Further reduced app size, zip is now 4.6MB

README.md

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Nurikabe
-A simple pygame implementation for the Nurikabe grid game provided with a setup.py file to build a standalone Windows 10 exe app with cx_Freeze, and a 5.4 MB zip of a pre-built version.
+A simple pygame implementation for the Nurikabe grid game provided with a setup.py file to build a standalone Windows 10 exe app with cx_Freeze, and a 4.6 MB zip of a pre-built version.
 
 ## Play the game by executing Nurikabe.py
 
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@ Install the cx_Freeze module with ´pip install cx_Freeze´ and execute the ´py
 
 The remaining installation step doesn't require having a Python environment on your computer as a .msi installer is by nature already standalone.
 
-Simply double click the .msi installer and follow the instructions to install a standalone .exe app. Once this step is completed, only if the .msi installer was created with the pygame version being at least 2.0, double click ´cleanup.bat´ which came next to ´Nurikabe.exe´ (or ´cleanup.sh´ if you prefer). This will remove a lot of unnecessary files and modules that cx_Freeze added, representing two thirds of the total size of the app. The remaining files should be exactly those included in ´Nurikabe.zip´ from this repository, the difference being that simply unzipping it does not create a desktop shortcut
+Simply double click the .msi installer and follow the instructions to install a standalone .exe app. Once this step is completed, go to the folder where it has been installed (the default is ´C:/Users/[you]/AppData/Programs/Nurikabe´). If you see a ´cleanup.bat´ next to ´Nurikabe.exe´ (it will only be there if the .msi installer was created with the pygame version being at least 2.0, don't try to add it manually if it's not there), double click it (or ´cleanup.sh´ if you prefer). This will remove a lot of unnecessary files and modules that cx_Freeze added, representing 70%+ of the total size of the app. The remaining files should be exactly those included in ´Nurikabe.zip´ from this repository, the difference being that simply unzipping it does not create a desktop shortcut.

cleanup.bat

@@ -1,85 +1,83 @@
 REM These are unneccesary files automatically included when installing the application (sorry, couldn't find a way to avoid including them) which you can remove safely. Running this script should reduce the size of the application significantly.
+REM DON'T RUN THIS IF THE APPLICATION WAS BUILT USING A VERSION OF PYGAME THAT IS NOT AT LEAST 2.0.
 
 @echo off
 
 del python3.dll 2>NUL
-del api-ms-win-crt-conio-l1-1-0.dll 2>NUL
-del api-ms-win-crt-convert-l1-1-0.dll 2>NUL
-del api-ms-win-crt-environment-l1-1-0.dll 2>NUL
-del api-ms-win-crt-filesystem-l1-1-0.dll 2>NUL
-del api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0.dll 2>NUL
-del api-ms-win-crt-locale-l1-1-0.dll 2>NUL
-del api-ms-win-crt-math-l1-1-0.dll 2>NUL
-del api-ms-win-crt-process-l1-1-0.dll 2>NUL
-del api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll 2>NUL
-del api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll 2>NUL
-del api-ms-win-crt-string-l1-1-0.dll 2>NUL
-del api-ms-win-crt-time-l1-1-0.dll 2>NUL
+del api-ms-win-crt-*.dll 2>NUL
 
-del lib\python37.dll 2>NUL
-del lib\python38.dll 2>NUL
+del lib\python3*.dll 2>NUL
 del lib\unicodedata.pyd 2>NUL
 del lib\vcruntime140.dll 2>NUL
-del lib\api-ms-win-crt-conio-l1-1-0.dll 2>NUL
-del lib\api-ms-win-crt-convert-l1-1-0.dll 2>NUL
-del lib\api-ms-win-crt-environment-l1-1-0.dll 2>NUL
-del lib\api-ms-win-crt-filesystem-l1-1-0.dll 2>NUL
-del lib\api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0.dll 2>NUL
-del lib\api-ms-win-crt-locale-l1-1-0.dll 2>NUL
-del lib\api-ms-win-crt-math-l1-1-0.dll 2>NUL
-del lib\api-ms-win-crt-process-l1-1-0.dll 2>NUL
-del lib\api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll 2>NUL
-del lib\api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll 2>NUL
-del lib\api-ms-win-crt-string-l1-1-0.dll 2>NUL
-del lib\api-ms-win-crt-time-l1-1-0.dll 2>NUL
-del lib\api-ms-win-crt-utility-l1-1-0.dll 2>NUL
-del lib\pywintypes37.dll 2>NUL
-del lib\pywintypes38.dll 2>NUL
-
-rd /s /q lib\xml 2>NUL
+del lib\api-ms-win-crt-*.dll 2>NUL
+del lib\pywintypes3*.dll 2>NUL
+del lib\_bz2.pyd 2>NUL
+del lib\_ctypes_test.pyd 2>NUL
+del lib\_hashlib.pyd 2>NUL
+del lib\_lzma.pyd 2>NUL
+del lib\_queue.pyd 2>NUL
+del lib\_socket.pyd 2>NUL
+del lib\_testbuffer.pyd 2>NUL
+del lib\_testcapi.pyd 2>NUL
+del lib\_win32sysloader.pyd 2>NUL
+del lib\select.pyd 2>NUL
+del lib\win32api.pyd 2>NUL
+del lib\win32file.pyd 2>NUL
+del lib\win32pipe.pyd 2>NUL
 
 rd /s /q lib\ctypes\test 2>NUL
 rd /s /q lib\ctypes\macholib 2>NUL
+del lib\ctypes\_aix.pyc 2>NUL
+del lib\ctypes\util.pyc 2>NUL
+del lib\ctypes\wintypes.pyc 2>NUL
+
+REM Remove every codec or file supplied in lib/encodings except the 5 that are actually used
+mkdir lib\tmp 2>NUL
+move lib\encodings\__init__.pyc lib\tmp 2>NUL
+move lib\encodings\aliases.pyc lib\tmp 2>NUL
+move lib\encodings\latin_1.pyc lib\tmp 2>NUL
+move lib\encodings\mbcs.pyc lib\tmp 2>NUL
+move lib\encodings\utf_8.pyc lib\tmp 2>NUL
+rd /s /q lib\encodings 2>NUL
+move lib/tmp lib\encodings 2>NUL
+
+del lib\importlib\metadata.pyc 2>NUL
+del lib\importlib\_bootstrap.pyc 2>NUL
+del lib\importlib\_bootstrap_external.pyc 2>NUL
 
 rd /s /q lib\pygame\__pyinstaller 2>NUL
 rd /s /q lib\pygame\_sdl2 2>NUL
 rd /s /q lib\pygame\docs 2>NUL
 rd /s /q lib\pygame\examples 2>NUL
 rd /s /q lib\pygame\tests 2>NUL
 rd /s /q lib\pygame\threads 2>NUL
-del lib\pygame\python37.dll 2>NUL
-del lib\pygame\python38.dll 2>NUL
-del lib\pygame\_sprite.cp37-win_amd64.pyd 2>NUL
-del lib\pygame\_sprite.cp38-win_amd64.pyd 2>NUL
-del lib\pygame\api-ms-win-crt-conio-l1-1-0.dll 2>NUL
-del lib\pygame\api-ms-win-crt-convert-l1-1-0.dll 2>NUL
-del lib\pygame\api-ms-win-crt-environment-l1-1-0.dll 2>NUL
-del lib\pygame\api-ms-win-crt-filesystem-l1-1-0.dll 2>NUL
-del lib\pygame\api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0.dll 2>NUL
-del lib\pygame\api-ms-win-crt-locale-l1-1-0.dll 2>NUL
-del lib\pygame\api-ms-win-crt-math-l1-1-0.dll 2>NUL
-del lib\pygame\api-ms-win-crt-process-l1-1-0.dll 2>NUL
-del lib\pygame\api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll 2>NUL
-del lib\pygame\api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll 2>NUL
-del lib\pygame\api-ms-win-crt-string-l1-1-0.dll 2>NUL
-del lib\pygame\api-ms-win-crt-time-l1-1-0.dll 2>NUL
-del lib\pygame\api-ms-win-crt-utility-l1-1-0.dll 2>NUL
+del lib\pygame\python3*.dll 2>NUL
+del lib\pygame\api-ms-win-crt-*.dll 2>NUL
 del lib\pygame\libwebp-7.dll 2>NUL
 del lib\pygame\libFLAC-8.dll 2>NUL
 del lib\pygame\libtiff-5.dll 2>NUL
 del lib\pygame\libmpg123-0.dll 2>NUL
 del lib\pygame\libmodplug-1.dll 2>NUL
 del lib\pygame\libvorbis-0.dll 2>NUL
-del lib\pygame\pygame.ico 2>NUL
 del lib\pygame\libopus-0.dll 2>NUL
 del lib\pygame\sdl2_mixer.dll 2>NUL
-del lib\pygame\freesansbold.ttf 2>NUL
 del lib\pygame\libvorbisfile-3.dll 2>NUL
 del lib\pygame\libogg-0.dll 2>NUL
 del lib\pygame\libopusfile-0.dll 2>NUL
 del lib\pygame\portmidi.dll 2>NUL
+del lib\pygame\pygame.ico 2>NUL
 del lib\pygame\pygame_icon.icns 2>NUL
+del lib\pygame\pygame_icon.svg 2>NUL
+del lib\pygame\pygame_icon.bmp 2>NUL
 del lib\pygame\pygame_icon.tiff 2>NUL
+del lib\pygame\freesansbold.ttf 2>NUL
+del lib\pygame\sprite.pyc 2>NUL
+del lib\pygame\_camera*.pyc 2>NUL
+del lib\pygame\_dummy*.pyc 2>NUL
+del lib\pygame\_numpy*.pyc 2>NUL
+del lib\pygame\_sprite.*.pyd 2>NUL
+del lib\pygame\_freetype.*.pyd 2>NUL
+del lib\pygame\*.pyi 2>NUL
 
 del cleanup.sh 2>NUL
-del cleanup.bat 2>NUL
+del cleanup.bat 2>NUL

cleanup.sh

@@ -1,83 +1,81 @@
 # These are unneccesary files automatically included when installing the application (sorry, couldn't find a way to avoid including them) which you can remove safely. Running this script should reduce the size of the application significantly.
+# DON'T RUN THIS IF THE APPLICATION WAS BUILT USING A VERSION OF PYGAME THAT IS NOT AT LEAST 2.0.
 
 rm python3.dll
-rm api-ms-win-crt-conio-l1-1-0.dll
-rm api-ms-win-crt-convert-l1-1-0.dll
-rm api-ms-win-crt-environment-l1-1-0.dll
-rm api-ms-win-crt-filesystem-l1-1-0.dll
-rm api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0.dll
-rm api-ms-win-crt-locale-l1-1-0.dll
-rm api-ms-win-crt-math-l1-1-0.dll
-rm api-ms-win-crt-process-l1-1-0.dll
-rm api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll
-rm api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll
-rm api-ms-win-crt-string-l1-1-0.dll
-rm api-ms-win-crt-time-l1-1-0.dll
+rm api-ms-win-crt-*.dll
 
-rm lib/python37.dll
-rm lib/python38.dll
+rm lib/python3*.dll
 rm lib/unicodedata.pyd
 rm lib/vcruntime140.dll
-rm lib/api-ms-win-crt-conio-l1-1-0.dll
-rm lib/api-ms-win-crt-convert-l1-1-0.dll
-rm lib/api-ms-win-crt-environment-l1-1-0.dll
-rm lib/api-ms-win-crt-filesystem-l1-1-0.dll
-rm lib/api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0.dll
-rm lib/api-ms-win-crt-locale-l1-1-0.dll
-rm lib/api-ms-win-crt-math-l1-1-0.dll
-rm lib/api-ms-win-crt-process-l1-1-0.dll
-rm lib/api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll
-rm lib/api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll
-rm lib/api-ms-win-crt-string-l1-1-0.dll
-rm lib/api-ms-win-crt-time-l1-1-0.dll
-rm lib/api-ms-win-crt-utility-l1-1-0.dll
-rm lib/pywintypes37.dll
-rm lib/pywintypes38.dll
-
-rm -r lib/xml
+rm lib/api-ms-win-crt-*.dll
+rm lib/pywintypes3*.dll
+rm lib/_bz2.pyd
+rm lib/_ctypes_test.pyd
+rm lib/_hashlib.pyd
+rm lib/_lzma.pyd
+rm lib/_queue.pyd
+rm lib/_socket.pyd
+rm lib/_testbuffer.pyd
+rm lib/_testcapi.pyd
+rm lib/_win32sysloader.pyd
+rm lib/select.pyd
+rm lib/win32api.pyd
+rm lib/win32file.pyd
+rm lib/win32pipe.pyd
 
 rm -r lib/ctypes/test
 rm -r lib/ctypes/macholib
+rm lib/ctypes/_aix.pyc
+rm lib/ctypes/util.pyc
+rm lib/ctypes/wintypes.pyc
+
+# Remove every codec or file supplied in lib/encodings except the 5 that are actually used
+mkdir lib/tmp
+mv lib/encodings/__init__.pyc lib/tmp
+mv lib/encodings/aliases.pyc lib/tmp
+mv lib/encodings/latin_1.pyc lib/tmp
+mv lib/encodings/mbcs.pyc lib/tmp
+mv lib/encodings/utf_8.pyc lib/tmp
+rm -r lib/encodings
+mv lib/tmp lib/encodings
+
+rm lib/importlib/metadata.pyc
+rm lib/importlib/_bootstrap.pyc
+rm lib/importlib/_bootstrap_external.pyc
 
 rm -r lib/pygame/__pyinstaller
 rm -r lib/pygame/_sdl2
 rm -r lib/pygame/docs
 rm -r lib/pygame/examples
 rm -r lib/pygame/tests
 rm -r lib/pygame/threads
-rm lib/pygame/python37.dll
-rm lib/pygame/python38.dll
-rm lib/pygame/_sprite.cp37-win_amd64.pyd
-rm lib/pygame/_sprite.cp38-win_amd64.pyd
-rm lib/pygame/api-ms-win-crt-conio-l1-1-0.dll
-rm lib/pygame/api-ms-win-crt-convert-l1-1-0.dll
-rm lib/pygame/api-ms-win-crt-environment-l1-1-0.dll
-rm lib/pygame/api-ms-win-crt-filesystem-l1-1-0.dll
-rm lib/pygame/api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0.dll
-rm lib/pygame/api-ms-win-crt-locale-l1-1-0.dll
-rm lib/pygame/api-ms-win-crt-math-l1-1-0.dll
-rm lib/pygame/api-ms-win-crt-process-l1-1-0.dll
-rm lib/pygame/api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll
-rm lib/pygame/api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll
-rm lib/pygame/api-ms-win-crt-string-l1-1-0.dll
-rm lib/pygame/api-ms-win-crt-time-l1-1-0.dll
-rm lib/pygame/api-ms-win-crt-utility-l1-1-0.dll
+rm lib/pygame/python3*.dll
+rm lib/pygame/api-ms-win-crt-*.dll
 rm lib/pygame/libwebp-7.dll
 rm lib/pygame/libFLAC-8.dll
 rm lib/pygame/libtiff-5.dll
 rm lib/pygame/libmpg123-0.dll
 rm lib/pygame/libmodplug-1.dll
 rm lib/pygame/libvorbis-0.dll
-rm lib/pygame/pygame.ico
 rm lib/pygame/libopus-0.dll
 rm lib/pygame/sdl2_mixer.dll
-rm lib/pygame/freesansbold.ttf
 rm lib/pygame/libvorbisfile-3.dll
 rm lib/pygame/libogg-0.dll
 rm lib/pygame/libopusfile-0.dll
 rm lib/pygame/portmidi.dll
+rm lib/pygame/pygame.ico
 rm lib/pygame/pygame_icon.icns
+rm lib/pygame/pygame_icon.svg
+rm lib/pygame/pygame_icon.bmp
 rm lib/pygame/pygame_icon.tiff
+rm lib/pygame/freesansbold.ttf
+rm lib/pygame/sprite.pyc
+rm lib/pygame/_camera*.pyc
+rm lib/pygame/_dummy*.pyc
+rm lib/pygame/_numpy*.pyc
+rm lib/pygame/_sprite.*.pyd
+rm lib/pygame/_freetype.*.pyd
+rm lib/pygame/*.pyi
 
 rm cleanup.bat
-rm cleanup.sh
+rm cleanup.sh

setup.py

@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@
 
 excludes = ["babel", "cryptography", "Cython", "distutils", "docutils", "IPython", "jedi", "llvmlite", "lxml", "markupsafe", "matplotlib", "mkl", "nbconvert", "numba", "numpy", "PIL", "prompt_toolkit", "psutil", "PyQt5", "pytest", "pytz", "scipy", "sphinx", "tkinter", "tornado", "win32com", "zmq", "email", "html", "http", "logging", "pkg_resources", "pydoc_data", "pyreadline", "test", "unittest", "urllib", "xml"]
 
+if pygame.__version__ < "2":
+    include_files = ["Icones", "Grilles"] + incl_dlls
+else:
+    include_files = ["cleanup.bat", "cleanup.sh", "Icones", "Grilles"] + incl_dlls
+
 base = None
 if sys.platform == "win32":
     base = "Win32GUI"
@@ -41,7 +46,7 @@
         {
             "packages": ["pygame", "ctypes"],
             "excludes": excludes,
-            "include_files": ["cleanup.bat", "cleanup.sh", "Icones", "Grilles"] + incl_dlls
+            "include_files": include_files
         },
         "bdist_msi":
         {
@@ -61,4 +66,4 @@
 )
 
 # python setup.py build         -> exe
-# python setup.py bdist_msi     -> msi and exe
+# python setup.py bdist_msi     -> msi and exe