From b3e4b455faa5bd25f6279a2d34ab9b655c753b34 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pearmini <subairui@icloud.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2025 11:48:55 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Add pokemon

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 app/examples/pokemon.recho.js | 138 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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+/**
+ * @title Pokemon Guessing Game
+ * @author Bairui Su
+ * @created 2025-09-23
+ * @pull_request 121
+ * @github pearmini
+ * @thumbnail_start 38
+ */
+
+/**
+ * ============================================================================
+ * =                           Pokemon Guessing Game                          =
+ * ============================================================================
+ *
+ * This example is inspired by Ping Lin's **LoadJSON: Pokemon**:
+ *
+ * https://editor.p5js.org/pinglin/sketches/530Xltl3l
+ *
+ * You can select a Pokemon by the radio or change the search text to get a
+ * Pokemon. Then ask others to guess the Pokemon by the ASCII art.
+ */
+
+const selected = recho.radio(0, ["pikachu", "charmander", "squirtle", "bulbasaur"]);
+
+const search = null;
+
+//➜ ⚡ Type: ELECTRIC
+//➜ ⚖️ Weight: 60
+//➜ 📏 Height: 4
+//➜
+//➜
+//➜
+//➜
+//➜
+//➜
+//➜
+//➜
+//➜                      %%
+//➜                      +-*       #*+##%
+//➜                      #--:..:=::-=#     %+*
+//➜                      #*:-::+*=-+    #*-:::-%
+//➜                     #=:-=---:**=  #-:::::::+
+//➜                      %----------*%=----+#%
+//➜                       :-:----::::  #==
+//➜                      *::-::=::-::*#=+*%
+//➜                     #----:-=--::-- ##
+//➜                     +--:::::------%
+//➜                     ##+#%   %#*=+#
+//➜
+//➜
+//➜
+//➜
+//➜
+//➜
+//➜
+//➜
+{
+  echo(`⚡ Type: ${pokemon.types[0].type.name.toUpperCase()}`, {quote: false});
+  echo(`⚖️ Weight: ${pokemon.weight}`, {quote: false});
+  echo(`📏 Height: ${pokemon.height}`, {quote: false});
+  echo("", {quote: false});
+  img2ASCIIString(pokemon.sprites.front_default).then(echo);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Originally, I wanted to create an example to visualize a Pokemon in ASCII
+ * art. But I found it's not easy to tell under the current transformation
+ * from pixels to characters. So I decided to make it a guessing game.
+ *
+ * In addition, this is also a good showcase for the following features:
+ *
+ * - How to use Data API in Recho
+ * - How to draw image in Recho
+ * - How to use inputs in Recho
+ */
+
+const pokemon = await getPokemon(search || selected);
+
+async function getPokemon(name) {
+  const pokemon = await fetch(`https://pokeapi.co/api/v2/pokemon/${name}`);
+  return pokemon.json();
+}
+
+async function img2ASCIIString(url, cols = 60, rows = 25) {
+  const asciiChars = " %#*+=-:. "; // From black to white.
+
+  // Load the image.
+  const img = await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    const image = new Image();
+    image.crossOrigin = "Anonymous";
+    image.onload = () => resolve(image);
+    image.onerror = reject;
+    image.src = url;
+  });
+
+  const canvas = document.createElement("canvas");
+  canvas.width = img.width;
+  canvas.height = img.height;
+  const ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");
+  ctx.drawImage(img, 0, 0);
+
+  const imgData = ctx.getImageData(0, 0, img.width, img.height).data;
+
+  const cellWidth = img.width / cols;
+  const cellHeight = img.height / rows;
+
+  let ascii = "";
+  for (let y = 0; y < rows; y++) {
+    for (let x = 0; x < cols; x++) {
+      // Compute the range of the cell.
+      const startX = Math.floor(x * cellWidth);
+      const startY = Math.floor(y * cellHeight);
+      const endX = Math.floor((x + 1) * cellWidth);
+      const endY = Math.floor((y + 1) * cellHeight);
+
+      // Compute the brightness of the cell.
+      let sum = 0;
+      let count = 0;
+      for (let py = startY; py < endY; py++) {
+        for (let px = startX; px < endX; px++) {
+          const idx = (py * img.width + px) * 4;
+          const r = imgData[idx];
+          const g = imgData[idx + 1];
+          const b = imgData[idx + 2];
+          const brightness = 0.299 * r + 0.587 * g + 0.114 * b;
+          sum += brightness;
+          count++;
+        }
+      }
+      const avg = sum / count;
+      const charIndex = Math.floor((avg / 255) * (asciiChars.length - 1));
+      ascii += asciiChars[charIndex];
+    }
+    ascii += "\n";
+  }
+
+  return ascii;
+}