Store configuration in user configuration directory

squirrelbattle/game.py

@@ -136,13 +136,14 @@ class Game:
         """
         Loads the game from a file
         """
-        if os.path.isfile("save.json"):
-            with open("save.json", "r") as f:
+        file_path = ResourceManager.get_config_path("save.json")
+        if os.path.isfile(file_path):
+            with open(file_path, "r") as f:
                 self.load_state(json.loads(f.read()))
 
     def save_game(self) -> None:
         """
         Saves the game to a file
         """
-        with open("save.json", "w") as f:
+        with open(ResourceManager.get_config_path("save.json"), "w") as f:
             f.write(json.dumps(self.save_state()))

squirrelbattle/resources.py

@@ -7,7 +7,15 @@ class ResourceManager:
     and stores files in config directory.
     """
     BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent / 'assets'
+    # FIXME This might not work on not-UNIX based systems.
+    CONFIG_DIR = Path.home() / '.config' / 'squirrel-battle'
 
     @classmethod
     def get_asset_path(cls, filename: str) -> str:
         return str(cls.BASE_DIR / filename)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def get_config_path(cls, filename: str) -> str:
+        cls.CONFIG_DIR.mkdir(parents=True) if not cls.CONFIG_DIR.is_dir() \
+            else None
+        return str(cls.CONFIG_DIR / filename)

squirrelbattle/settings.py

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ import json
 import os
 from typing import Any, Generator
 
+from .resources import ResourceManager
+
 
 class Settings:
     """
@@ -81,13 +83,14 @@ class Settings:
         """
         Loads the settings from a file
         """
-        if os.path.isfile("settings.json"):
-            with open("settings.json", "r") as f:
+        file_path = ResourceManager.get_config_path("settings.json")
+        if os.path.isfile(file_path):
+            with open(file_path, "r") as f:
                 self.loads_from_string(f.read())
 
     def write_settings(self) -> None:
         """
         Dumps the settings into a file
         """
-        with open("settings.json", "w") as f:
+        with open(ResourceManager.get_config_path("settings.json"), "w") as f:
             f.write(self.dumps_to_string())