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|date=  23 April 2010
|type=  Digital art creator
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|type=  Mobile app
 
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'''●▲■''' (or '''マルサンカクシカク''', or '''Maru Sankaku Shikaku''', or '''Circle Triangle Square''' as it would be translated in English) was an app created by [[Outside Directors Company]], P.R.O. Corp, and Creators Guild Company for ''iPhone'' mobile devices. It allowed users to create their own artwork in the style of [[Rhythm 'n' Face]] by dragging around circles, triangles, and squares, a process from which the app gets its name. It was first [[OSD310|advertised]] on 28 April 2010 and has since been discontinued. It was succeeded by [[KIMOKAWA]], a similar but less-complex app where users would create a base then drag-and-drop preset stickers onto it.
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'''●▲■''', also known as '''マルサンカクシカク (Maru Sankaku Shikaku, lit. "Circle Triangle Square")''', is an app developed by [[Outside Directors Company]] and published by P.R.O. Corp and Creators Guild Company for ''iPhone'' mobile devices. It allows users to create their own artwork using Sato'by dragging around circles, triangles, and squares, a process from which the app gets its name. It was first [[OSD310|released]] on 23 April 2010, but has since been delisted. It was succeeded by [[KIMOKAWA]], a similar but less-complex app where users would create a base then drag-and-drop preset stickers onto it.
  
Upon opening, the app featured four buttons: Draw, Gallery, Sample, and Setting.
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Upon opening, the app features four buttons: Draw, Gallery, Sample, and Setting.
* ''Draw'' was the main mode of the app, where users could create and save art.
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* ''Draw'' is the main mode of the app, where users can create and save art.
* ''Gallery'' displayed an image gallery of creations saved in Draw mode.
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* ''Gallery'' displays an image gallery of creations saved in Draw mode.
* ''Sample'' was a second gallery of creations made by OSD themselves. Clicking on a Sample image showed a replay of how it was made within the app, this was also possibly a feature in gallery mode.
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* ''Sample'' is an additional gallery of creations made by OSD themselves. Clicking on a Sample image shows a replay of how it was made within the app, this was also possibly a feature in gallery mode.
* ''Setting'' presumably contained standard configuration settings for the app.
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* ''Setting'' contains standard configuration settings for the app.
  
 
==Draw mode==
 
==Draw mode==
Draw mode contained a white grid, with a toolbar on the bottom featuring buttons labelled: ''TOP, ●, ▲, ■, [an icon of a circle being dragged out of another circle], DONE''.  
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Draw mode presents the user with a white 16x19 grid, on which a design can be created. Directly below it is an assortment of colors that can be cycled through by tapping the arrows on the left and right sides. Tapping a color applies it to the currently selected shape. At the bottom of the screen are six buttons: "TOP," which returns to the main menu, "●," "▲," and "■," which are used to select their respective shapes, a copy button which duplicates the shape being used, and "DONE," which allows the user to save their creation.
  
===Color toolbar===
 
Above the buttons was a small color toolbar, with two arrows on each side to change the palette. Tapping a color would apply it to the current shape.
 
 
===●, ▲, and ■ buttons===
 
Clicking one of these buttons would place the shape in the center of the grid, where it could then be manipulated by pinching the screen to change its size or dragging to move it. Shapes would snap to fit with the background grid when resized or moved.
 
 
===Other buttons===
 
Before the shape icons was a gray button labelled "TOP"; what this would have done is unknown, but it likely would have returned to the main menu.
 
 
After the shape icons was a duplicate button, which would make a copy of the last-selected shape on top of itself. After the duplicate button was a red "DONE" button that would open a dialogue box to save the image.
 
  
 
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Revision as of 09:01, 27 February 2023

●▲■
MaruSankakuShikaku.png
Original name ●▲■
Release date 23 April 2010
Format Mobile app
Lost? Yes

●▲■, also known as マルサンカクシカク (Maru Sankaku Shikaku, lit. "Circle Triangle Square"), is an app developed by Outside Directors Company and published by P.R.O. Corp and Creators Guild Company for iPhone mobile devices. It allows users to create their own artwork using Sato's by dragging around circles, triangles, and squares, a process from which the app gets its name. It was first released on 23 April 2010, but has since been delisted. It was succeeded by KIMOKAWA, a similar but less-complex app where users would create a base then drag-and-drop preset stickers onto it.

Upon opening, the app features four buttons: Draw, Gallery, Sample, and Setting.

  • Draw is the main mode of the app, where users can create and save art.
  • Gallery displays an image gallery of creations saved in Draw mode.
  • Sample is an additional gallery of creations made by OSD themselves. Clicking on a Sample image shows a replay of how it was made within the app, this was also possibly a feature in gallery mode.
  • Setting contains standard configuration settings for the app.

Draw mode

Draw mode presents the user with a white 16x19 grid, on which a design can be created. Directly below it is an assortment of colors that can be cycled through by tapping the arrows on the left and right sides. Tapping a color applies it to the currently selected shape. At the bottom of the screen are six buttons: "TOP," which returns to the main menu, "●," "▲," and "■," which are used to select their respective shapes, a copy button which duplicates the shape being used, and "DONE," which allows the user to save their creation.