chicagOS Devlog #20 - I have added the option to hide the taskbar, and I have also created a setting to toggle the taskbar from being on the bottom to being on the top. There are now 4 different options for the wallpaper, which I think makes the webpage even more fun! I changed some small things with the CSS, but soon I hope to add more fun small features that will make this OS even more useful.

ChicagOS Devlog #19 - I’m reviving this project! I kept thinking of new things I could add to this project, so I will be starting work on this again after 2 months! The only real thing I did today was add new options for wallpapers, including this fun nighttime scene. Soon the first order of business will be getting better app icons, as currently they are just emojis, and adding a taskbar minimize.

Red Door Delvog #6 - I’ve been working on lots of materials, meshes, and other various art-related parts of this game! I’ve been working on some UI elements, and I hope soon the game will be looking a little better.

Red Door Devlog #5 - I’ve done a lot of work on the special levels, including the meadow level. I decided to use physical walls and terrain to make the meadow rather than a skybox to help contribute to the uncanny vibes. I also created a basic startup screen, although it looks pretty bad, so I will probably change it later.

Red Door Devlog #4 - I have finally started working on some custom 3D models! Im probably going to get most of my models off the unity store, but I wanted to make the door models myself, as there are very specific colors that I am imagining. In terms of base game mechanics, I am working on an algorithm that places sub-walls throughout rooms so that they aren’t just one big box. It’s going slowly as I, shockingly, still suck at C#.

Red Door Devlog #3 - I finally got the infinite room generation working! This involved creating empty door frames in the newly generated rooms so the player can pass through the door. This was pretty difficult, as my C# skills are severely lacking. Next, I want to make a system so older rooms will automatically be deleted.

Red Door Devlog #2 – Unfortunately, I still suck at C# so this project has been very slow going. I tried to follow some tutorials online, but they weren’t super helpful. If anyone knows some really good Unity/ C# free courses, lmk. I have accomplished making a script that will automatically generate a room of a random size with a door on a random wall. I also have the outlines for the functions that will allow a new room to generate when the player walks through the door, so soon hopefully I will have an infinite room generation system!

Red Door Devlog #1 - Starting a new game project! This game is going to be a video game adaptation of the urban legend “Red Door Yellow Door”. I haven’t worked out all of the details yet, but the premise of the game will be the player exploring a creepy maze where they must choose their path by entering differently colored doors. It will be made using Unity, and so far I have created a basic 1st person movement script. This is my first time using Unity and coding in C#, which is why this took 3 hours. My first goal is basic room generation, where entering a door generates a new room of a random size.

chicagOS Devlog #18 - Final devlog before shipping! Not many visual changes, as I have spent a lot of time cleaning up the code, removing unused classes from CSS, deleting temporary console.log(), removing unnecessary comments, etc. I cleaned up some animations in CSS, but other than that, none of the code has really changed. I’ve really enjoyed working on this OS project, but I’m definitely excited to start something new.

chicagOS Devlog #17 - Lots of changes! I’m wrapping up this project soon, so I am putting some final touches on the UI and making some backend changes. The file system now runs entirely using indexedDB instead of localStorage which means all file types can be saved now. The music app and gallery app have been connected to the file system. I also added a small calendar popup when you click on the time element. My biggest visual change was adding a startup screen. It was made almost entirely in CSS, and a single function in JS. I’m not sure if I’m going to add any more features before shipping, so if anyone has any suggestions lmk,

chicagOS Devlog #16 - I am still being indecisive about possibly adding a new app, so I decided to spruce up one of my simplest apps so far, Gallery. I mainly wanted to change how the photos were displayed, which wasn’t too difficult. The only real new feature I added was the ability to add custom photos, which was pretty easy because I used direct input from the computer. I also added the ability for grid view. At first I tried rebuilding the HTML for grid view, but I decided it would be easier to just have an invisible <div> that contained the grid layout. I don’t have any ideas for other apps to update, so if anyone has new app ideas, lmk cause I ran out days ago.

chicagOS Devlog #15 - I have created the Music player app! You can upload any audio file from your computer and queue it in the playlist on the right. There is volume control, a time slider, play/pause, and skip/reverse. It will automatically load the name of the song, artist, and cover art if it is known. I originally planned on integrating this app with the existing file system, but it turns out audio files cannot be stored in localStorage so I had to scrap that idea. Currently, the playlist is just an array, which means it unfortunately does not save once the page is reloaded. But trust me, I’m going to update the file system so it can store all file types soon! I don’t really know what apps I’m going to add next, so I guess we will see where the wind takes me.

chicagOS- Devlog 14 I’ve added a lot more functionality to the file system. Now you can add new folders, delete folders, and rename folders. You can also drag to reorder the folders in the sidebar. I also added a custom alert/notification center, so alerts such as “cannot delete system folders,” etc will be displayed, along with any other possible notification features I might add.

Next, I plan on making a music app.

chicagOS Devlog 13-
I have created the file explorer app, and built the new file system. Now, instead of each app being connected directly to localStorage, they all use the same newFile() and getFile() functions from a central file system. Each app has a dedicated folder within the system.

Next up, I hope to make a music player app, with the ability to add audio files.

chicagOS #Devlog 12- Terminal app is pretty much done! Obviously, I will add new commands as the OS gets more features, but I have some basic commands done! I also added a switch to toggle the quotes visibility in the settings app. Next, I plan on adding a file explorer which will connect all the apps into a single file system!

chicagOS Devlog 11-

The Header has been turned into a dock! I tried to reuse my existing code to open apps, but I couldn’t get it to work, so I had to end up redoing it twice. I also added some JS so that when you click on an open window it is put into focus.

This is what the dynamic background is looking like so far, hopefully I can improve it more.

Next I plan on adding some more apps, possibly including a terminal and a file explorer.

chicagOS Devlog 10-
Dynamic wallpaper is done! (kinda) I’ve been having issues trying to use images that have the background removed, so if anyone knows how that works, please lmk!

I created a settings app to choose between the classic wallpaper (non-animated) and the dynamic wallpaper (many animated parts). The dynamic wallpaper will probably change once I can figure out the images I’m using.

Next up, I am planning on turning the header into a dock! I will probably move the quotes to a widget.

chicagOS Devlog 9-
The Mind Map app is finally working! all of the nodes are draggable, and you can zoom in and out. Turns out the issue was that new nodes coordinates were being calculated from the root node instead of their parent node, so the line drawing function couldn’t find the new nodes.

Also, I expanded the notes app! Before you could not save notes, but now you can! I added a side bar to display the saved notes, and also added the ability to remove saved notes.

Next I plan to make some more UI improvements, maybe even a dynamic background?

chicagOS Devlog #8 - Browser app is completed! I used i-frame to display the browser window. The search bar takes web addresses, and if what is entered is not a valid web address, it automatically inputs it as a Google search prompt instead. I also added some bookmarked web pages, and forward and backward buttons that work by storing the web history. Next, I want to add more functionality to the notes app, including the ability to save and delete notes.