I was wondering what the general interest would be for developing a "log viewer" web app, useful for viewing play logs in a style that actually resembles the game. It might also be useful for showcasing certain elements of gameplay to new players.
It would feature basic highlighting, the ability to pause/speedup/slowdown the scroll. It would also allow for you to annotate the logs to, e.g., insert images, control the speed of the playback at various points, etc...
I threw this together as an example of what I mean (hit 'run example'). Tested it quickly in forefox and chrome:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1626071/site/logprint.html (https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1626071/site/logprint.html)
Let me know if this is something you think would be cool to see developed further - it's a pretty easy project.
it's going very fast, and the slower button doesn't seem to slow it down.. if it went slower it'd probably be pretty cool.
edit: hm. that was when I ran it in my old outdated firefox (v33) browser, but then I switched to chrome and it worked great.
edited again: Wait, there is a problem with the speed even in chrome. It seems to work well with the example but when I load my own logs they blaze through too fast to read. Slower button doesn't work.
I also recommend adding a "start from beginning" button so I don't need to reload it each time I want to start over.
Any idea why I can't get it to slow down? i am loading text files. The way the example runs is really cool!
I love it.
Quote from: bcw81 on October 16, 2014, 10:23:52 PM
I love it.
But I probably won't use it because I like to speed-read things like this first.
Quote from: RogueGunslinger on October 16, 2014, 10:30:28 PM
Quote from: bcw81 on October 16, 2014, 10:23:52 PM
I love it.
But I probably won't use it because I like to speed-read things like this first.
Or read things while at work, and therefor have to read bit by bit.
Quote from: bcw81 on October 16, 2014, 10:23:52 PM
I love it.
so it works for you? no problems? What browser are you using and how are your logs formatted?
Quote from: Harmless on October 17, 2014, 12:56:21 AM
Quote from: bcw81 on October 16, 2014, 10:23:52 PM
I love it.
so it works for you? no problems? What browser are you using and how are your logs formatted?
Chrome, and I didn't test my own logs on it - just the sample one.