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ASCII Clouds

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Re: ASCII Clouds

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Post by kristopolous »

I had a similar effect for a C program I wrote a long time ago (I think 2007?). Here's a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4j-BkwMB20

and the code: https://github.com/kristopolous/ascsee

I just updated it so it compiles on modern systems.

I also found the original version if you like being an archaeologist: https://9ol.es/tmp/gol.c

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#12

Post by ksymph »

This is cool... But I feel like having different color/brightness for each symbol kinda defeats the purpose of it being ASCII when the symbols only correspond to different intensities anyway.

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Post by Bimos »

ksymph wrote: post #12

This is cool... But I feel like having different color/brightness for each symbol kinda defeats the purpose of it being ASCII when the symbols only correspond to different intensities anyway.

Yeah, with all these colors, any single character should be enough.

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Post by _f9cu »

keyle wrote: post #8
Padriac wrote: post #6

I don't understand.

I think it's just a technological show piece, basically built on top of open source libraries and a couple of algorithms.

Lets let author explain. Our explanation might derail newbie readers
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