Mittsu – 3D Graphics Library for Ruby(github.com)

56 pointsby jellymannvor 10 Jahren13 comments

https://github.com/jellymann/mittsu

13 comments

onion2kvor 10 Jahren

Quite handy if you've just landed a job in a somewhat unusual 24hr bookshop.

(Explanation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Penumbra%27s_24-Hour_Books... - the protagonist writes a 3D visualisation in Ruby. It's a good read.)

robinsloanvor 10 Jahren

Ha hahaha. Sure enough, I clicked this story b/c I was like, "Oh hey! That matches my interests!" ;)

robobrovor 10 Jahren

You should show PNGs of the example renders, maybe APNGs / GIFs of rotation or zooming. That would make me feel like downloading it more, if it looked neat

jellymannvor 10 Jahren

I've added a few GIFs to the README now.

OhSoHumblevor 10 Jahren

Oh my, is the code for the tank example published anywhere? I didn't see anything in the examples directory but I could have missed it.

Edit: Looked through your repositories and here it is! https://github.com/jellymann/mittsu-tank-demo

robin_realavor 10 Jahren

As an aside, mittsu (三つ) is the Japanese word for counting three things: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_counter_word

cechnervor 10 Jahren

nah thats mitsu (as in mitsubishi)

zachrosevor 10 Jahren

Mitsubishi means "three water chestnuts" and explains the three-rhombus logo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi#History

fenomasvor 10 Jahren

GP is correct. It's right there in the wikipedia link.

cechnervor 10 Jahren

holy moly, I have forgotten more than I realised :( embarrassing

Meegulvor 10 Jahren

Interesting. I started my own work on something exactly like this, before giving up after realizing how poor the Ruby opengl perfomance is / how difficult proper graphics rendering can be. Nice to see some more graphics work being done with Ruby.

ph0rquevor 10 Jahren

Sorry if this is an ignorant question, but does it run in the browser?

jellymannvor 10 Jahren

No, it runs as a desktop app in a native window.