Japanese calligraphy drawing tool
Updates
v.1.1
- Added mouse input mode (using undocumented mouse feature)
Controls
arrows: move brush
z: put brush to paper
x: new paper
left-shift: toggle input mode (mouse/keyboard)
[mouse mode]
mouse: move brush
click: put brush to paper
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I was sceotical about the fact you can draw kanji with 4 directions controls but the nice inertia you added to the brush really make it possible.
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Thanks! It goes well beyond my expectations. I wrote hiragana:
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Made some splatoon fanart by changing X to switch ink colors :D
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I made an expressive face. It doesn't look like much but it was very fun to do!
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The art people made with it is probably the best part, I too was impressed at what Shodo can do with 4 arrow keys. 5/5 would make calligraphy with again.
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beautiful!! love the simplicity and elegance of this.
could add some inkpots to the side for changing colours? (autohide when not near or during stroke)
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This is so much fun! Mine... Got a little weird....
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Took me a bit of doing to get a W that was vaguely legible but it was worth it as learning the brush physics made the pyramid and eye a lot easier.
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This is impressive. Being able to reproduce such an organic style of painting in this limited electronic system is really something.
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I discovered this through the pico-zine and after you mentioned the Macintosh MacCalligraphy application I attempted to search for it online but cannot find any information other than one expired ebay posting. I was hoping you could talk about its features as I am very intrigued. This is a very lovely little program.
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@jctwood
Actually, I only have read about the software in a magazine and have no experience using it. So I don't know about its features in detail. Shodo might be rather different from the original Mac Shodo(MacCalligraphy).
By the way, I found a Japanese blog post including a photo of Mac Shodo's box made of paulownia and a screenshot.
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This is incredible! I feel like I can do anything in this!
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This game does not need mouse support. What makes Shodo nice to use is it's inertia, something you can't get with a mouse.
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I'm working on it. Shodo will have both mouse and keyboard input.
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I tested the mouse support on PocketCHIP. It didn't work well. It seems to cannot detect mouse release (touch up).
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left_shift is working to switch from mouse to pad in the browser, but i don't seem to find out to make it work in the pico-8 standalone, any hint?
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Rediscovered this and it is so charming, thank you for making it. I would love to see more exploration of digital painting like this where the feel and organic imperfection of strokes is leaned into.
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Hmm, nice relaxing cart ... I'm wondering if this is possible to do with a mouse.
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Thanks, FlowingLily.
It was the LEFT SHIFT I didn't know about. No undo mode ?
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It has a very nice style but for diagonals I just don't have enough control. Here I am attempting to write be
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Still, it's really fun to play with and the beauty of it is amazing! Really nice work!
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