Spikes, better gameHandler, map width and height computed automatically & big peanut hard map

game/mapReader.py

@@ -27,13 +27,13 @@ class MapReader:
         
         with open(map_path, 'rb') as f:
             config = tomllib.load(f)
+            
+        layout = config.get('layout', '')
 
         map_data = {
             'name': map_name,
-            'width': config.get('width', 0),
-            'height': config.get('height', 0),
             'difficulty': config.get('difficulty', 0.0),
-            'layout': self._parse_layout(config.get('layout', ''))
+            'layout': self._parse_layout(layout)
         }
         
         if config.get('min_moves') is not None:
@@ -48,16 +48,20 @@ class MapReader:
     
     def _parse_layout(self, mapString):
         # Takes the blocks and translates their characters into the corresponding block objects.
-        block_characters_mapping = self._get_block_characters_mapping()
+        # Makes sure tthe width is consistent across all rows by padding with None if necessary.
+        block_mapping = self._get_block_characters_mapping()
         layout = []
-        for line in mapString.strip().splitlines():
+        for line in mapString.splitlines():
             row = []
             for char in line:
-                block_class = block_characters_mapping.get(char)
+                block_class = block_mapping.get(char)
                 if block_class:
                     row.append(block_class())
                 else:
-                    row.append(None)
+                    row.append(None)  # Unknown character, treat as empty space
             layout.append(row)
-        return layout
-    
+        max_width = max(len(row) for row in layout)
+        for row in layout:
+            while len(row) < max_width:
+                row.append(None)  # Pad with None to ensure consistent width
+        return layout