Sprite sheets vs Zip files

[puggsoy]

I'm not Dazz/Petie, but I feel like that would at least roughly double the space all submissions on the site would use

This is pretty much the main concern.

The proposal is definitely possible but it would be a massive undertaking to add the additional content to all of the sheets that are currently missing it. Additionally, I'd be willing to bed that a negligible number of visitors to the site actually utilize the resources for anything other than admiration/reference so the effort required to implement this and get it up to date would realistically be wasted as the benefit would be extremely small. And, as Mighty Jetters mentioned, there is indeed the issue that we would basically double the footprint of the site and while we currently have more than enough space, it certainly isn't infinite.

Well one point of my suggestion was that it should be a purely optional addition. You would still require to submit a sheet initially (unless it works better as a ZIP, like our current system), but at any time people can also submit a ZIP for usability. It wouldn't need to be a huge project like the icon renovation, it could just be something done per-sheet where it's easy or someone feels like doing it. It would double the size of some submissions, but the vast majority would simply would still simply be sheets, which is fine. I think for games like Nuclear Throne, which is extracted in this way initially anyway, it would be nice to have the individual frames up as well.

There is no issue of effort, since nobody has to do it. I agree a small percentage of people would actually appreciate this, but the same could be said for many of the random and obscure sheets we have. The only reason not to have it that I can see is due to space, and I doubt more than 1/4 of the sheets would be given this addition.

Although I agree with your points and I realise this isn't really the goal of the site, I've been in this position before and I know it would be appreciated by a large (albeit relatively small) number of people. It could even increase the traffic to the site, since it would then actually be an option for those looking to use sprites in this way (since at least some sprites would be in this format).