Creating a thread to discuss how the dat needs to change.
I am going to start with the dat will be xml and possibly JSON. The ini format is going because it is limiting.
I have a couple of ideas for the format. I will put some samples together. I am thinking the xml will be database-like. In other words there will be sections of the xml that can be used as a lookup table. For example, one possibility is to ha e the list of control types - 8way joy, spinner, etc - has a separate node and then in the game i will link to the control via an I'd.
Anything we come up with I will provide a C# example of how to efficiently access the data.
The website is going to be redesigned also. I want to learn HTML5 and there is a bunch of new elements we can take advantage of. In my mind I can see how I want it to work, utilizing drag and drop, web storage, and other html5 things.