APH Support

• a package of various scripts that are used for various purposes within APHGames

Countdown

• Countdown script used for NI-APH Lecture 1 stream
• Installation
  • just open index.html

Genuar text

• a terminal-like text with flickery animation
• Installation
  • just open index.html

Particles

• top-down emitted particles with green canvas background
• Installation
  • just open index.html

Patterns

• Padolsey Pattern Generator, used for slides as a background
• Installation
  • just open index.html

Snow

• 8 bit snow animation
• Installation
  • just open index.html

Text-Reveal

• Text reveal animation using baffleJS
• Installation
  • just open index.html

Vivus

• SVG animation used in Lectures in 2019
• Installation
  • npm install
  • npm start

Warp-speed

• Warp speed animation used in APH Trailer 2023
• Installation
  • just open index.html

Scripts/bmfont-alphafix

• a script that fixes glyphs produced by Bitmap font generator (BMFont) - transforms black color into alpha channel
• Usage
  • put bitmap font into the project folder
  • run node index.js

Scripts/brand-changer

• a script that goes through the SVG files and string-replaces given colors
• Usage
  • put your SVGS into the folder from which you execute the script
  • declare colors to replace within index.js
  • run node index.js

Scripts/clips-size-check

• a script that prints out sizes, durations, bitrates and dimensions of video files
• Usage
  • put your videos into the folder from which you execute the script
  • run node index.js

Scripts/date-changer

• a script that changes EXIF Date Taken value of jpeg images
• Usage
  • put your JPG images into the folder from which you execute the script
  • run node index.js

Scripts/domain-checker

• a brute-force script I used to find some great names for my ECSLite library
• spoiler alert: I didn't find any name
• the script goes through every word in words.txt and checks out if:
  • there is a taken github account
  • there is a NPM package of that name
  • there is a taken .io domain
  • and if not, it will print it into output.txt
• Usage
  • put your words into words.txt (so far there are english words)
  • run node index.js

Scripts/fade-to-noise

• creates a noise-like fade between two images. Used in Commodore64 fade-out in NI-APH Intro 2020
• Usage
  • add your images to the script folder, name them input.png and output.png respectively
  • run node index.js

Scripts/gray-noise

• generates a gray noise. Used in NI-APH Trailer 2021 and a lots of background assets
• Usage
  • set the resolution inside index.js
  • run node index.js

Scripts/image-resizer

• a simple image resizer
• Usage
  • edit process function inside index.js to set required boundaries
  • run node index.js

Scripts/lcd-effect

• creates an LCD effect, usable for pixel-art images
• Usage
  • put your image into the script folder and name it input.png
  • run node index.js

Scripts/pixelart-downscaler

• tries to downscale a pixel-art image (still WIP)
• Usage
  • put your images into the script folder (they must have .png extension)
  • edit index.js and set the proper MAX_SCALING attribute (how many pixels for each real pixel)
  • run node index.js

Scripts/png-to-jpeg

• a simple png-to-jpeg converter
• Usage
  • put your images into the script folder (they must have .png extension)
  • run node index.js

Scripts/scanline-animation

• creates a scanline reveal animation of an image
• Usage
  • put your images into the script folder (they must have .png extension)
  • run node index.js

Scripts/smooth-pixelart

• upscales an image to get a smooth pixel-art appearance (still WIP)
• Usage
  • put your images into the script folder (they must have .png extension)
  • edit index.js and set SCALE and ITERATIONS according to your needs
  • run node index.js

Scripts/tiscali-grabber

• a script that mines data from https://games.tiscali.cz/
• since APHGames.cz only contains the most interesting links, the output file must be, from time to time, recreated manually 😔
• Usage
  • run node tiscali-grabber.js to re-generate data_complete.txt
  • run node txt-to-json.js to re-generate JSON files