About
💎 Diamond Painting Simulator
Turn any image into a sparkling diamond masterpiece — one stone at a time!
🎨 What is it?
Diamond Painting Simulator brings the relaxing, satisfying art of diamond painting into s&box. Pick an image, and watch it transform into a color-quantized grid of numbered cells. Grab your diamonds from the tray, match the symbols, and click to place — rinse, repeat, and watch a glittering mosaic emerge before your eyes!
✨ Features
- 🖼️ Any Image Works — Built-in starters, or drop your own PNG/JPG/BMP into the `pictures/` folder for infinite replayability
- 🎛️ Tune Your Canvas — Adjust grid size (10–125) and color count (4–64) to find your sweet spot between detail and chill
- 💾 Auto-Saving — Progress saves automatically every placement and every time you finish a color. Never lose your work!
- 🔄 Resumable — Come back to any painting later — progress bars on every card in the selection screen show exactly where you left off
- 🟢 Color Hint System — Press `Tab` to briefly reveal every remaining spot for your selected color with a glowing green pulse
- 🖌️ Brush Controls — `R` to rotate brush direction, `Ctrl + Scroll` to resize, right-click drag to orbit the camera
- 🎯 Satisfying Feedback — Stones drop in with a bouncy animation, colors get a ✓ when fully completed, and a celebration screen greets you at the finish line
🖌️ Bring Your Own Images
Drop images into your s&box data folder:
<sbox>/data/shadb/diamond_sim/pictures/
PNG, JPG, BMP — refresh the selection screen and they'll appear instantly!
🕹️ Perfect For
- Relaxing after a long day of competitive gaming
- Second-screen vibes while watching a stream or listening to a podcast
- Perfectionists who need to fill every last cell
- Casual creators who want to see their favorite photos rendered as diamond art
🎉 Place your first diamond and discover your new favorite unwind game!
