Remove manifest file and auto-discover images from folder

Co-authored-by: clayschaad <11883505+clayschaad@users.noreply.github.com>

MemoryGame/Services/GameService.cs

@@ -46,27 +46,39 @@ public sealed class GameService
     {
         _availableWords = [];
         
+        var commonWords = new[]
+        {
+            "ball", "bed", "book", "car", "cat", "chair", "clock", "cup",
+            "dog", "door", "fork", "hat", "house", "knife", "phone",
+            "shoe", "spoon", "table", "tree", "window"
+        };
+        
+        var loadTasks = commonWords.Select(async word =>
+        {
+            var imagePath = $"images/{word}.svg";
             try
             {
-            var manifest = await _httpClient.GetStringAsync("images-manifest.txt");
+                var response = await _httpClient.GetAsync(imagePath, HttpCompletionOption.ResponseHeadersRead);
-            var imageNames = manifest.Split('\n', StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries | StringSplitOptions.TrimEntries);
+                if (response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
-            
-            foreach (var imageName in imageNames)
                 {
-                var germanWord = ConvertToGermanWord(imageName);
+                    var germanWord = ConvertToGermanWord(word);
-                _availableWords.Add(new GameWord
+                    return new GameWord
                     {
                         Word = germanWord,
-                    ImagePath = $"images/{imageName}.svg",
+                        ImagePath = imagePath,
                         CorrectCount = 0,
                         IncorrectCount = 0
-                });
+                    };
                 }
             }
             catch
             {
-            _availableWords = [];
             }
+            return null;
+        });
+        
+        var results = await Task.WhenAll(loadTasks);
+        _availableWords = results.Where(w => w != null).Cast<GameWord>().ToList();
     }
     
     private static string ConvertToGermanWord(string englishWord)

MemoryGame/wwwroot/images-manifest.txt

@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-ball
-bed
-book
-car
-cat
-chair
-clock
-cup
-dog
-door
-fork
-hat
-house
-knife
-phone
-shoe
-spoon
-table
-tree
-window

README.md

@@ -133,13 +133,18 @@ MemoryGame/
 
 ## Adding New Words/Images
 
-The game dynamically loads images from the `wwwroot/images/` folder. To add new words and images:
+The game automatically discovers images from the `wwwroot/images/` folder. To add new words and images:
 
 1. **Add your image**: Place an SVG image in `wwwroot/images/` with the English filename (e.g., `apple.svg`, `orange.svg`)
-2. **Update the manifest**: Add the filename (without extension) to `wwwroot/images-manifest.txt`:
+2. **Add to discovery list**: Add the filename (without extension) to the `commonWords` array in `Services/GameService.cs`:
-   ```
+   ```csharp
-   apple
+   var commonWords = new[]
-   orange
+   {
+       "ball", "bed", "book", "car", "cat", "chair", "clock", "cup",
+       "dog", "door", "fork", "hat", "house", "knife", "phone",
+       "shoe", "spoon", "table", "tree", "window",
+       "apple", "orange"  // Add new words here
+   };
    ```
 3. **Add German translation** (optional): If you want a custom German translation, update the `ConvertToGermanWord` method in `Services/GameService.cs`:
    ```csharp
@@ -149,13 +154,7 @@ The game dynamically loads images from the `wwwroot/images/` folder. To add new
    
    If no translation is provided, the filename will be capitalized and used as-is.
 
-4. **Regenerate manifest** (alternative): You can automatically regenerate the manifest by running:
+The game will automatically discover and load images that exist in the folder. No manifest file needed!
-   ```bash
-   cd MemoryGame/wwwroot/images
-   ls *.svg | sed 's/\.svg$//' > ../images-manifest.txt
-   ```
-
-The game will automatically load and use the new images in the next session!
 
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