I'm making WebGL 2 extension

[Xeltalliv]

I'm making an extension that will let projects access WebGL 2.
200+ blocks are planned. 130 are implemented so far.
Is this a bad idea?

Everything happens on a separate canvas.
A new drawable with custom skin is used to show that canvas. The drawable is located on a new webgl2 layer, which is drawn between video layer and pen layer. This does not require overwriting or wrapping any functions.
It wraps renderer.draw to refresh skin if needed before frame is drawn.
It wraps runtime.getBlocksXML to show multiple categories in the block palette.
During development I also temporarily made it overwrite ScratchBlocks.defineBlocksWithJsonArray to stop Block definition #... in JSON array overwrites prior definition of ... warnings
It doesn't wrap or overwrite anything else.

(Unfinished source code)

webglext-2023-05-03_22.54.14.mp4

[CST1229]

200+ blocks?!?

[MA-master-sec]

Do you want to include everything??

[Xeltalliv]

Everything with the exception of:

• things that don't make much sense to include (gl.makeXRCompatible; extensions WEBGL_lose_context, WEBGL_video_texture)
• things that reveal too much information (full list of supported extensions; extensions WEBGL_debug_renderer_info, WEBGL_debug_shaders)
• webgl extensions I can't test due to my lack of devices with their support

[Flappy25]

This looks awesome!!

[LilyMakesThings]

Good lord. Best of luck, and well done on what you have so far!

[yuri-kiss]

very cool

[Drago-Cuven]

ooh. please keep me updated

[Xeltalliv]

WebGL 2 extension publicly available by that link is severely outdated compared to the latest version I have, but further development has been stopped for now. I've instead been working on another similar extension called "Simple 3D", which considering it's ease of use, will definitely be a lot more popular than this.

The current unfinished version of that extension can be seen here:
https://github.com/Xeltalliv/extensions/blob/simple3d-dev/extensions/simple3D.js

[Xeltalliv]

If I end up finishing this extension, it will not be submitted here. It's too much of a maintenance burden for something that almost no-one knows how to or wants to use. It has been superseded by much more practical and user-friendly Simple 3D extension.

[Ponjee]

damnit I got my hopes up.