[HN Gopher] Pixpaint
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       Pixpaint
        
       Author : luu
       Score  : 239 points
       Date   : 2023-05-15 05:23 UTC (17 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (warms.maxbittker.repl.co)
 (TXT) w3m dump (warms.maxbittker.repl.co)
        
       | thih9 wrote:
       | Fun! I enjoyed experimenting with different kinds of squiggles.
       | 
       | I wish there was a reset button, then again page refresh works
       | too.
        
       | forbiddenvoid wrote:
       | Brilliant. I love that the cycle tracks time between pixel draws
       | too, so you can add in different delayed effects.
        
       | HeckFeck wrote:
       | Fun in-browser toys like these never fail to draw a smile.
        
       | Aaron2222 wrote:
       | Reminds me of Blek[0], which is the same concept but as a puzzle
       | game.
       | 
       | [0]: http://blekgame.com/
        
       | marcodiego wrote:
       | Suggestion: add the possibility of creating "static" forms, then
       | the user could move these forms and these moves could turn into
       | an animation for the movement of that form.
        
         | gnramires wrote:
         | You can create a near-static shape by drawing a shape that ends
         | where it begins :)
        
       | samwillis wrote:
       | Love it, my kids are going to adore this. Brilliant that it works
       | well on touch screens, perfect for smaller kids.
        
       | nuraxy wrote:
       | How does it decide the direction of movement? I'm unable to
       | figure out
        
         | minsc_and_boo wrote:
         | I think it's a combined vector of the drawing action - i.e. a
         | true circle stays in place.
        
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         | cfinnberg wrote:
         | You paint a figure from point A to point B. Then It just starts
         | from point B to paint the same figure you painted (same speed
         | and all). At same time it removes from A side what is
         | repainting at B side.
         | 
         | If you manage to paint a figure that starts and ends at the
         | same point, then it stays in place and seems to be a static
         | draw.
         | 
         | If you just draw a straight line, it just starts "to move"
         | forward.
        
       | efields wrote:
       | I love this a lot.
        
       | chankstein38 wrote:
       | I opened this like "Ok.. why was a simple paint app on hacker
       | news?" then I drew something and have been fiddling with it ever
       | since. What a cool concept!
        
       | ikesau wrote:
       | i love this. you can make a pretty cool thunderstorm vignette
       | with by drawing lots of rapid blue lines downwards and then a
       | couple of zigzag lightning bolts : )
        
       | NathanielBaking wrote:
       | Try writing something on this without knowing cursive! I rest my
       | case.
        
         | xahrepap wrote:
         | I had one teacher tell me cursive would come in handy. I'm glad
         | I lived to finally see that day!
        
       | Minor49er wrote:
       | It has been fun drawing shapes that connect end to end and
       | watching to see them slowly morph and move
       | 
       | It would be fun to have other brush types that have their own
       | unique timing properties as well. Really fun project!
        
       | pokpokpok wrote:
       | I also have a buggy version that preserves angle:
       | 
       | https://warms2.maxbittker.repl.co/
       | 
       | (it only works if you draw slowly right now, not sure why)
       | 
       | This whole tool was directly inspired by "grubs" here
       | https://whichlight.github.io/draw-play/
        
       | mfragin wrote:
       | This immediately reminded me of the Processing sketch called
       | yellowtail:
       | 
       | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjIYJnc3vLQ
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       | Processing: https://processing.org/
       | 
       | This was a popular built-in example in the Processing development
       | environment. I used to put it up on a smartboard during parent-
       | teacher conferences to entertain the younger siblings of my
       | students while I met with their parents. Code is available on
       | Github and also withing Processing, of course.
       | 
       | EDIT: I see Yellowtail was the inspiration for Grubs, which
       | inspired this!
        
         | silveira wrote:
         | https://editor.p5js.org/golan/sketches/3_V73feC_
        
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