we would create a template with basic assets like below.
But when we create a reskin of th...