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Dojo3D – a simple JavaScript library for 3D interactive stories

31 points by webprofusion 6y ago

riidom 6y ago
Interesting! Interactive Fiction is not always text-only, adding images is a popular enhancement. Extending that to 3D seems a logical consequence to me. Is this more like a proof-of-concept, or do you plan to enhance and develop it more? There are a few things I could think of. For example, more IF-related features (concept of passages/knots, tracking which got visited, etc. Think twine, ink and alike). Or a way of handle the transition between user-handled camera and a scripted zoom/movement taking over. Just what I got in mind trying out the demo :)
- webprofusion 6y ago
  Hi, definitely a proof a concept, mainly aimed as a way of doing creative coding. I tried it yesterday with the kids at the CoderDojo and about half of them managed to expand on the example but some struggled hard.
VWWHFSfQ 6y ago
Is this related to Dojo Toolkit[0] at all? [0]: https://dojotoolkit.org/ https://dojotoolkit.org/ edit: it appears not. I thought it was going to be a some 3D extensions to the age-old Dojo/Dijit libraries
- mhd 6y ago
  Yeah, this might be bad for promoting the library, as many users might associate this with the old framework. On the other hand, churn in the JS developer landscape is high enough that many current developers don't remember Dojo, script.aculo.us or MooTools…
  - webprofusion 6y ago
    Yeah I do remember Dojo actually, I've been using javascript since it was invented :) - agree the name could be confusing. It's currently named that way because I built it for the kids CoderDojo class.
- ku-man 6y ago
  Dojo was never loved by the masses because of its complexity and rather cryptic nature. Nonetheless, is still an active project: https://dojo.io/blog https://dojo.io/blog. When v2.0 was finally released, a couple of years ago, I thought it will be big news here in HN but it never made frontpage.
MaxBarraclough 6y ago
Direct link to the demo: https://dojo3d-halloween--webprofusionchr.repl.co/ https://dojo3d-halloween--webprofusionchr.repl.co/
- webprofusion 6y ago
  Here also is my son's quick example use, the CoderDojo class all had a go at using it to adapt their own stories, mixed success! https://trinket.io/html/351aaa54c0 https://trinket.io/html/351aaa54c0

31 points by webprofusion 6y ago

Interesting! Interactive Fiction is not always text-only, adding images is a popular enhancement. Extending that to 3D seems a logical consequence to me. Is this more like a proof-of-concept, or do you plan to enhance and develop it more? There are a few things I could think of. For example, more IF-related features (concept of passages/knots, tracking which got visited, etc. Think twine, ink and alike). Or a way of handle the transition between user-handled camera and a scripted zoom/movement taking over. Just what I got in mind trying out the demo :)

webprofusion 6y ago
Hi, definitely a proof a concept, mainly aimed as a way of doing creative coding. I tried it yesterday with the kids at the CoderDojo and about half of them managed to expand on the example but some struggled hard.

VWWHFSfQ 6y ago

Is this related to Dojo Toolkit[0] at all? [0]: https://dojotoolkit.org/ https://dojotoolkit.org/ edit: it appears not. I thought it was going to be a some 3D extensions to the age-old Dojo/Dijit libraries

mhd 6y ago
Yeah, this might be bad for promoting the library, as many users might associate this with the old framework. On the other hand, churn in the JS developer landscape is high enough that many current developers don't remember Dojo, script.aculo.us or MooTools…
- webprofusion 6y ago
  Yeah I do remember Dojo actually, I've been using javascript since it was invented :) - agree the name could be confusing. It's currently named that way because I built it for the kids CoderDojo class.
ku-man 6y ago
Dojo was never loved by the masses because of its complexity and rather cryptic nature. Nonetheless, is still an active project: https://dojo.io/blog https://dojo.io/blog. When v2.0 was finally released, a couple of years ago, I thought it will be big news here in HN but it never made frontpage.

MaxBarraclough 6y ago

Direct link to the demo: https://dojo3d-halloween--webprofusionchr.repl.co/ https://dojo3d-halloween--webprofusionchr.repl.co/

webprofusion 6y ago
Here also is my son's quick example use, the CoderDojo class all had a go at using it to adapt their own stories, mixed success! https://trinket.io/html/351aaa54c0 https://trinket.io/html/351aaa54c0