Static Github Engine Plot & Engine Sharing Tool
Nov 25, 2016 3:09:43 GMT
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Post by tessfield on Nov 25, 2016 3:09:43 GMT
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Okay so, it's midnight so I'll continue working on this later, not finished, but I want to give you guys a sneak peak of something I'm working on.
It's a basic implementation of Chart.js using a bubble graph to plot the game's base engines (greyish) and my own (more colorful).
The Y axis is logarithmic, and represents thrust power of the engine in question.
The X axis is linear (sadly, the library is failing to make both axis logarithmic at the same time) and represents the thrust to weight ratio.
The bubble size represents volume (cylindrical) of the engine (bigger = bigger).
The bubble's line thickness represents the price of the engine (larger = more expensive).
Anyway, the idea is to add functionality to download engines/opening a screenshot of one by clicking on each of the bubbles, to allow more easy sharing/organization of engines.
Since this is hosted on Github, people will be able to submit PRs or host their own version of the chart on github to add the designs to the list or share their own. Should be as simple as tweaking a JSON file.
What are your thoughts? Any web devs that could help to make this better?
EDIT:
Added functionality to open link in new tab on click for engines, sharing enabled! (Aalllll so painfully basic so far but it workkkkkssssss!)
Changelog/edits:
2016-11-25 --> Fix TWR calculation
2016-11-25 --> Separate graphs in three, for big, small, and tiny engines
2016-11-26 --> Add basic ability to open engine/link in new tab on click
Okay so, it's midnight so I'll continue working on this later, not finished, but I want to give you guys a sneak peak of something I'm working on.
It's a basic implementation of Chart.js using a bubble graph to plot the game's base engines (greyish) and my own (more colorful).
The Y axis is logarithmic, and represents thrust power of the engine in question.
The X axis is linear (sadly, the library is failing to make both axis logarithmic at the same time) and represents the thrust to weight ratio.
The bubble size represents volume (cylindrical) of the engine (bigger = bigger).
The bubble's line thickness represents the price of the engine (larger = more expensive).
Anyway, the idea is to add functionality to download engines/opening a screenshot of one by clicking on each of the bubbles, to allow more easy sharing/organization of engines.
Since this is hosted on Github, people will be able to submit PRs or host their own version of the chart on github to add the designs to the list or share their own. Should be as simple as tweaking a JSON file.
What are your thoughts? Any web devs that could help to make this better?
EDIT:
Added functionality to open link in new tab on click for engines, sharing enabled! (Aalllll so painfully basic so far but it workkkkkssssss!)
Changelog/edits:
2016-11-25 --> Fix TWR calculation
2016-11-25 --> Separate graphs in three, for big, small, and tiny engines
2016-11-26 --> Add basic ability to open engine/link in new tab on click
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