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Design

Desktop products on NuGet only

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Purpose

novolis-apps hosts shipped desktop applications that consume published Novolis packages from GitHub Packages. Each app under src/ is self-contained.

Non-goals

  • Publishing NuGet packages from this repository
  • In-repo shared libraries or cross-app ProjectReference
  • Cross-repo ProjectReference into sibling novolis-* clones

Books Writer Studio

WinExe for three-column book authoring (chapter nav, markdown editor, metadata/publish/SCM).

  • Path: src/BooksWriterStudio/

Draft Studio

WinExe for command-driven 2D/3D CAD-light drafting (LibreCAD/AutoCAD-light): typed DSL (Line(0,0,1,0)), mouse tools that emit the same commands, plan-view canvas, Raylib model view, .cadjson persistence, and optional .cadphys.json export.

  • Path: src/DraftStudio/
  • Data: %LocalAppData%\Novolis\Draft Studio\default-workspace\draft.cadjson
  • Formats: `cadjson.md`
  • Consumes Novolis.Avalonia.Studio (StudioCommandBar), Novolis.Commands.Expressions, Novolis.Math.Geometry, Novolis.Avalonia.Raylib from GitHub Packages (NuGet-only)

Sketch Studio

WinExe freehand / whiteboard studio on SketchControl.

Drawing: pen, line, spline, box, circle, speech bubble, text, text box, eraser, select (rotate grip, Shift multi-select). Options: grid / snap / meetup / fill / stroke styles / Gridify. Composition: fuse / ungroup, paste image, undo/redo. Documents: New/Open/Save/Save As .sketchjson; last path + MRU under %LocalAppData%\Novolis\Sketch Studio\. Export: Copy / Save As PNG (opaque) and SVG. Discoverability: hover tooltips; F1 shortcut reference.

  • Path: src/SketchStudio/
  • Docs: `docs/sketch-studio/` (getting started, tools, shortcuts, architecture, …)
  • Format: `sketchjson.md`
  • Smoke: dotnet run --project src/SketchStudio -- --smoke
  • Consumes Novolis.Avalonia.Controls, Novolis.Avalonia.Controls.Sketch from GitHub Packages (NuGet-only)

Sins of a Capitalism Tycoon

Exe with dual shell for the bounded-minimum economy package:

  • Path: src/SinsOfACapitalismTycoon/
  • --mode headless — period loop + console report (agent entrypoint)
  • --mode avalonia — same report in a desktop window
  • Consumes Novolis.Economy.Core from GitHub Packages (NuGet-only)

Capitalist Simulator

Exe dual-shell Capitalism 2 homage (app-local firm/unit/linkage sim + Avalonia UI). Not in the release installer catalog yet.

  • Path: src/CapitalistSimulator/
  • --mode headless — month ticks + Spectre report
  • --mode avalonia — city map / firm interior bridge
  • Consumes Novolis.Avalonia.Studio, .Briefing, .Controls, Novolis.Storage.Json (NuGet-only)

Live Studio

Avalonia demo for Novolis Audio Live (DSL editor + visuals), with bundled host and launcher.

  • Path: src/LiveStudio/studio/

Package sources

SourceURL
GitHub Packages`Novolis.Avalonia.Studio` and other `Novolis.*`
nuget.orgAvalonia, YamlDotNet

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