Naming conventions for external resources?

Question

While we develop games, then we have utilize several external resources, for example

• Image
• Sound
• Animation
• Sprite Sheet

Is there any good naming convention regarding these external resources?

Answer 1

I have a folder for my sources, i call it src and a folder for assets called assets which looks like:

- Assets
    - Images
    - Sounds
    - Scripts
    - Animations
    - Config (for property files etc.)
    - ... (maybe others regarding the game i'm working on)

EDIT: And regarding naming conventions for those resources

• Use a period to separate the base file name from the extension in the name of a directory or file.
• No white space
• Do not end a file or directory name with a space or a period.
• For long file name use hyphen(-)
• Any other character that the target file system does not allow.

Answer 2

I am a fan of object-oriented folder structures.

- Gui
   - HealthBar.png
   - ManaBar.png
   - Layout.xml
- Creatures
  - Elves
    - Elf Sharpshooter
      - Definition.txt
      - Sprite.png
      - Script.as 
    - Elf Fighter
      - Definition.txt
      - Sprite.png
      - Script.as

Make sure that the paths are case-sensitive else you will run into problems with everything not windows.

Answer 3

You can take help from Microsoft's File,Stream,Path and Namespace resources

• http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa365247(v=vs.85).aspx
• http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa364404(v=vs.85).aspx

Also following resource

• http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linuxunix-rules-for-naming-file-and-directory-names/