zdog | friendly pseudo-3D engine | Graphics library

zdog is a JavaScript library typically used in User Interface, Graphics, WebGL applications. zdog has no bugs, it has no vulnerabilities and it has medium support. You can install using 'npm i zdog' or download it from GitHub, npm.

Hi, Dave here. I wanted to make a video game. I needed a 3D engine, but most engines were too powerful and complex for me. I made Zdog so I could design and display simple 3D models without a lot of overhead. Zdog is directly inspired by Dogz, a virtual pet game by P.F. Magic released in 1995. It used flat 2D circle sprites to render the Dogz’ models, but in a 3D scene. See Dogz playthrough video here. Dogz were fully animated in real time, running, flopping, scratching (on Windows 3.1!). It was remarkable. Zdog uses the same principle. It renders all shapes using the 2D drawing APIs in either or . Spheres are actually dots. Toruses are actually circles. Capsules are actually thick lines. It’s a simple, but effective trick. The underlying 3D math comes from Rotating 3D Shapes by Peter Collingridge. Zdog is pronounced "Zee-dog" in American parlance or "Zed-dog" in British.