state sync, many changes:

* separated css/js/rule files to pak file (glorified zip) to reduce full rebuilds
* implemented build cache
* some frontend UI spiffing up

app/pylocal/tick.py

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import os
 import json
 import random
 import subprocess
@@ -6,12 +7,15 @@ import flask
 
 from . import core, items, jsonizer
 
+rant_env = os.environ.copy()
+rant_env["RANT_MODULES_PATH"] = (core.path_appdir / "basepak/rant").as_posix()
+
 def generate_flavor_text():
     if core.desktop_mode:
         rant_path = core.path_appdir / "opt/rant/bin/rant"
     else:
         rant_path = "rant" # rely on OS PATH
-    proc_rant = subprocess.run([rant_path, (core.path_appdir / "rant/flavor.rant").as_posix()], capture_output=True)
+    proc_rant = subprocess.run([rant_path, (core.path_appdir / "basepak/rant/flavor.rant").as_posix()], env=rant_env, capture_output=True)
     return proc_rant.stdout.decode()
 
 class TickEvent(object):
@@ -61,4 +65,12 @@ def tick():
         case _:
             core.log.warning("undefined tick: {0}".format(result["event_type"]))
 
-    return flask.Response(json.dumps(result, cls=jsonizer.JSONizer), status=200, content_type="application/json")
+    return flask.Response(json.dumps(result, cls=jsonizer.JSONizer), status=200, content_type="application/json")
+
+@core.app.route("/tick/colony", methods=["POST"])
+def tick_colony() -> flask.Response:
+    req = flask.request.json
+    if not req:
+        return flask.make_response("Bad request", 400)
+    
+