10 USD?
how does this compare to asciiflow.com which is free and open-source?
Monodraw
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#12Developer of the app here, happy to answer any questions.
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#1310 USD? how does this compare to asciiflow.com which is free and open-source?
or even the "export to ascii" of draw.io? I would be happy to hear what the advantages could be.
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#14Accessibility question: how do screen readers handle ascii art-style diagrams like this? It seems like they would be overwhelmed by the lines.
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#15Developer of the app here, happy to answer any questions.
Very nice product!
In the retro computing world, the use of "ASCII" to construct levels and worlds is quite prevalent.
I immediately considered whether Monodraw might be used as a kind of level editor in that context.
Would you consider adding an '8-bit character bitmap' mode, which allows for the bitmap to also be edited?
With such a feature, Monodraw would become immediately applicable to those of us building retro games for older platforms where this technique is used rather extensively to produce compelling art-work.
For context, here is an example game which uses plain ol' ASCII chars to deliver some fun Moon Buggy action:
https://www.oric.org/software/ascii_moon_buggy-2500.html
The same technique is used here, albeit with redefined character sets, to implement a Scuba Dive adventure:
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#16Developer of the app here, happy to answer any questions.
Was this to scratch your own itch or who needs this?
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#17Developer of the app here, happy to answer any questions.
Ouch! It looks very sweet i must say.
Having worked on a similar idea for a while as a side project, it does hurt to see something better coming out.
I hope we can one day compete. :)
Edit: removed the URL
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#18Bought this couple months ago, and am now always looking for more ways to include this for inline-documentation.
the fact i can export to clipboard and re-import it and reconstruct all the shapes etc. almost flawlessly is such a big win.
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#19Developer of the app here, happy to answer any questions.
Windows version in the future?
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#20Developer of the app here, happy to answer any questions.
Was this to scratch your own itch or who needs this?
Yeah, it was. After I finished working on the iOS app I was previously involved with, I needed to either find a job or make another app.
I was browsing StackOverflow and saw some cool looking ASCII diagrams, thinking to myself "How can I make these easily on macOS?". So that's how the idea was born.
I then spent about 1.5yrs from the initial commit until v1 release. Unfortunately, the financials didn't work out, so I had to find a job eventually.
But I'm still maintaining the app and do have longer term plans when my job situation changes.