roller-coaster-challenge-illustrator

Roller Coaster Challenge Illustrator

Generate printable challenge cards for Roller Coaster Challenge. It can draw tracks, challenges and solutions of the Roller Coaster Challenge Schema.

Run it

To generate a SVG file, run:

node illustrator.js fixtures/track06.json

If you have the vector graphic editor Inkscape installed, you can export the SVG to a PNG graphic:

inkscape -e tmp.png -d 1200 test.svg 

Use it as a dependency

You may use the illustrator as a library in other projects. The package management is easiest with NPM.

npm install roller-coaster-challenge-illustrator

To generate an SVG from a track file, create a JavaScript file and paste the following into it:

const fs = require('fs');
const illustrator = require('roller-coaster-challenge-illustrator');

// Load the track to a JavaScript object
const track = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync('track01.json', 'utf8'));
// Generate a SVG string from the track
const svgString = illustrator.drawChallenge({track});
// Save the SVG string to a file
fs.writeFileSync('test.svg', drawChallenge({track}), 'utf8');

The following functions are exposed:

• drawBoard
• drawChallenge
• drawSolution
• drawTrack

The API has not been stabilized yet.

License

Roller Coaster Challenge is a Trademark of ThinkFun and has been invented by Oli Morris. This 100% fan project is not affiliated with ThinkFun nor Oli Morris. No assets with their copyright have been used.

Copyright (C) 2019 The Roller Coaster Challenge Illustrator authors

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.