Merge: gamnit: simple 2D API, input events and the game Asteronits

You should probably read this PR commit by commit, it is a bit long but it's mostly due to the sample game, a big XML file and changes to indentation.

The new API provided by `simple_2d` is meant to replace mnit for writing 2D games.
Client modules only have to create instances of `Sprite` which will be displayed as long as they are in `App::sprites`.

At this point, the `simple_2d` API is not optimized and you may see a slowdown at the insertion of new sprites. However, we could improve the performance by preallocating buffer space for more sprites, and by caching sprites state on the GPU to avoid unnecessary updates.

This PR also adds support for input events for Linux and Android. It uses the existing services from `mnit::input`, `sdl` and `android::input_events`.

Finally, the game Asteronits is an example for the `simple_2d` API. In this game, the player controls a ship, avoids asteroids and destroys them. The gameplay and UI is limited by design to be a simple example. Note that the `touch_ui` variant is used on Android only but it also works on Linux.

The tool texture_atlas_parser reads XML TextureAtlas files and produces Nit classes with one attribute per subtexture. We could move this tool if it is useful for any other projects.

Pull-Request: #1894
Reviewed-by: Jean Privat <jean@pryen.org>
Reviewed-by: Lucas Bajolet <r4pass@hotmail.com>

Author: privat

contrib/asteronits/Makefile

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+NITC=../../bin/nitc
+NITLS=../../bin/nitls
+
+all: bin/asteronits
+
+bin/asteronits: $(shell ${NITLS} -M src/asteronits.nit linux) ${NITC} pre-build
+	${NITC} src/asteronits.nit -m linux -o $@
+
+bin/texture_atlas_parser: src/texture_atlas_parser.nit
+	${NITC} src/texture_atlas_parser.nit -o $@
+
+src/controls.nit: art/controls.svg
+	make -C ../inkscape_tools/
+	../inkscape_tools/bin/svg_to_png_and_nit art/controls.svg -a assets/ -s src/ -x 2.0 -g
+
+src/spritesheet_city.nit: bin/texture_atlas_parser
+	bin/texture_atlas_parser art/sheet.xml --dir src/ -n spritesheet
+
+pre-build: src/controls.nit src/spritesheet_city.nit
+
+check: bin/asteronits
+	NIT_TESTING=true bin/asteronits
+
+# ---
+# Android
+
+android: bin/asteronits.apk
+bin/asteronits.apk: $(shell ${NITLS} -M src/asteronits.nit android) ${NITC} res/drawable-hdpi/icon.png pre-build
+	${NITC} src/touch_ui.nit -m android -o $@
+
+android-release: $(shell ${NITLS} -M src/asteronits.nit android) ${NITC} res/drawable-hdpi/icon.png pre-build
+	${NITC} src/touch_ui.nit -m android -o bin/asteronits.apk --release
+
+res/drawable-hdpi/icon.png: art/icon.svg
+	make -C ../inkscape_tools/
+	../inkscape_tools/bin/svg_to_icons --out res --android art/icon.svg

contrib/asteronits/README.md

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+Sample portable 2D game implemented with the `simple_2d` API of gamnit
+
+This projects is organized in 3 modules, one per concern:
+
+* `game_logic` defines the pure game logic without any of the display details.
+
+* `asteronits` implements the display logic with support for keyboard input events.
+
+* `touch_ui` adds an interface for touchscreen devices with buttons to open fire and control the ship.
+
+# Art
+
+Artwork created by Kenney.nl under CC0