nuclear

Rust library and tool for opening various graphics-related Nintendo DS files

Roadmap

Version 0.1 (#8CF)

• Core: Support NCLR, NCGR, NSCR
• Core: Project format with wrappers, allow loading and saving it
• Core: Import PNG into NSCR (smart/GRIT-like conversion)
• GUI: Load/create/save projects
  • Load
  • Create
  • Save changes (from the tabs themselves)
  • Save as
• GUI: Edit project metadata
• GUI: Editors for the implemented formats
  • NCLR
  • NCGR
  • NSCR
• GUI: Editor features
  • NCLR: import/export NCLR to a standardized palette format (?)
  • NCLR: in-app palette edits, with preview options
  • NSCR: import/export NCSR to .png
• GUI: Import Nintendo files into project
• GUI: Export Nintendo files from project

• GUI: Interactive sidebar

• Mantainance: Remove img::export, replace with convenience file creation functions

Versions 0.2 (#F88) - 1.0 (#20F)

• Core: Extract LZ10/LZ11
• Core: NCER / NANR support
• Core: Portable project format
• Core: Export scripts
• fission: Get a basic version of the framework
  • this objective will be detailed more in the future
• GUI: Project "main page" that shows all the metadata
• GUI: NCER/NANR editors
• GUI: Undo/Redo
  • Show an asterisk on tabs with unsaved changes
• GUI: Warn when closing without saving
• GUI: Open recent
• GUI: Import/export portable project
• GUI: Settings
  • Light/dark mode saving
  • Recent project list

Versions 1.1+

• Core: BNCAD format
• Core: Support alternative files that use Nintendo formats (Layton 1 comes to mind)
• fission: Polish/improve
• GUI: Import/export BNCAD
• GUI: Tile-by-tile editing for NSCR and NCGR

Credits

• Contributors: me! (patataofcourse)
• Documentation on file formats:
  • This document in romhacking.net
  • Tinke source code
  • gbatek
• ThePurpleAnon for the very cool name idea