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https://github.com/codencandy/clock

Analog Clock for MacOS written in Obj-C and C
https://github.com/codencandy/clock

macos-application metal-renderer

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Analog Clock for MacOS written in Obj-C and C

Host: GitHub
URL: https://github.com/codencandy/clock
Owner: codencandy
License: other
Created: 2024-02-23T15:34:14.000Z (10 months ago)
Default Branch: master
Last Pushed: 2024-04-16T04:48:51.000Z (9 months ago)
Last Synced: 2024-11-08T11:13:22.909Z (about 2 months ago)
Topics: macos-application, metal-renderer
Language: C++
Homepage:
Size: 10.6 MB
Stars: 0
Watchers: 1
Forks: 0
Open Issues: 0
Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE.md

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![](res/clock.png)

## Analog clock app for MacOS

This small project builds an analog clock featuring the following concepts:

- creating an application object
- creating a window
- unity build
- drawing with a constant frame rate
- creating a hardware renderer using the Metal framework
- loading images (PNG files)
- GPU shaders (Metal shading language)
- texture mapping
- 2D projection
- 2D rotation
- separation between platform layer and application

## What you need

All you need to follow along or just build this project is:

- Visual Studio Code
- XCode command line tools (not XCode itself)
- [cloc to measure lines of code](https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/cloc)

## VS Code extensions

The following VS Code extensions are also partly necessary:

- [C/C++ Extension Pack](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-vscode.cpptools-extension-pack)
- [C/C++ Clang Command Adapter](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=mitaki28.vscode-clang)
- [Metal Shader Extension for Visual Studio Code](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=doublebuffer.metal-shader)

## How to build and run

In order to build the project execute

```sh build.sh```

in the root directory of this project

In order to run execute

```./clock```