# Switchnote Studio

Switchnote Studio is a Nintendo Switch homebrew app for making frame-by-frame drawings and animations. It began with the artwork and interface assets from Jaames's 2020 Fakenote Studio April Fools' project, then grew into a working editor.

This is the source snapshot for **Ver 0.1.51**. The included `switchnote.nro` is the original build from the project, with SHA-256 `B0B56FDC81766C8740622AC81BA5E72E90293099CBDB96B5BBF0372AC0C10CCA`.

## What it does

- Draw on a 640 × 360 canvas with four layers, pen and brush tools, an eraser, fill, undo and redo.
- Make and play animations at eight speeds, with onion skin and frame controls.
- Add music and frame sound effects. Images can be imported from the Switch album, an IR camera or another device.
- Save signed `.sppm` Switchnotes locally, make spin-offs, and export animations.
- Browse and post through Switchnote Gallery at `https://reximemo.net/nswitch/`.

The app needs full Homebrew Menu memory. Launch it through App Override; it cannot run in Applet Mode. Put the NRO at `switch/Switchnote/switchnote.nro` on the SD card. User data is stored under `sdmc:/switch/Switchnote/`.

## Building

Install devkitPro's Switch toolchain, libnx, `switch-pkg-config`, `switch-sdl2`, `switch-sdl2_image`, `switch-sdl2_ttf` and `switch-sdl2_mixer`. On Windows, run `./build.ps1` from PowerShell. The script expects devkitPro at `C:\devkitPro`, or you can pass `-DevkitProPath`. On Linux or macOS, set up the devkitPro environment and run `make` from a path without spaces.

The build writes `switchnote.nro` to the project root. `source/` and `include/` contain the app, `romfs/` contains its bundled assets, and `FORMAT.md` describes the `.sppm` format. `server/` contains a local Gallery test server; it is not the production service. The JavaScript and Python readers and converters are in `tools/`.

## Licences and assets

The app code is released under the [GNU AGPL version 3](LICENSE). The standalone tools have their own MIT licence in `tools/LICENSE`. Fakenote Studio assets and Bitstream Vera fonts have notices in `licenses/`.