Check out Lospec's Palette List for even more ideas. I also included some "Color Utilites" on the editor page: a simple color picker, a button to invoke your system color picker, and some example palettes (including PICO-8's). I also added support to the editor to automatically generate PNGs and, to add a little fun, wobbling GIFs.įor the wobble effect, I was inspired by Wobblepaint (mentioned in my PICO-8 post) and did my best to try to capture the same organic and charming wobble zep invented. I could reuse the same foundations, though! PuzzleScript's editor is built using CodeMirror, an open-source text editor implemented in JavaScript for the browser.ĬodeMirror is super customizable and I was able to add the coloring support I needed by writing a parser and making some changes to codemirror.js.
Whereas PuzzleScript sprites use indexed color, PCEImage can use almost any ASCII character as a pixel so I couldn't just reuse the same editor. I was inspired by the PuzzleScript editor (mentioned in my post about PuzzleScript), especially how sprites are defined and styled.
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Holiday-themed Tap Toys: Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Chanukah, New Year's Eve, etcĪfter defining the PCEImage specification, I wanted to create a great code editor that can color each character in the image. If you give this to a kid, you can use Guided Access to prevent them from leaving the app (I did the extra bit of work to make this a "progressive web app") If you do that, it'll behave more like a normal app. You can add this web page to your home screen on iOS or Android. PCEImage (note that the Koffing, Pikachu in Tap Toy show up in PCEImage Editor's list of examples) I also added real multi-touch and mouse support I fixed the sound effect code and added background music In fact, I kept the keyboard triggers to launch sprites from the right location along the bottom of the screen Which in turn is inspired by a reddit post about this art project by Moment Factory MagicKeyboard.io ( backup, source) by Feross Aboukhadijeh She was having a bad day when Tap Toy was first ready to play with and she ended up zoning out, addicted, tapping it for 30 minutes while some of her stress melted away.Īs is usual for me, this side-project is a remix of a few other projects: The result, as my wife described it, is "crack". I modeled some of the behavior after Baby Einstein Take Along Tunes, one of the more pleasant sound-making toys we have: (Fortunately, we still haven't reached this point yet!)
I wondered if I could make an app to soothe and distract our baby if we ever became truly desperate for a moment of peace. Note that the CDC guidelines recommend "no screen time for children younger than 2 years" ( source, backup) but these kids will still find a way to grab your device for a fleeting moment before you take it back. I got the idea for this project after watching my then-9-month-old's fascination with my iPhone and iPad. In some ways, I think this toy brings the catharsis of popping bubble wrap to your touch screen. Turn on sound for satisfying sound effects and relaxing public-domain background music. Tap the screen to launch some characters which then bounce off each other. Tap Toy is a fun little web app for relaxation.
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