Show HN: Old School Graphics Algorithms
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Show HN: Old School Graphics Algorithms
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#2Lovely :) The examples remind me of the short programs for the ZX Spectrum published in magazines like Microhobby, which would create visually interesting images using PLOT, DRAW, and a couple of loops. Come to think about it, that might have been my first contact with Computer Graphics :)
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#3really cool, I usually draw my stuff on a JavaScript canvas, but I'll try to port one of my codes to c++ using this. thanks for sharing
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#4(This looks great but please don't put Show HN on reading material or tutorials. See https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html for the rules.)
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#5Going to have a good time implementing a few of these myself. Any other references/resources for neat graphics algorithms on the more compact side?
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#6Going to have a good time implementing a few of these myself. Any other references/resources for neat graphics algorithms on the more compact side?
Look for the original Graphics Gems I and II books (circa 1991)
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#7Going to have a good time implementing a few of these myself. Any other references/resources for neat graphics algorithms on the more compact side?
Look for the original Graphics Gems I and II books (circa 1991) https://www.glassner.com/portfolio/graphics-gems/
Exactly what I was looking for you, thank you:)
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#8Lovely :) The examples remind me of the short programs for the ZX Spectrum published in magazines like Microhobby, which would create visually interesting images using PLOT, DRAW, and a couple of loops. Come to think about it, that might have been my first contact with Computer Graphics :)
My first introduction to graphics was definitely the type-in-program listed in the back of the (orange) manual I received with my 48k ZX Spectrum. It drew a UK-flag.
Here's the source, which gives me a moment of nostalgia:
http://boriel.com/wiki/en/index.php/ZX_BASIC:Flag.bas
I wrote a simple BASIC interpreter recently, in golang, and hacked in support for outputing PNG images of code. I should see if I can get that sample to run (mostly) unchanged!
Re: Show HN: Old School Graphics Algorithms
#9(This looks great but please don't put Show HN on reading material or tutorials. See https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html for the rules.)
...but it's his library? The tutorials on the page are just examples for the library, which is linked at the top of the page?
Or rather: How would he present a "Show HN" topic about this specific library? This is the library's actual page, as I understand?
Re: Show HN: Old School Graphics Algorithms
#10Lovely :) The examples remind me of the short programs for the ZX Spectrum published in magazines like Microhobby, which would create visually interesting images using PLOT, DRAW, and a couple of loops. Come to think about it, that might have been my first contact with Computer Graphics :)
My first introduction to graphics was definitely the type-in-program listed in the back of the (orange) manual I received with my 48k ZX Spectrum. It drew a UK-flag. Here's the source, which gives me a moment of nostalgia: http://boriel.com/wiki/en/index.php/ZX_BASIC:Flag.bas I wrote a simple BASIC interpreter recently, in golang, and hacked in support for outputing PNG images of code. I should see if I can get that…
Nice! Some time ago I worked on a ZX BASIC interpreter in Javascript, so it could run on browsers. My idea was that kids these days™ don't have an environment as easily available and immediately gratifying as we did back then, so I wanted to make one!
Have you considered doing something similar with yours?