Kyogas

(it's actually spelled "kiógas")

Kyogas (.kyo) is a minimalistic markup language with static typing that I made because I didn't have anything better to do. And because JSON is too verbose and I despise YAML using indentation for everything

Why should I use it?

Kyogas was made mainly as a personal project, but if you're interested in it, here are some advantages:

• No bloaty syntax
• Easy and fast to type
• Intuitive error codes that actually tell you what went wrong
• Static typing
• and a lot more to come!

Syntax

Comments are only inline and marked with | As mentioned before, Kyogas has static typing, which means that every key has a set type.

Types are mostly intuitive, but for clarification purposes only, here is a small table:

Kyogas	C#
str	string
int	int
flt	float
uint	uint
byte	byte
bool	bool
arr	type[]

Arrays

Arrays must have the <- prefix, otherwise it may cause parsing issues.

Valid: arr<str> <-things invalid: arr<str> things.

Arrays are closed with ->

Please note that the closing line MUST be the array terminator ONLY. If there are random characters after or before it, the parser will crash.

Valid vs Invalid Arrays

Invalid:

arr<str> <-showcase
    "super cool"
    "and awesome"
    "strings should"
    "go here"
    "!!!!"
-> hi mom!!

Valid:

arr<str> <-showcase
    "super cool"
    "and awesome"
    "strings should"
    "go here"
    "!!!!"
->

Dictionaries

Yeah, dicts... we DO have those now!

Example object:

obj sword <==
    int dmg: 45
    flt range: 6.7
    str name: "Sword"
    byte cost: 255
==>

Null

You can assign the equivalent to null to a key with the empty keyword: str name: empty = string name = null;

Example snippet

A player save file for an RPG

str name: player
byte lvl: 5
uint gold: 358
uint xp: 44
byte hp: 100
byte max-hp: 100
byte defense: 4
byte attack: 45