Minor Build Script Updates, Mac OS Support

* Update the Makefile to choose MacOS friendly `date` formats.
* Build the Windows doodle.exe binary as a GUI application to skip the
  console window.
* Added Mac OS build instructions.

Building.md

@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Building Doodle
 
+* [Linux](#linux)
+* [Windows Cross-Compile from Linux](#windows-cross-compile-from-linux)
+* [Mac OS](#mac os)
+
 ## Fonts
 
 The `fonts/` folder is git-ignored. The app currently uses font files here
@@ -86,6 +90,12 @@ sudo dnf -y install golang SDL2-devel SDL2_ttf-devel
 sudo apt -y install golang libsdl2-dev libsdl2-ttf-dev
 ```
 
+## Mac OS
+
+```bash
+brew install golang sdl2 sdl2_ttf pkg-config
+```
+
 ## Windows Cross-Compile from Linux
 
 Install the Mingw C compiler:

Makefile

@@ -2,11 +2,12 @@ SHELL := /bin/bash
 
 VERSION=$(shell grep -e 'Version =' pkg/branding/branding.go | head -n 1 | cut -d '"' -f 2)
 BUILD=$(shell git describe --always)
-BUILD_DATE=$(shell date -Iseconds)
+BUILD_DATE=$(shell date +"%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%z")
 CURDIR=$(shell curdir)
 
 # Inject the build version (commit hash) into the executable.
 LDFLAGS := -ldflags "-X main.Build=$(BUILD) -X main.BuildDate=$(BUILD_DATE)"
+LDFLAGS_W := -ldflags "-X main.Build=$(BUILD) -X main.BuildDate=$(BUILD_DATE) -H windowsgui"
 
 # `make setup` to set up a new environment, pull dependencies, etc.
 .PHONY: setup
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ doodads:
 mingw: doodads bindata
 	env CGO_ENABLED="1" CC="/usr/bin/x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc" \
 		GOOS="windows" CGO_LDFLAGS="-lmingw32 -lSDL2" CGO_CFLAGS="-D_REENTRANT" \
-		go build $(LDFLAGS) -i -o bin/doodle.exe cmd/doodle/main.go
+		go build $(LDFLAGS_W) -i -o bin/doodle.exe cmd/doodle/main.go
 		env CGO_ENABLED="1" CC="/usr/bin/x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc" \
 			GOOS="windows" CGO_LDFLAGS="-lmingw32 -lSDL2" CGO_CFLAGS="-D_REENTRANT" \
 			go build $(LDFLAGS) -i -o bin/doodad.exe cmd/doodad/main.go

TODO.md

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 **UI Cleanup:**
 
 - Doodads Palette:
-  - [ ] Hide some doodads like the player character.
+  - [x] Hide some doodads like the player character.
   - [x] Pagination or scrolling UI for long lists of doodads.
 
 **Nice to haves:**
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@
   - [ ] Eraser Tool
   - [ ] Brush size and/or shape
 - [ ] Doodad CLI Tool Features
-  - [ ] `doodad show` to display information about a level or doodad.
+  - [x] `doodad show` to display information about a level or doodad.
   - [ ] `doodad init` or some such to generate a default JS script.
-  - [ ] Options to toggle various states (hidden, hasInventory?)
+  - [x] Options to toggle various states (hidden, hasInventory?)
 
 **Shareware Version:**
 

dev-assets/doodads/build.sh

@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ azulians() {
 
 	doodad convert -t "Blue Azulian" blu-front.png blu-back.png \
 		blu-wr{1,2,3,4}.png blu-wl{1,2,3,4}.png azu-blu.doodad
-	doodad edit-doodad -hide azu-blu.doodad
 	doodad install-script azulian.js azu-blu.doodad
 
 	doodad convert -t "Red Azulian" red-front.png red-back.png \
@@ -128,3 +127,4 @@ trapdoors
 azulians
 objects
 doodad edit-doodad -quiet -lock -author "Noah" ../../assets/doodads/*.doodad
+doodad edit-doodad -hide ../../assets/doodads/azu-blu.doodad

pkg/branding/branding.go

@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ package branding
 const (
 	AppName = "Project: Doodle"
 	Summary = "A drawing-based maze game"
-	Version = "0.0.8-alpha"
+	Version = "0.0.9-alpha"
 )