Devlogs Nº3

In this devlogs I have done a lot of little things like those :

• A file opener at start of the app
• A tooltip for each atoms with : Name, Symbol, Radius and Molar Mass
• New molecule like: cocaine, vitamin C, etc…
• With CMD+O / CTRL+O it’s open a file explorer (on windows, macOS and Linux)
• A new macOS and windows menu for shortcuts
• Space to make the molecule rotate automatically
• + and - key can now modify the speed of auto rotate
• R reset the camera position
• Pan movement to move the camera position (x, y, z)
• Fix some bugs

Devlogs Nº2

So in 4 hours a lot has been done .
Basically I finished all the Math part . And here is a list of everything I added:

• A new camera control, the Orbital camera (like in 3D CAD software or KSP)
• A scroll limit based on the farthest atom from the center
• A SDF parser (to display each atoms and bounds via a single file) So you can import every molecule you want !
• Some optimization
• Now atoms have colors (if the atom don’t have a implemented color it will just be a bright magenta) and different radius (like in the vdm representation) 🎨
• A way BETTER lightning system (now you don’t even see the “edge of the UV sphere and the cylinder)
• A new file structure
• The name of the molecule in the title bar (and if there is no name in the custom array it just print his CID)

Here are some picture of it. In this picture there is water (H2O) and caffeine (which is way more complex)

Devlogs Nº1

So… Yeah this is a pretty big devlogs, and the first one In this project I will create an app to see molecule in 3D all from scratch.

From the software rasterizer to the .SDF file parser and a lot more.

So in this devlogs I added a lot of the 3D basic of the program. Firstly I tried rendering the Vertex (3D point) of a cude then the triangle and fill the triangle. And redo the same with the UV Sphere and Cylinder (the uv sphere will be the atoms and the cylinder the bonds).

The color of each “object” can be changed quite easly. I also added basic ambient lighting.

I have also done a LOT of optimization (since this run on the CPU)

This is the last devlogs for DMGTile. AKA the V2 Release . I modified the README for the GPUI version, made the github release and last minutes fix. Bye bye

After 1h40 of headache I FINNALY added a menu bar to Linux and Windows .

At first I wanted to use gpui-components but there was way to much issue with it so I build my own bar (in the same style as the whole app)

I even created a quick Dockerfile to test on my mac the linux build.

I also added the export to .c and .bin

In those 2h30 I’ve done a lot of thing

The most of it was optimization with the Tile List Rendering and Caching but I also rearrange all the code (before it’s was just a big main.rs file) And I added Save, Open & New Project and clean a little bit

This is a short update because I fix some little bug like :

• Alignment on the tile list (with the number)
• Not getting the little shortcut sign on macOS

And I added:

• Toast notification style with error color or success color

In 2 hours I added 2 big thing

• The Copy/Paste/Cut integration
• The tool bar
• Icon for the toolbar

The icon was pretty long to make (because i suck at drawing… ) And implementing the tool bar too.

Here are some picture of the icon and the toolbar

(I use Aseprite btw)

This is a very very little update I added the same tools as in the EGUI version : Shift (Left, Right, Down, Up) and Rotate (it wasn’t difficult at all)

A Lot of thing happen in 5h20

I create a custom UI with Game Boy related color, custom button, border, font, etc…

For now I have the drawing zone, the preview, the tiles list, the shade selector and tools

To be more specific I added rounder pixelated shade selector, rounded pixelated border, Undo, Redo, Draw/bucket tools

Little update : I added the Shade selector and the palette selector, but also the Early GameBoy font ! And I think it look nice

I just discovered gpui it’s a UI library based on the GPU. It was created by the same team that make Zed (the code editor). And I found out that it very personalizable. So I am rewriting DMGTile in it . So far I have the basic grid and basic tools like the bucket, the pencil, eraser etc… The only problem is that I can’t track the right click drag. (I also got the native macOS toolbar)

I added new project to the list and change the CSS to look good with different image size

This might be the last devlogs before Ship Nº1

After wayyyy to much time the macOS, Windows and Linux build are ready ! Apple GateKeeper and windows Defender don’t like my application 😭 they both flag as something weird / virus… I also realize that my Linux build wasn’t working so I fix it !

I released v1.0.0 ! I added those warning about Windows Defender and Apple GateKeeper !

I also added the --dev flag to get the dev menu and finished the README.md

I have been writing the README.md before the release !

I change a little bit the logo to add a background for the app icon. Now the app run on macOS, Windows & Linux with icon on each one ! The next step is to make the README & a little Manual ! (And of course publish & build the release version for Windows MacOS & Linux !)

After 40min in Aseprite I am finally happy with a logo (I am so so pround of my self 😤 ). I designed it all by my self . Also I added some “toast” for a better UX.

This is a little update. In this devlogs I just created & tested my Makefile to cross built for Linux, Windows, MacOS from my Mac. And this work !