PHIX

Controls

• Left Mouse Button: Create a new ball at the cursor position. The ball's radius is determined by scrolling the mouse wheel.
• Shift + Left Mouse Button: Delete balls near the cursor position.
• Right Mouse Button: Move balls away from the cursor position.
• Shift + Right Mouse Button: Attract balls toward the cursor position.
• Mouse Wheel: Adjust the radius of the balls (scroll up to increase, scroll down to decrease).
• Ctrl + S: Save the current scene to phixgo-scene.json.
• Ctrl + O: Load the scene from phixgo-scene.json.
• Ctrl + 1..9: Load from a slot file (phixgo-scene-<n>.json).
• Ctrl + Shift + 1..9: Save to a slot file (phixgo-scene-<n>.json).

How to run

• You will need a golang compiler (it was written in go 1.23.1 but it should work with everything else)
• Just run go run .

Self-Update

The application supports automatic updates from GitHub releases. To update to the latest version:

phixgo --update

Or if running from source:

go run . --update

The updater will:

1. Check for the latest release on GitHub
2. Download the appropriate binary for your OS and architecture
3. Replace the current executable with the new version
4. Keep a backup (.old) in case of issues

Publishing Releases

To build and publish a new release:

1. Update the version constant in main.go (e.g., v1.0.1)
2. Run the build script:

   .\build-release.ps1 -Version v1.0.1

3. Go to GitHub Releases
4. Create a new release with tag matching the version
5. Upload all zip files from the build directory
6. Publish the release

The build script automatically creates binaries for:

• Windows (amd64, arm64)
• Linux (amd64, arm64)
• macOS (amd64, arm64)