[HN Gopher] Tool for Creating WebGL Animations
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       Tool for Creating WebGL Animations
        
       Author : selvan
       Score  : 92 points
       Date   : 2021-07-12 11:16 UTC (2 days ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (geppetto.js.org)
 (TXT) w3m dump (geppetto.js.org)
        
       | rchaud wrote:
       | I'd like to see at least a small demo video showing the controls.
       | Hopefully they'll make one.
       | 
       | Another WebGL based web animation tool I saw was Spline [0]. It's
       | in beta but there are a fair number of videos online showing its
       | capabilities. When I downloaded it, it ran a bit sluggish on my
       | 2014 MBP w/ 8GB RAM.
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       | [0] https://spline.design/
        
         | porcc wrote:
         | Spline is 3D--here's a 2D alternative that has a lot of
         | momentum recently:
         | 
         | https://rive.app/
        
           | rchaud wrote:
           | Now that is a landing page!
           | 
           | Mouse scroll zooms the viewport out from showing the
           | animation to showing it inside of the application GUI and
           | list of controls. Very nicely done!
        
       | pjmlp wrote:
       | Being a tool for creating WebGL animations, why should I have to
       | download anything?
        
         | otrahuevada wrote:
         | The correct answer would be, the actual creators of the tool
         | felt this was a good design decision.
         | 
         | Can you please make a working alternative we can all check out?
        
           | pjmlp wrote:
           | Gladly, will you pay me for my time?
           | 
           | Since we just came out of Euro 2020, maybe we could start
           | tellig sofa managers that their opinion only matters when
           | they are able to play football at the same international
           | level.
        
             | _def wrote:
             | Yes, maybe we should.
        
         | rspoerri wrote:
         | maybe because webgl is a display/rendering api standard which
         | can display animations, but does not define a file format in
         | which they can be transmitted.
        
           | pjmlp wrote:
           | And?
           | 
           | https://whatwebcando.today/files.html
        
       | JSavageOne wrote:
       | There really should be examples of what can be made with this on
       | your website, what the software looks like, etc. On my phone I
       | basically just see a link to download and to a manual.
        
         | rchaud wrote:
         | On desktop there is an example animation of a slowly spinning
         | turbine attached to an old-fashioned mill. Had I not noticed
         | the angle of the blades changing, I'd have said it was a 2D
         | animation using PNG sprites.
        
           | pininja wrote:
           | It works on my iPhone too
        
           | thaisi wrote:
           | You can also click/tap the innkeeper for interaction.
           | 
           | When tapping on a location in the image during the
           | conversation, the eyes will move towards that target.
        
             | rchaud wrote:
             | Wow, talk about an undiscoverable feature! There should be
             | a halo or '!' above their heads like there would be in a
             | game. Simple UX change to indicate that this element can be
             | interacted with.
        
       | pininja wrote:
       | This is awesome! Not only is it an open source WebGL animation
       | tool, it also is an open source way of distributing 3D animations
       | using the player. Other tools out there have closed source
       | players, which never felt right for the web.
        
       | sayem38 wrote:
       | this is awesome
        
       | bennyp101 wrote:
       | Not a lot of information there ...
       | 
       | Seems it is a desktop electron app[1] for creating animations
       | that are then used with the player[2].
       | 
       | Would be good to have a bit more info on the site about it,
       | rather than just an example with no real context.
       | 
       | [1] https://github.com/matthijsgroen/geppetto [2]
       | https://github.com/matthijsgroen/geppetto-player
        
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