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x(d.ending) + 15 : x(d.ending) - 10 return `translate(${xPos},${innerHeight + 20})` // return `translate(${x(d.ending)},${innerHeight + 20})` }) .attr('class', 'summarylabel') summarylabels.append('line') .attr('x1', 0) .attr('x2', 0) .attr('y1', 0 - innerHeight/4) .attr('y2', 0) .attr('stroke', '#CCC') summarylabels.append('text') .text(d => d.year) .attr('x', -4) .attr('y', 0) .attr('fill', color.textTitle) .attr("text-anchor", "end") .attr('font-size', '15px') .attr('font-weight', '600') summarylabels.append('text') .text(d => formatCount(d.total)) .attr('x', -4) .attr('y', -17) .attr('fill', d => color[`y${d.year}`]) .attr("text-anchor", "end") .attr('font-size', '17px') .attr('font-weight', '600') .attr('font-family','sans-serif') //////////////////////////////////////// // Nodes const nodes = group.append('g') .attr('className', 'nodes') let node = nodes.selectAll('g') .data(dataNodes) .join('g') .attr('transform', d => { d.r = r(d[selectR]) let xVal = d[selectX]; d.xf = x(xVal); d.yf = (innerHeight/2) ; d.x = d.xf d.y = d.yf return `translate(${d.x},${d.y})` }) .attr('class', d => { return 'node' }) .on('mouseover', nodeMouseOver) .on('mouseout', nodeMouseOut ); node.append('circle') .attr('class', 'bubble') //.attr('pointer-events', 'none') .attr('r', d => { //d.r = r(d[selectR]) return d.r }) .attr('opacity', d => d.Count > 0 ? 1 : 0.5) // .attr('fill', d => color[`y${d.Year}`]) .attr('fill', d => d.Count > 0 ? color[`y${d.Year}`] : color.noValue) //.attr('fill', d => d.activeR ? color[`y${d.Year}`] : "#CCC") const labels = group.append('g') .attr('className', 'labels') let nodeLabels = labels.selectAll('g') .data(dataNodes.filter(d => d[selectR] >= 500)) .join('g') .attr('transform', d => { d.r = r(d[selectR]) let xVal = d[selectX]; let rVal = d[selectR]; d.xf = x(xVal); d.yf = (innerHeight/2) ; return `translate(${d.x},${d.y})` }) .attr('class', 'label') nodeLabels.append('text') .attr('x', function(d) { return 20 / d.group }) .attr('dy', '.35em') .style('font-size', '10px') .style('font-weight', '600') .style('font-family','sans-serif') .attr('fill', "#111") .attr("text-anchor", "middle") //.attr("alignment-baseline", "middle") // .attr("paint-order", "stroke") // .attr("stroke-linejoin", "round") // .attr("stroke", "rgba(255,255,255, .6)") // .attr("stroke-width", 3) .attr("pointer-events", "none") // .attr("opacity", .75) .text(d => abbr(d['Studio'])); //////////////////////////////////////// // Force Simulation let simulation = d3.forceSimulation(dataNodes) //.force('charge', d3.forceManyBody().strength(-1)) .force('x', d3.forceX(d => d.xf).strength(xStrength)) .force('y', d3.forceY(d => d.yf)) .force('collision', d3.forceCollide().radius(d => d.r + 1)) .on("tick", ticked); function ticked() { node .attr('transform', d => { d.x = Math.max(d.r, Math.min(innerWidth - d.r, d.x)); d.y = Math.max(d.r, Math.min(innerHeight - d.r, d.y)); return `translate(${d.x},${d.y})` }) nodeLabels .attr('transform', d => { d.x = Math.max(d.r, Math.min(innerWidth - d.r, d.x)); d.y = Math.max(d.r, Math.min(innerHeight - d.r, d.y)); return `translate(${d.x},${d.y})` }) } invalidation.then(() => simulation.stop()); //////////////////////////////////////// // Interactivity - Mouse Events function nodeMouseOver(event, d){ d3.select(event.target) .attr('stroke', '#333') .attr('stroke-width', 3); chartTip.style("left", () => { if (innerWidth - d.x < 140) { return event.pageX - (24+140) + "px"; } else { return event.pageX + 24 + "px"; } }) .style("top", event.pageY + 24 + "px") .style("display", "inline-block") .html(`${tipLayout(d)}`); } function nodeMouseOut(event, d){ chartTip.style("display", "none"); // Hide toolTip d3.select(event.target) .attr('stroke', '#FFF') .attr('stroke-width', 0); } return svg.node() }30:Tb49,data = { let result = {} let set = [] let setAT = [] let timeParsedAT = d3.timeParse("%Y-%m-%d") // '2020-01-01' let timeParsed = d3.timeParse("%m/%d/%Y") // '2020-01-01' // Process Airtable Data function processAirTable(data) { data.forEach(d => { // console.log(d.Date) d.Studio = d.Studio.trim() d.Parent = d.Parent.trim() d.isParent = d.Parent !== "" && d.Parent !== d.Studio d.Type = d.Type.trim() d.Date = timeParsedAT(d.Date) d.Year = d.Date.getFullYear() d.Count = +d.Headcount d.CountText = d.Count === 0 ? 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layoffs I wanted to try a and visualize the trend. Immense credit goes to the source data maintained an updated by Farhan Noor’s at [Games Industry Layoffs](https://publish.obsidian.md/vg-layoffs/) which also collects some jobs resources for those affected. The visualization is a work in progress. It would be ideal to load the live dataset so the visual automatically updates and I may add addition views.","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"md","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined","output":"","database":"$undefined"},{"id":88,"value":"$2f","pinned":false,"hidden":false,"mode":"ojs","author":"$undefined","summary":"$undefined","output":"$undefined","database":"$undefined"},{"id":251,"value":"### Dataset\nThe data comes from [Games Industry Layoffs](https://publish.obsidian.md/vg-layoffs/) which looked to be the most comprehensive going back to at least 2022. The visualization is current using CSV files exported from the AirTable dataset. There were a few minor inconsistencies between the AirTable data and tables hosted on the main website but the AirTable data looked like it tracked closer to published totals. In addition to layoff announcements that may still be announced there may be slight inconsistencies with the exact totals. 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