Juxtaposition - Now and the Future
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Oh boy another recap post! This time we're going to talk a little bit about Juxtaposition now and what our plans are going forward.
First off, what is Juxtaposition?
Juxtaposition (or Juxt for short) is the Pretendo Network Miiverse replacement. This includes but is not limited to:
- Wii U App
- 3DS App
- Game API
- And more!
Juxt isn't the entirety of the Pretendo Network, it's a small but core piece that makes the entire network work in harmony.
A brief history
Juxt started out before I actually even joined the Pretendo Network development team. In 2019 I contacted quarky about their miiverse-api-poc server that had support for the Splatoon Plaza posts, and that was it. The original intent was to take the software and build off of it to generate files for Wara Wara Plaza.
Hello World! Check out the very first instance of Wara Wara Plaza rendering a custom file. A bit underwhelming looking back huh?
From there we quickly realized that the scope of this project was going to be much larger than we though, and moved on to experimenting with the Miiverse Applet itself
Check out this ancient video of the first demo website that was running in the Miiverse Applet.
Shortly after this the project was absorbed into the Pretendo Network, and our full focus was put onto getting the Miiverse Applet patched and working.
2020 was a big year for Juxt, going from the simple api server before, to rapidly building out its web interface and features across both the 3DS and Wii u
First attempt at an interface for the 3DS
Community page Demo on the Wii U
Enough rambling, what works?
Believe it or not Juxt is actually fairly well featured at the moment! Here's a brief list of what’s working for the 3DS and Wii U now.
Wii U
- Communities
- View All Communities
- Searching for Community
- Following/Unfollowing
- Showing Followers
- Showing Posts
- Sorting Posts by Type
- Creating New Post
- Posts
- Yeah!
- Replies
- Spoilers
- Text
- Drawing
- Screenshots
- New Post
- Emotion
- Text
- Drawing
- Screenshot
- Spoiler
- Users
- Mii Profile Pictures
- Following/Unfollowing
- Display Verified
- Display Followers and Following
- Display Country and Game Experience
- Posts
- Profile Settings
- Toggle Visibility of
- Country
- Birthday
- Experience
- Bio
- Set Profile Comment
- Toggle Visibility of
- Activity Feed
- Posts from Followed Users
- Notifications
- New Follower
- New Reply to Post
3DS
- Communities
- View All Communities
- Following/Unfollowing
- Showing Posts
- Sorting Posts by Type
- Creating New Post
- Posts
- Yeah!
- Replies
- Spoilers
- Text
- Drawing
- Screenshots
- New Post
- Emotion
- Text
- Drawing
- Users
- Mii Profile Pictures
- Display Verified
- Activity Feed
- Posts from Followed Users
- Notifications
- New Follower
- New Reply to Post
API
- /v1/endpoint
- The endpoint that tells the console where to connect to for what, including bans and server maintenance
- /v1/communities/0/posts
- In game posts for games like Splatoon, Animal Crossing Plaza, and Nintendo Land
- /v1/topics
- The endpoint used for Wara Wara Plaza on the Wii U System Menu
What's still being worked on?
Great question! there is still quite a bit that's being worked on for both the 3DS and Wii U, but here's a quick list:
- All User Pages on 3DS
- 3DS User Menu
- YouTube Upload Posts
- Posts from Communities in Activity Feed
- Post Report Button
- Block Users
- New Guest Mode
- Messages
- More Types of Notifications
- Sub Communities
- A Complete Redesign to fit Nintendo’s Design Better
- Adding Friends
- Desktop/Mobile Website
- More Translations
- More API Endpoints
- So Many Bug Fixes
And more!
Wrapping Up
So that's basically it for where Just is at right now. I'll show off some screenshots below of how Juxt looks now but check out our YouTube Channel for more video demo's.
Thank you, guys, so much for your patience and support. We can't wait to get Juxt out to more of you guys.
In the meantime, check out our Patreon to get instant access to the Juxt alpha on the Wii U!
Wii U Screenshots
Landing Page
All Communities and Search
Community Page
New Post/Reply Page
Activity Feed with Spoiler Post
Drawing Post with Reply
Another User's Page
Showing Users Following List
User Settings Screen
Notifications Screen
3DS Screenshots
Landing Page
All Communities and Search
Community Page
New Post/Reply Page
Activity Feed with Spoiler Post
Drawing Post with Reply
User Menu Screen
Notifications Screen