Hey guys
I have been learning a bit of front-end web dev on the side and thought about a cool little side-project to practice: A Yo-Yo Doodler.
It’s a very simple web app that allows you to draw a profile over a bearing, and see what it would look like as a full yoyo.
Obviously the intention is not to use as a professional tool, but just to allow people to have a bit of fun, or to have a simple tool to draft design ideas on any device with a web browser.
To be honest I don’t even know if there is a real interest for something like this but thought I’d share anyway
These are a couple features I’d like to add in the future:
Add response pad groove to the template
A function that will automatically “fill” the x-ray, to only show you the shape
The ability to draw colors over the “filled” result, (allowing you to make your own custom colorway)
An option to export/import designs (probably will be done as copy pasting a really long string of text) and allowing people to share a modifiable design with others
when creating the yoyo, displays some stats such as approximate Diameter/Width
more…
If you like it, I’ll make sure to update this thread for each new version.
Any advice and feedback is super welcome
Good idea!
The fix for this will either be make the pointer higher as you said, or an easier alternative for me would be to make the pointer follow the finger with a bit of a delay, allowing the user to change it’s course as if they were pulling it with a small rope, if that makes sense.
I see what you mean, I could technically do that by looking for the first drawn pixel starting from the top left and get an approximate diameter/width. I’ll add it to the todo list!
