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content/programming/blog/tairu.tree

@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 %% title = "tairu - an interactive exploration of 2D autotiling techniques"
-   scripts = ["tairu/tiling-demo.js", "tairu/tairu.js"]
+scripts = [
+    "tairu/cardinal-directions.js",
+    "tairu/framework.js",
+    "tairu/tairu.js",
+    "tairu/tilemap-registry.js",
+]
+styles = ["tairu.css"]
 
 % id = "01HPD4XQPWM8ECT2QM6AT9YRWB"
 - I remember since my early days doing programming, I've been interested in how games like Terraria handle automatically tiling their terrain.
@@ -11,7 +17,8 @@
         - TODO: short videos demoing this here
 
 % id = "01HPD4XQPWJBTJ4DWAQE3J87C9"
-- once upon a time I heard of a technique called *bitwise autotiling*
+- once upon a time I heard of a technique called...\
+**bitwise autotiling**
 
     % id = "01HPD4XQPW6VK3FDW5QRCE6HSS"
     + I learned about it back when I was building 2D Minecraft clones using [Construct 2](https://www.construct.net/en/construct-2/manuals/construct-2), and I wanted my terrain to look nice as it does in Terraria
@@ -19,32 +26,183 @@
         % id = "01HPD4XQPWJ1CE9ZVRW98X7HE6"
         - Construct 2 was one of my first programming experiences and the first game engine I truly actually liked :smile:
 
-    % id = "01HPD4XQPWHNFQPRHX13MYW8GT"
+    % id = "01HPJ8GHDET8ZGNN0AH3FWA8HX"
-    - this technique involves assigning the cardinal directions (north, south, east, west) to a bitset.
+    - let's begin with a tilemap. say we have the following grid of tiles: (the examples are interactive, try editing it!)
-    then for each tile you look at which adjacent tiles should be connected to
 
-        % id = "01HPD4XQPWS2JS8RJH2P5TKPAB"
+    <canvas
-        - this connection condition can be whatever you want - in most cases it's just "is the adjacent tile of the same type as the current tile?"
+        is="tairu-editor"
+        data-tilemap-id="bitwiseAutotiling"
+        data-tile-size="40">
+        Your browser does not support &lt;canvas&gt;.
+    </canvas>
 
-            % id = "01HPD4XQPWAANYFBYX681787D1"
+    % id = "01HPJ8GHDEC0Z334M04MTNADV9"
-            - for example, "is the tile to the left a dirt tile?"
+    - for each tile, we can assign a bitset of cardinal directions like so:
 
-    % id = "01HPD4XQPWES5K2V2AKB7H0EHK"
+    <canvas
-    - and then you use this bitset to index into a lookup table of tiles
+        is="tairu-editor-cardinal-directions"
+        data-tilemap-id="bitwiseAutotiling"
+        data-tile-size="40">
+        Your browser does not support &lt;canvas&gt;.
+    </canvas>
 
-        % id = "01HPD4XQPWD00GDZ0N5H1DRH2P"
+    % template = true
-        - for example, say we have the following grid of tiles:\
+      id = "01HPJ8GHDE9QKQ4QFZK1Z1KQD4"
-        TODO editable grid on javascript
+      classes.branch = "tileset-cardinal-directions-demo"
+    + now given a tileset, such as the one below that I drew a while ago, we can assign each tile to a set of cardinal directions.
+    I'll indicate where there's a connection between individual tiles with the letters **N**, **E**, **S**, **W**, standing for the cardinal directions **N**orth, **E**ast, **S**outh, and **W**est.
 
-        for each tile, we can assign a bitset of cardinal directions like so:\
+    <ul class="tileset-demo">
-        TODO grid linked with the other grid to show which adjacent tiles each tile connects to
+    <li class="full-image">
+    <img alt="a 16-tile tileset of 8x8 pixel metal" src="{% pic 01HPHVDRV0F0251MD0A2EG66C4 %}">
+    </li>
+    <li class="tileset-pieces">
+    <span class="metal x-0 y-0"><span class="east">E</span><span class="south">S</span></span>
+    <span class="metal x-1 y-0"><span class="east">E</span><span class="south">S</span><span class="west">W</span></span>
+    <span class="metal x-2 y-0"><span class="south">S</span><span class="west">W</span></span>
+    <span class="metal x-3 y-0"><span class="south">S</span></span>
+    <span class="metal x-0 y-1"><span class="east">E</span><span class="south">S</span><span class="north">N</span></span>
+    <span class="metal x-1 y-1"><span class="east">E</span><span class="south">S</span><span class="west">W</span><span class="north">N</span></span>
+    <span class="metal x-2 y-1"><span class="south">S</span><span class="west">W</span><span class="north">N</span></span>
+    <span class="metal x-3 y-1"><span class="south">S</span><span class="north">N</span></span>
+    <span class="metal x-0 y-2"><span class="east">E</span><span class="north">N</span></span>
+    <span class="metal x-1 y-2"><span class="east">E</span><span class="west">W</span><span class="north">N</span></span>
+    <span class="metal x-2 y-2"><span class="west">W</span><span class="north">N</span></span>
+    <span class="metal x-3 y-2"><span class="north">N</span></span>
+    <span class="metal x-0 y-3"><span class="east">E</span></span>
+    <span class="metal x-1 y-3"><span class="east">E</span><span class="west">W</span></span>
+    <span class="metal x-2 y-3"><span class="west">W</span></span>
+    <span class="metal x-3 y-3"></span>
+    </li>
+    </ul>
 
-    % id = "01HPD4XQPWM0AAE6F162EZTFQY"
+        % id = "01HPMVT9BM65YD5AXWPT4Z67H5"
-    - in JavaScript it would look something like this:
+        - (it's frustratingly hard to center individual letters like this in CSS. please forgive me for how crooked these are!)
+
+    % id = "01HPMVT9BM5V4BP8K80X0C1HJZ"
+    - note that the state of connection for a given cardinal direction can be represented using two values: **connected**, and **not connected**.
+    two values make one bit, so we can pack these four connection states into four bits, and use that as an array index!
+
+        % classes.branch = "tileset-cardinal-directions-demo"
+          id = "01HPMVT9BM4AXG2Z1D2QBH828G"
+        + for that to work though, we need to rearrange our tilemap somewhat such that we can index into it easily using our integer.
+        assuming we pack our bits as `NWSE` (bit 0 is east, each next bit we go clockwise),
+        therefore the final arrangement is this:
+
+        <div class="horizontal-tile-strip">
+        <span class="metal x-3 y-3"></span>
+        <span class="metal x-0 y-3"><span class="east">E</span></span>
+        <span class="metal x-3 y-0"><span class="south">S</span></span>
+        <span class="metal x-0 y-0"><span class="east">E</span><span class="south">S</span></span>
+        <span class="metal x-2 y-3"><span class="west">W</span></span>
+        <span class="metal x-1 y-3"><span class="east">E</span><span class="west">W</span></span>
+        <span class="metal x-2 y-0"><span class="south">S</span><span class="west">W</span></span>
+        <span class="metal x-1 y-0"><span class="east">E</span><span class="south">S</span><span class="west">W</span></span>
+        <span class="metal x-3 y-2"><span class="north">N</span></span>
+        <span class="metal x-0 y-2"><span class="east">E</span><span class="north">N</span></span>
+        <span class="metal x-3 y-1"><span class="south">S</span><span class="north">N</span></span>
+        <span class="metal x-0 y-1"><span class="east">E</span><span class="south">S</span><span class="north">N</span></span>
+        <span class="metal x-2 y-2"><span class="west">W</span><span class="north">N</span></span>
+        <span class="metal x-1 y-2"><span class="east">E</span><span class="west">W</span><span class="north">N</span></span>
+        <span class="metal x-2 y-1"><span class="south">S</span><span class="west">W</span><span class="north">N</span></span>
+        <span class="metal x-1 y-1"><span class="east">E</span><span class="south">S</span><span class="west">W</span><span class="north">N</span></span>
+        </div>
+
+        packing that into a single tilesheet, or rather tile *strip*, we get this image:
+
+        ![horizontal tile strip of 16 8x8 pixel metal tiles][pic:01HPMMR6DGKYTPZ9CK0WQWKNX5]
+
+    % id = "01HPMVT9BMMEM4HT4ANZ40992P"
+    - in JavaScript, drawing on a `<canvas>` using bitwise autotiling would look like this:
     ```javascript
-    // TODO code example
+    for (let y = 0; y < tilemap.height; ++y) {
+        for (let x = 0; x < tilemap.width; ++x) {
+            // Assume `tilemap.at` is a function which returns the type of tile
+            // stored at coordinates (x, y).
+            let tile = tilemap.at(x, y);
+
+            // We need to treat *some* tile as an empty (fully transparent) tile.
+            // In our case that'll be 0.
+            if (tile != 0) {
+                let tileset = tilesets[tile];
+
+                // Now it's time to represent the tile connections as bits.
+                // For each cardinal direction we produce a different bit value, or 0 if there is
+                // no connection:
+                let connectedWithEast = shouldConnect(tile, tilemap.at(x + 1, y)) ? 0b0001 : 0;
+                let connectedWithSouth = shouldConnect(tile, tilemap.at(x, y + 1)) ? 0b0010 : 0;
+                let connectedWithWest = shouldConnect(tile, tilemap.at(x - 1, y)) ? 0b0100 : 0;
+                let connectedWithNorth = shouldConnect(tile, tilemap.at(x, y - 1)) ? 0b1000 : 0;
+                // Then we OR them together into one integer.
+                let tileIndex = connectedWithNorth
+                    | connectedWithWest
+                    | connectedWithSouth
+                    | connectedWithEast;
+
+                // With that, we can draw the correct tile.
+                // Our strip is a single horizontal line, so we can assume
+                let tilesetTileSize = tileset.height;
+                let tilesetX = tileIndex * tilesetTileSize;
+                let tilesetY = 0;
+                ctx.drawImage(
+                    tilesets[tile],
+                    tilesetX, tilesetY, tilesetTileSize, tilesetTileSize,
+                    x * tileSize, y * tileSize, tileSize, tileSize,
+                );
+            }
+        }
+    }
     ```
 
+    % template = true
+      id = "01HPMVT9BM9CS9375MX4H9WKW8"
+    - and that gives us this result:
+
+    <canvas
+        is="tairu-editor"
+        data-tilemap-id="bitwiseAutotiling"
+        data-tile-size="40"
+    >
+        Your browser does not support &lt;canvas&gt;.
+        <img class="resource" src="{% pic 01HPMMR6DGKYTPZ9CK0WQWKNX5 %}" data-tairu-tileset="1">
+    </canvas>
+
+    % id = "01HPMVT9BM3WR0BNZFHP2BPZ8A"
+    - but if you play around with it (or have *already* played around with it, and are therefore left with a non-default tilemap)
+
+    ...something seems awful about it doesn't it?
+
+        % template = true
+          id = "01HPMVT9BMPA89037VPWPPWX8V"
+        - something's off about the corners. let me give you a fresh example to illustrate what I mean:
+
+        <canvas
+            is="tairu-editor"
+            data-tilemap-id="bitwiseAutotilingChapter2"
+            data-tile-size="40"
+        >
+            Your browser does not support &lt;canvas&gt;.
+            <img class="resource" src="{% pic 01HPMMR6DGKYTPZ9CK0WQWKNX5 %}" data-tairu-tileset="1">
+        </canvas>
+
+        % id = "01HPMVT9BM16EF3TV5J1K19JAM"
+        + see that tile in the bottom left corner of the `L` shape? it's missing a corner.
+        the top-right corner, to be exact, which makes it visually disjoint from the tiles to the north and the east.
+
+            % id = "01HPMVT9BM5VWJSMDNPK2SRNZV"
+            - (I'm totally not trying to say this implementation is an L so far)
+
+        % id = "01HPMVT9BMWG6QHQ125Z884W8Z"
+        + i'll cut right to the chase here and say it outright - the issue is that we simply don't have enough tiles to represent corner cases like this!
+
+            % id = "01HPMVT9BMQK8N1H68YV3J4CFQ"
+            - see what I did there?
+
+        % id = "01HPMVT9BMJTG3KD3K5EJ3BC93"
+        - the solution here is to introduce more tiles to handle these edge cases.
+
+        TODO Explain
+
 % id = "01HPD4XQPWT9N8X9BD9GKWD78F"
 - bitwise autotiling is a really cool technique that I've used in plenty of games in the past
 
@@ -55,6 +213,7 @@
 
     [Planet Overgamma]: https://liquidev.itch.io/planet-overgamma-classic
 
+        % id = "01HPJ8GHDEN4XRPT1AJ1BTNTFJ"
         - this accursed game has been haunting me for years since; there have been many iterations.
         he autotiling source code of the one in the video can be found [here][autotiling source code].
 
@@ -111,6 +270,9 @@
     % id = "01HPD4XQPWK58Z63X6962STADR"
     - I mean, after all - bitwise autotiling is basically a clever solution to an `if` complexity problem, so why not extend that with more logic and rules and stuff to let you build more complex maps?
 
+        % id = "01HPJ8GHDFRA2SPNHKJYD0SYPP"
+        - of course Tilekit's solution is a lot more simple, streamlined, and user-friendly, but you get the gist.
+
 % id = "01HPD4XQPW4Y075XWJCT6AATB2"
 - ever since then I've been wanting to build something just like Tilekit, but in the form of an educational, interactive blog post to demonstrate the ideas in a fun way
 

crates/treehouse/src/cli/generate.rs

@@ -229,15 +229,7 @@ impl Generator {
                         .thumbnail
                         .as_ref()
                         .map(|thumbnail| Thumbnail {
-                            url: format!(
+                            url: config.pic_url(&thumbnail.id),
-                                "{}/static/pic/{}",
-                                config.site,
-                                config
-                                    .pics
-                                    .get(&thumbnail.id)
-                                    .map(|x| &**x)
-                                    .unwrap_or("404.png")
-                            ),
                             alt: thumbnail.alt.clone(),
                         }),
                     scripts: roots.attributes.scripts.clone(),

crates/treehouse/src/config.rs

@@ -99,4 +99,12 @@ impl Config {
         }
         Ok(())
     }
+
+    pub fn pic_url(&self, id: &str) -> String {
+        format!(
+            "{}/static/pic/{}",
+            self.site,
+            self.pics.get(id).map(|x| &**x).unwrap_or("404.png")
+        )
+    }
 }

crates/treehouse/src/html/tree.rs

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use crate::{
     config::Config,
     html::EscapeAttribute,
     state::{FileId, Treehouse},
-    tree::{attributes::Content, SemaBranchId},
+    tree::{attributes::Content, mini_template, SemaBranchId},
 };
 
 use super::{markdown, EscapeHtml};
@@ -26,6 +26,12 @@ pub fn branch_to_html(
         !branch.children.is_empty() || matches!(branch.attributes.content, Content::Link(_));
 
     let class = if has_children { "branch" } else { "leaf" };
+    let mut class = String::from(class);
+    if !branch.attributes.classes.branch.is_empty() {
+        class.push(' ');
+        class.push_str(&branch.attributes.classes.branch);
+    }
+
     let component = if let Content::Link(_) = branch.attributes.content {
         "th-b-linked"
     } else {
@@ -64,7 +70,7 @@ pub fn branch_to_html(
         s.push_str("<th-bp></th-bp>");
 
         let raw_block_content = &source.input()[branch.content.clone()];
-        let mut unindented_block_content = String::with_capacity(raw_block_content.len());
+        let mut final_markdown = String::with_capacity(raw_block_content.len());
         for line in raw_block_content.lines() {
             // Bit of a jank way to remove at most branch.indent_level spaces from the front.
             let mut space_count = 0;
@@ -76,8 +82,8 @@ pub fn branch_to_html(
                 }
             }
 
-            unindented_block_content.push_str(&line[space_count..]);
+            final_markdown.push_str(&line[space_count..]);
-            unindented_block_content.push('\n');
+            final_markdown.push('\n');
         }
 
         let broken_link_callback = &mut |broken_link: BrokenLink<'_>| {
@@ -112,8 +118,11 @@ pub fn branch_to_html(
                 None
             }
         };
+        if branch.attributes.template {
+            final_markdown = mini_template::render(config, treehouse, &final_markdown);
+        }
         let markdown_parser = pulldown_cmark::Parser::new_with_broken_link_callback(
-            &unindented_block_content,
+            &final_markdown,
             {
                 use pulldown_cmark::Options;
                 Options::ENABLE_STRIKETHROUGH | Options::ENABLE_TABLES

crates/treehouse/src/tree/attributes.rs

@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ pub struct Attributes {
     /// Strings of extra CSS class names to include in the generated HTML.
     #[serde(default)]
     pub classes: Classes,
+
+    /// Enable `mini_template` templating in this branch.
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub template: bool,
 }
 
 /// Controls for block content presentation.
@@ -88,6 +92,10 @@ pub enum Content {
 
 #[derive(Debug, Default, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Deserialize)]
 pub struct Classes {
+    /// Classes to append to the branch itself (<li is="th-b">).
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub branch: String,
+
     /// Classes to append to the branch's <ul> element containing its children.
     #[serde(default)]
     pub branch_children: String,

crates/treehouse/src/tree/mini_template.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,213 @@
+//! Minimalistic templating engine that integrates with the .tree format and Markdown.
+//!
+//! Mostly to avoid pulling in Handlebars everywhere; mini_template, unlike Handlebars, also allows
+//! for injecting *custom, stateful* context into the renderer, which is important for things like
+//! the `pic` template to work.
+
+use std::ops::Range;
+
+use pulldown_cmark::escape::escape_html;
+
+use crate::{config::Config, state::Treehouse};
+
+struct Lexer<'a> {
+    input: &'a str,
+    position: usize,
+
+    // Despite this parser's intentional simplicity, a peekahead buffer needs to be used for
+    // performance because tokens are usually quite long and therefore reparsing them would be
+    // too expensive.
+    peek_buffer: Option<(Token, usize)>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
+enum TokenKind {
+    /// Verbatim text, may be inside of a template.
+    Text,
+    Open(EscapingMode), // {%
+    Close,              // %}
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
+enum EscapingMode {
+    EscapeHtml,
+    NoEscaping,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
+struct Token {
+    kind: TokenKind,
+    range: Range<usize>,
+}
+
+impl<'a> Lexer<'a> {
+    fn new(input: &'a str) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            input,
+            position: 0,
+            peek_buffer: None,
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn current(&self) -> Option<char> {
+        self.input[self.position..].chars().next()
+    }
+
+    fn advance(&mut self) {
+        self.position += self.current().map(|c| c.len_utf8()).unwrap_or(0);
+    }
+
+    fn create_token(&self, start: usize, kind: TokenKind) -> Token {
+        Token {
+            kind,
+            range: start..self.position,
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn next_inner(&mut self) -> Option<Token> {
+        if let Some((token, after_token)) = self.peek_buffer.take() {
+            self.position = after_token;
+            return Some(token);
+        }
+
+        let start = self.position;
+        match self.current() {
+            Some('{') => {
+                self.advance();
+                if self.current() == Some('%') {
+                    self.advance();
+                    if self.current() == Some('!') {
+                        Some(self.create_token(start, TokenKind::Open(EscapingMode::NoEscaping)))
+                    } else {
+                        Some(self.create_token(start, TokenKind::Open(EscapingMode::EscapeHtml)))
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    self.advance();
+                    Some(self.create_token(start, TokenKind::Text))
+                }
+            }
+            Some('%') => {
+                self.advance();
+                if self.current() == Some('}') {
+                    self.advance();
+                    Some(self.create_token(start, TokenKind::Close))
+                } else {
+                    self.advance();
+                    Some(self.create_token(start, TokenKind::Text))
+                }
+            }
+            Some(_) => {
+                while !matches!(self.current(), Some('{' | '%') | None) {
+                    self.advance();
+                }
+                Some(self.create_token(start, TokenKind::Text))
+            }
+            None => None,
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn peek_inner(&mut self) -> Option<Token> {
+        let position = self.position;
+        let token = self.next();
+        let after_token = self.position;
+        self.position = position;
+
+        if let Some(token) = token.clone() {
+            self.peek_buffer = Some((token, after_token));
+        }
+
+        token
+    }
+
+    fn next(&mut self) -> Option<Token> {
+        self.next_inner().map(|mut token| {
+            // Coalesce multiple Text tokens into one.
+            if token.kind == TokenKind::Text {
+                while let Some(Token {
+                    kind: TokenKind::Text,
+                    ..
+                }) = self.peek_inner()
+                {
+                    let next_token = self.next_inner().unwrap();
+                    token.range.end = next_token.range.end;
+                }
+            }
+            token
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+struct Renderer<'a> {
+    lexer: Lexer<'a>,
+    output: String,
+}
+
+struct InvalidTemplate;
+
+impl<'a> Renderer<'a> {
+    fn emit_token_verbatim(&mut self, token: &Token) {
+        self.output.push_str(&self.lexer.input[token.range.clone()]);
+    }
+
+    fn render(&mut self, config: &Config, treehouse: &Treehouse) {
+        let kind_of = |token: &Token| token.kind;
+
+        while let Some(token) = self.lexer.next() {
+            match token.kind {
+                TokenKind::Open(escaping) => {
+                    let inside = self.lexer.next();
+                    let close = self.lexer.next();
+
+                    if let Some((TokenKind::Text, TokenKind::Close)) = inside
+                        .as_ref()
+                        .map(kind_of)
+                        .zip(close.as_ref().map(kind_of))
+                    {
+                        match Self::render_template(
+                            config,
+                            treehouse,
+                            self.lexer.input[inside.as_ref().unwrap().range.clone()].trim(),
+                        ) {
+                            Ok(s) => match escaping {
+                                EscapingMode::EscapeHtml => {
+                                    _ = escape_html(&mut self.output, &s);
+                                }
+                                EscapingMode::NoEscaping => self.output.push_str(&s),
+                            },
+                            Err(InvalidTemplate) => {
+                                inside.inspect(|token| self.emit_token_verbatim(token));
+                                close.inspect(|token| self.emit_token_verbatim(token));
+                            }
+                        }
+                    } else {
+                        inside.inspect(|token| self.emit_token_verbatim(token));
+                        close.inspect(|token| self.emit_token_verbatim(token));
+                    }
+                }
+                _ => self.emit_token_verbatim(&token),
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn render_template(
+        config: &Config,
+        _treehouse: &Treehouse,
+        template: &str,
+    ) -> Result<String, InvalidTemplate> {
+        let (function, arguments) = template.split_once(' ').unwrap_or((template, ""));
+        match function {
+            "pic" => Ok(config.pic_url(arguments)),
+            "c++" => Ok("<script>alert(1)</script>".into()),
+            _ => Err(InvalidTemplate),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn render(config: &Config, treehouse: &Treehouse, input: &str) -> String {
+    let mut renderer = Renderer {
+        lexer: Lexer::new(input),
+        output: String::new(),
+    };
+    renderer.render(config, treehouse);
+    renderer.output
+}

crates/treehouse/src/tree/mod.rs

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 pub mod attributes;
+pub mod mini_template;
 
 use std::ops::Range;
 

static/css/main.css

@@ -87,6 +87,12 @@ body::selection {
     src: url('../font/Recursive_VF_1.085.woff2');
 }
 
+@font-face {
+    font-family: 'RecVarMono';
+    src: url('../font/Recursive_VF_1.085.woff2');
+    font-variation-settings: "MONO" 1.0;
+}
+
 
 body,
 pre,
@@ -256,6 +262,29 @@ img.pic {
     margin: 8px 0;
 }
 
+/* Image hints for tweaking rendering */
+img {
+    &[src*='+pixel'] {
+        image-rendering: crisp-edges;
+        border-radius: 0;
+    }
+
+    &[src*='+width160'] {
+        width: 160px;
+        height: auto;
+    }
+
+    &[src*='+width640'] {
+        width: 640px;
+        height: auto;
+    }
+
+    /* Resources for use in JavaScript. */
+    &.resource {
+        display: none;
+    }
+}
+
 /* Fix the default blue and ugly purple links normally have */
 
 a {

static/css/tairu.css

@@ -1 +1,128 @@
+.tileset-cardinal-directions-demo th-bc {
+    & ul {
+        display: flex;
+        flex-direction: row;
+    }
 
+    & ul.tileset-demo {
+        margin-top: 16px;
+    }
+
+    & ul.tileset-demo::after {
+        display: none !important;
+    }
+
+    & li.full-image {
+        flex-shrink: 0;
+    }
+
+    & li.tileset-pieces {
+        display: flex;
+        flex-wrap: wrap;
+        align-items: center;
+        justify-content: center;
+    }
+
+    & .horizontal-tile-strip {
+        display: flex;
+        flex-direction: row;
+        justify-content: center;
+        flex-wrap: wrap;
+
+        & .metal {
+            width: 48px;
+            height: 48px;
+
+            &>span {
+                font-size: 12px;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    & .metal {
+        display: inline-block;
+        width: 56px;
+        height: 56px;
+        margin: 8px;
+        background-image: url('../pic/01HPHVDRV0F0251MD0A2EG66C4-tilemap-heavy-metal-16+pixel+width160.png');
+        background-size: 400%;
+        image-rendering: crisp-edges;
+        position: relative;
+    }
+
+
+    & .east,
+    & .south,
+    & .west,
+    & .north {
+        --recursive-wght: 900;
+        --recursive-casl: 0.0;
+        --recursive-slnt: 0.0;
+        --recursive-mono: 1.0;
+
+        font-size: 14px;
+        position: absolute;
+        color: #d3dce9;
+        padding: 2px 4px;
+    }
+
+    & .east {
+        right: 0;
+        top: 50%;
+        transform: translateY(-50%);
+    }
+
+    & .south {
+        bottom: 0;
+        left: 50%;
+        transform: translateX(-50%);
+    }
+
+    & .west {
+        left: 0;
+        top: 50%;
+        transform: translateY(-50%);
+    }
+
+    & .north {
+        top: 0;
+        left: 50%;
+        transform: translateX(-50%);
+    }
+
+    & .off {
+        opacity: 0%;
+    }
+
+    & .x-0 {
+        background-position-x: 0%;
+    }
+
+    & .x-1 {
+        background-position-x: 33.3333%;
+    }
+
+    & .x-2 {
+        background-position-x: 66.6666%;
+    }
+
+    & .x-3 {
+        background-position-x: 100%;
+    }
+
+    & .y-0 {
+        background-position-y: 0%;
+    }
+
+    & .y-1 {
+        background-position-y: 33.3333%;
+    }
+
+    & .y-2 {
+        background-position-y: 66.6666%;
+    }
+
+    & .y-3 {
+        background-position-y: 100%;
+    }
+}

static/css/tree.css

@@ -351,7 +351,35 @@ th-bb .branch-date {
 /* branch-quote class for "air quote branches"; used to separate a subtree from a parent tree
    stylistically such that it's interpretable as a form of block quote. */
 ul.branch-quote {
-    padding: 8px;
+    --vertical-margin: 8px;
+    --padding: 8px;
+
+    margin-top: var(--vertical-margin);
+    margin-bottom: var(--vertical-margin);
+    padding-top: var(--padding);
+    padding-bottom: var(--padding);
+    padding-right: var(--padding);
     border: 1px solid var(--border-1);
     border-radius: 8px;
+
+    position: relative;
+
+
+    &::before {
+        --recursive-wght: 900;
+        --recursive-casl: 0;
+
+        content: '“';
+        position: absolute;
+        right: 16px;
+        top: 1px;
+        font-size: 3rem;
+        opacity: 50%;
+
+        transition: opacity var(--transition-duration);
+    }
+
+    &:hover::before {
+        opacity: 0%;
+    }
 }

static/js/tairu/cardinal-directions.js

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import { defineFrame, Frame } from './framework.js';
+import { TileEditor, canConnect, shouldConnect } from './tairu.js';
+
+class CardinalDirectionsEditor extends TileEditor {
+    constructor() {
+        super();
+        this.colorScheme.tiles[1] = "#f96565";
+    }
+
+    drawConnectionText(text, enabled, tileX, tileY, hAlign, vAlign) {
+        this.ctx.beginPath();
+        this.ctx.fillStyle = enabled ? "#6c023e" : "#d84161";
+        this.ctx.font = `800 14px ${Frame.monoFontFace}`;
+        const padding = 2;
+        let topLeftX = tileX * this.tileSize + padding;
+        let topLeftY = tileY * this.tileSize + padding;
+        let rectSize = this.tileSize - padding * 2;
+        let { leftX, baselineY } = this.getTextPositionInBox(text, topLeftX, topLeftY, rectSize, rectSize, hAlign, vAlign);
+        this.ctx.fillText(text, leftX, baselineY);
+    }
+
+    drawTiles() {
+        super.drawTiles();
+        for (let y = 0; y < this.tilemap.height; ++y) {
+            for (let x = 0; x < this.tilemap.width; ++x) {
+                let tile = this.tilemap.at(x, y);
+                if (canConnect(tile)) {
+                    let connectedWithEast = shouldConnect(tile, this.tilemap.at(x + 1, y));
+                    let connectedWithSouth = shouldConnect(tile, this.tilemap.at(x, y + 1));
+                    let connectedWithNorth = shouldConnect(tile, this.tilemap.at(x, y - 1));
+                    let connectedWithWest = shouldConnect(tile, this.tilemap.at(x - 1, y));
+                    this.drawConnectionText("E", connectedWithEast, x, y, "right", "center");
+                    this.drawConnectionText("S", connectedWithSouth, x, y, "center", "bottom");
+                    this.drawConnectionText("N", connectedWithNorth, x, y, "center", "top");
+                    this.drawConnectionText("W", connectedWithWest, x, y, "left", "center");
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+defineFrame("tairu-editor-cardinal-directions", CardinalDirectionsEditor);

static/js/tairu/framework.js

@@ -1,13 +1,87 @@
 // A frameworking class assigning some CSS classes to the canvas to make it integrate nicer with CSS.
-class Frame extends HTMLCanvasElement {
+export class Frame extends HTMLCanvasElement {
+    static fontFace = "RecVar";
+    static monoFontFace = "RecVarMono";
+
     constructor() {
         super();
+    }
 
+    async connectedCallback() {
         this.style.cssText = `
-
+            margin-top: 8px;
+            margin-bottom: 4px;
+            border-radius: 4px;
+            max-width: 100%;
         `;
+
+        this.ctx = this.getContext("2d");
+
+        requestAnimationFrame(this.#drawLoop.bind(this));
+    }
+
+    #drawLoop() {
+        this.ctx.font = "14px RecVar";
+        this.draw();
+        requestAnimationFrame(this.#drawLoop.bind(this));
     }
 
     // Override this!
-    draw() { }
+    draw() {
+        throw new ReferenceError("draw() must be overridden");
+    }
+
+    getTextPositionInBox(text, x, y, width, height, hAlign, vAlign) {
+        let measurements = this.ctx.measureText(text);
+
+        let leftX;
+        switch (hAlign) {
+            case "left":
+                leftX = x;
+                break;
+            case "center":
+                leftX = x + width / 2 - measurements.width / 2;
+                break;
+            case "right":
+                leftX = x + width - measurements.width;
+                break;
+        }
+
+        let textHeight = measurements.fontBoundingBoxAscent;
+        let baselineY;
+        switch (vAlign) {
+            case "top":
+                baselineY = y + textHeight;
+                break;
+            case "center":
+                baselineY = y + height / 2 + textHeight / 2;
+                break;
+            case "bottom":
+                baselineY = y + height;
+                break;
+        }
+
+        return { leftX, baselineY };
+    }
+
+    get scaleInViewportX() {
+        return this.clientWidth / this.width;
+    }
+
+    get scaleInViewportY() {
+        return this.clientHeight / this.height;
+    }
+
+    getMousePositionFromEvent(event) {
+        return {
+            x: event.offsetX / this.scaleInViewportX,
+            y: event.offsetY / this.scaleInViewportY,
+        };
+    }
 }
+
+export function defineFrame(elementName, claß) { // because `class` is a keyword.
+    customElements.define(elementName, claß, { extends: "canvas" });
+}
+
+defineFrame("tairu--frame", Frame);

static/js/tairu/tairu.js

@@ -1,8 +1,192 @@
-class TileEditor extends HTMLCanvasElement {
+import { Frame, defineFrame } from "./framework.js";
+import tilemapRegistry from "./tilemap-registry.js";
+
+export function canConnect(tile) {
+    return tile == 1;
+}
+
+export function shouldConnect(a, b) {
+    return a == b;
+}
+
+export class TileEditor extends Frame {
     constructor() {
         super();
+        this.tileCursor = { x: 0, y: 0 };
 
+        this.colorScheme = {
+            background: "#F7F7F7",
+            grid: "#00000011",
+            tileCursor: "#222222",
+            tiles: [
+                "transparent",
+                "#eb134a",
+            ],
+        };
 
+        this.tileColorPalette = [
+            "transparent",
+            "#eb134a",
+        ];
+    }
+
+    connectedCallback() {
+        super.connectedCallback();
+
+        this.tileSize = parseInt(this.getAttribute("data-tile-size"));
+
+        let tilemapId = this.getAttribute("data-tilemap-id");
+        console.log(tilemapRegistry);
+        if (tilemapId != null) {
+            this.tilemap = tilemapRegistry[this.getAttribute("data-tilemap-id")];
+        } else {
+            throw new ReferenceError(`tilemap '${tilemapId}' does not exist`);
+        }
+
+        // 0st element is explicitly null because it represents the empty tile.
+        this.tilesets = [null];
+
+        let attachedImages = this.getElementsByTagName("img");
+        for (let image of attachedImages) {
+            if (image.hasAttribute("data-tairu-tileset")) {
+                let tilesetIndex = parseInt(image.getAttribute("data-tairu-tileset"));
+                this.tilesets[tilesetIndex] = image;
+            }
+        }
+
+        this.width = this.tilemap.width * this.tileSize;
+        this.height = this.tilemap.height * this.tileSize;
+
+        this.hasFocus = false;
+        this.paintingTile = null;
+
+        this.addEventListener("mousemove", event => this.mouseMoved(event));
+        this.addEventListener("mousedown", event => this.mousePressed(event));
+        this.addEventListener("mouseup", event => this.mouseReleased(event));
+
+        this.addEventListener("mouseenter", _ => this.hasFocus = true);
+        this.addEventListener("mouseleave", _ => this.hasFocus = false);
+
+        this.addEventListener("contextmenu", event => event.preventDefault());
+
+        // TODO: This should also work on mobile.
+    }
+
+    draw() {
+        this.ctx.fillStyle = this.colorScheme.background;
+        this.ctx.fillRect(0, 0, this.width, this.height);
+
+        this.drawTiles();
+        this.drawGrid();
+        if (this.hasFocus) {
+            this.drawTileCursor();
+        }
+    }
+
+    drawGrid() {
+        this.ctx.beginPath();
+        for (let x = 0; x < this.tilemap.width; ++x) {
+            this.ctx.moveTo(x * this.tileSize, 0);
+            this.ctx.lineTo(x * this.tileSize, this.height);
+        }
+        for (let y = 0; y < this.tilemap.width; ++y) {
+            this.ctx.moveTo(0, y * this.tileSize);
+            this.ctx.lineTo(this.width, y * this.tileSize);
+        }
+        this.ctx.strokeStyle = this.colorScheme.grid;
+        this.ctx.lineWidth = 1;
+        this.ctx.stroke();
+    }
+
+    drawTileCursor() {
+        this.ctx.strokeStyle = this.colorScheme.tileCursor;
+        this.ctx.lineWidth = 5;
+        this.ctx.strokeRect(this.tileCursor.x * this.tileSize, this.tileCursor.y * this.tileSize, this.tileSize, this.tileSize);
+    }
+
+    get hasTilesets() {
+        // Remember that tile 0 represents emptiness.
+        return this.tilesets.length > 1;
+    }
+
+    drawTiles() {
+        if (this.hasTilesets) {
+            this.drawTexturedTiles();
+        } else {
+            this.drawColoredTiles();
+        }
+    }
+
+    drawColoredTiles() {
+        for (let y = 0; y < this.tilemap.height; ++y) {
+            for (let x = 0; x < this.tilemap.width; ++x) {
+                let tile = this.tilemap.at(x, y);
+                if (tile != 0) {
+                    this.ctx.fillStyle = this.colorScheme.tiles[tile];
+                    this.ctx.fillRect(x * this.tileSize, y * this.tileSize, this.tileSize, this.tileSize);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    drawTexturedTiles() {
+        this.ctx.imageSmoothingEnabled = false;
+
+        for (let y = 0; y < this.tilemap.height; ++y) {
+            for (let x = 0; x < this.tilemap.width; ++x) {
+                let tile = this.tilemap.at(x, y);
+                if (tile != 0) {
+                    let tileset = this.tilesets[tile];
+
+                    let connectedWithEast = shouldConnect(tile, this.tilemap.at(x + 1, y)) ? 0b0001 : 0;
+                    let connectedWithSouth = shouldConnect(tile, this.tilemap.at(x, y + 1)) ? 0b0010 : 0;
+                    let connectedWithWest = shouldConnect(tile, this.tilemap.at(x - 1, y)) ? 0b0100 : 0;
+                    let connectedWithNorth = shouldConnect(tile, this.tilemap.at(x, y - 1)) ? 0b1000 : 0;
+                    let tileIndex = connectedWithNorth
+                        | connectedWithWest
+                        | connectedWithSouth
+                        | connectedWithEast;
+
+                    let tilesetTileSize = tileset.height;
+                    let tilesetX = tileIndex * tilesetTileSize;
+                    let tilesetY = 0;
+                    this.ctx.drawImage(
+                        this.tilesets[tile],
+                        tilesetX, tilesetY, tilesetTileSize, tilesetTileSize,
+                        x * this.tileSize, y * this.tileSize, this.tileSize, this.tileSize,
+                    );
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    mouseMoved(event) {
+        let mouse = this.getMousePositionFromEvent(event);
+        this.tileCursor.x = Math.floor(mouse.x / this.tileSize);
+        this.tileCursor.y = Math.floor(mouse.y / this.tileSize);
+        this.paintTileUnderCursor();
+    }
+
+    mousePressed(event) {
+        event.preventDefault();
+        if (event.button == 0) {
+            this.paintingTile = 1;
+        } else if (event.button == 2) {
+            this.paintingTile = 0;
+        }
+        this.paintTileUnderCursor();
+    }
+
+    mouseReleased() {
+        this.paintingTile = null;
+    }
+
+    paintTileUnderCursor() {
+        if (this.paintingTile != null) {
+            this.tilemap.setAt(this.tileCursor.x, this.tileCursor.y, this.paintingTile);
+        }
     }
 }
-customElements.define("tairu-tile-editor", TileEditor)
+defineFrame("tairu-editor", TileEditor);
+
+console.log("tairu editor loaded");

static/js/tairu/tilemap-registry.js

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import { Tilemap } from './tilemap.js';
+
+const alphabet = " x";
+
+function parseTilemap(lineArray) {
+    let tilemap = new Tilemap(lineArray[0].length, lineArray.length);
+    for (let y in lineArray) {
+        let line = lineArray[y];
+        for (let x = 0; x < line.length; ++x) {
+            let char = line.charAt(x);
+            tilemap.setAt(x, y, alphabet.indexOf(char));
+        }
+    }
+    return tilemap;
+}
+
+export default {
+    bitwiseAutotiling: parseTilemap([
+        "         ",
+        "   xxx   ",
+        "   xxx   ",
+        "   xxx   ",
+        "         ",
+    ]),
+    bitwiseAutotilingChapter2: parseTilemap([
+        "         ",
+        "   x     ",
+        "   x     ",
+        "   xxx   ",
+        "         ",
+    ]),
+};
+

static/js/tairu/tilemap.js

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+export class Tilemap {
+    constructor(width, height) {
+        this.width = width;
+        this.height = height;
+        this.tiles = new Uint8Array(width * height);
+        this.default = 0;
+    }
+
+    tileIndex(x, y) {
+        return x + y * this.width;
+    }
+
+    inBounds(x, y) {
+        return x >= 0 && y >= 0 && x < this.width && y < this.height;
+    }
+
+    at(x, y) {
+        if (this.inBounds(x, y)) {
+            return this.tiles[this.tileIndex(x, y)];
+        } else {
+            return this.default;
+        }
+    }
+
+    setAt(x, y, tile) {
+        if (this.inBounds(x, y)) {
+            this.tiles[this.tileIndex(x, y)] = tile;
+        }
+    }
+}

static/js/tree.js

@@ -112,11 +112,17 @@ class LinkedBranch extends Branch {
             let styles = main.getElementsByTagName("link");
             let scripts = main.getElementsByTagName("script");
 
-            this.append(...styles);
-            this.append(...scripts);
 
             this.loadingText.remove();
             this.innerUL.innerHTML = ul.innerHTML;
+
+            this.append(...styles);
+            for (let script of scripts) {
+                // No need to await for the import because we don't use the resulting module.
+                // Just fire and forger 💀
+                // and let them run in parallel.
+                import(script.src);
+            }
         } catch (error) {
             this.loadingText.innerText = error.toString();
         }

template/tree.hbs

@@ -94,11 +94,11 @@
         extracting them way more painful than it needs to be. --}}
 
         {{#each page.styles}}
-        <link rel="stylesheet" src="{{ ../config.site }}/static/css/{{ this }}">
+        <link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ ../config.site }}/static/css/{{ this }}">
         {{/each}}
 
         {{#each page.scripts}}
-        <script type="module" src="{{ ../config.site }}/static/js/{{ this }}" defer></script>
+        <script type="module" src="{{ ../config.site }}/static/js/{{ this }}"></script>
         {{/each}}
 
         {{{ page.tree }}}