kons-9

Common Lisp 3D Graphics System

What kons-9 Is

kons-9 is a new 3D graphics and animation system written in Common Lisp. The intention is to develop a flexible and extensible system on which can be built a wide variety of application and domain specific tools and packages. The system is designed and implemented to allow exploratory development in a seamless way. All user extensions have the same power and functionality as the built-in code.

More info about the thoughts (and random musings) behind this project at my blog:

https://kaveh808.medium.com

Demo of an early version of the software:

https://youtu.be/NJe4isZ7NHI

How To Join The kons-9 Team

kons-9 is an open source project under the MIT license. We welcome those wishing to contribute their time and skills.

If you wish to do so, please:

• Watch the project.
• Turn on Notifications so you are aware of the Discussions postings.
• Read the Introductions thread in Discussions.
• Post your own introduction on the thread.
• Expect an invitation to join the team.

How To Run kons-9

These are early days of this project, so bear with us as we find our feet.

There is no documentation beyond this file.

This code currently runs in sbcl on MacOS and Linux. We need developers to work on sbcl/Windows, as well. The system currently uses OpenGL as a graphics engine.

Download the code and load the local directory:

(push (uiop:getcwd) ql:*local-project-directories*)

Load the system:

(ql:quickload "kons-9")

Run the following code to open a 3D view window:

(in-package :kons-9)
(run)

Type 'h' in the window to see the available key bindings.

Open demo.lisp and start evaluating the blocks of code. Things should appear in the graphics window.

Have fun.