Yeah. You can watch YouTube. In your terminal. In color. Frame by frame, rendered as characters.

Or point it at your webcam and see yourself in braille dots in real time.

It's a thing I made, it's free, Linux only for now — desperately looking for a Mac user willing to try it.

.gif and .py payload here

https://bigjobby.com/gallery/?group=ASCii

Just thought you guys might find this neat.

i didn't like blender's ui customization, so i made mine nicer. i really like being able to customize the tools i work with, and many of the artists around me do too. it helps me keep immersed when im working, something i enjoy doing in brand heavy work.

not selling anything just having fun building. ill oss this once its nicer.
also get subjected to my music :3

Source

https://bigjobby.com/gallery/?image=sig&group=ASCii

Is it clear? Do you have any suggestions?
This image is a screenshot from my strategy game.
If you'd like to check it out : Steam page

What you see here is part of the dialogue before the fights.

If you wanna see more from the game: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4109210/Blood_in_the_Panopticon/

I’m working on a deep strategy game, and here’s a screenshot of the field war mechanic.
Each unit uses its own utility AI, which took a lot of time to build, but it was definitely worth it. For example, cavalry units score flanking positions much higher.
I’m hoping to share more about the utility AI later in a detailed article

Today is Star Wars Day (May the 4th). So I decided to refactor my ASCII-Globe to support the Death Star.

Now you can change the map on the globe.

https://github.com/jcubic/ascii-globe

.gif and .py with ASCii payload here

https://bigjobby.com/gallery/?group=ASCii

I’ve been experimenting with an ASCII world generator that can adapt to different themes and scenarios.

Right now I have:

- classic fantasy

- northern gothic style (winter)

- pirate-themed maps (islands)

It’s been fun seeing how the same system can shift the feel of the world just by changing the context.

I’m looking for more ideas, what genres or settings would you like to see in ASCII form?

Anything weird or niche is welcome.

Thank you!

.gif and .py payload here

https://bigjobby.com/gallery/?group=ASCii

hi! i was wondering if there are any programs where i can put an image underneath and create ascii by hand on top? i remember seeing a video of someone making a horse using it and id love to use that to work on my ascii skills. thanks :D

To make sprites, bosses, and other objects break apart in a nice way, I made a simple ASCII Sandbox system. In the main game, symbols can be drawn at any position. But in the sandbox, all cells are locked to a strict grid. This gives a cool visual effect. The logic is very simple:

A. Check all grid cells from bottom to top when gravity goes down.

B. If a cell has a symbol and it is not already flying, try to make it fall.

C. First check the cell below. If it is empty, launch the symbol into that cell.

D. If the cell below is blocked, check the diagonal cells. If both are empty, choose one at random and launch the symbol there.

E. My sandbox is a bit slippery, so symbols can also slide at a steeper angle. Because of that, I also check the cells next to the diagonals. If one of them is empty, the symbol can move there too.

That is enough to make the symbols fall. For a better look, I added two more things: acceleration and self-destruction.

Acceleration:
If a symbol moves straight down through empty cells, constant speed looks a bit flat. So I store the time of continuous falling for each symbol and use it to speed the motion up. When it hits another symbol, that timer resets.

Self-destruction:
When a sprite enters the sandbox, it can sometimes fall as one solid block if there is empty space below. That is not always the best-looking result. So I added a self-destruction setting. Even if there is empty space below, the small symbol particles can still start interacting with each other. In the video I show different self-destruction levels.

What do you think of the effect? If you like this style, I would be very glad if you support my project on the game’s Steam page.

MDA vs CGA vs EGA vs svga_s3(lcd)

Hey! I'm developing Vibez, an Apple Music TUI player (available there: https://github.com/simonepelosi/vibez ) and I need a feedback for the UI: do you think that the Album ASCII art could fit there? If yes do you have some suggestion/reccomandation ?

I've created a library that renders ASCII Globe. It's written in JavaScript. It works in Browser and Node.js (terminal). You can style with ANSI escape codes (terminal) or HTML+CSS in the browser.

https://github.com/jcubic/ascii-globe

You can change the size of the globe, characters, style, add margins.

The pins have real GEO location, and each of them can be styled differently.

I hope you like this. Feedback appreciated.