Interactive 3D ASCII scenes

#1

Post by aqi » Mon, Feb 04, 2019, 6:07 AM UTC

Interactive 3D ASCII scenes
yeahpython.github.io

Re: Interactive 3D ASCII scenes

#2

Post by Jenz » Mon, Feb 04, 2019, 6:51 AM UTC

This is something out of my wildest game-dev dreams

Re: Interactive 3D ASCII scenes

#3

Post by khazhou » Mon, Feb 04, 2019, 7:14 AM UTC

Very cool. But feedback in case developer is here: the jumping physics could easily be much smoother and prettier, and the surface feels icy and hard to control.

Re: Interactive 3D ASCII scenes

#4

Post by guessmyname » Mon, Feb 04, 2019, 7:27 AM UTC

Great job! I’m amazed.

The game reminds me of Monument Valley [1].

[1] https://www.monumentvalleygame.com/

Re: Interactive 3D ASCII scenes

#5

Post by titanix2 » Mon, Feb 04, 2019, 7:28 AM UTC

Would be better if it supported arrows in addition to WASD for controls: it is literally unplayable internationally.

Re: Interactive 3D ASCII scenes

#6

Post by edhelas » Mon, Feb 04, 2019, 7:32 AM UTC

Why WASD ? A lots of people on the Internet doesn't have a Qwerty keyboard.

Re: Interactive 3D ASCII scenes

#7

Post by willvarfar » Mon, Feb 04, 2019, 7:34 AM UTC

The github user gave me hope it would somehow be a python-in-the-browser thing somehow.

But I can quell that disappointment and say how cool and exciting this is (if your target gameplaying public is the kind of people who hang out on HN; those who haven't seen a terminal aren't going to grok the graphic style).

Its years since I've done a game jam like ludum dare, but I hope some of HN get inspired to enter that kind of thing! Good luck and happy coding!

Re: Interactive 3D ASCII scenes

#8

Post by daxterspeed » Mon, Feb 04, 2019, 7:54 AM UTC

Since the movement speed is tied to requestAnimationFrame, the speed of the game changes with the update frequency of the user's monitor. Since all my monitors are at 144Hz this game is ridiculously fast for me.

Re: Interactive 3D ASCII scenes

#9

Post by scotty79 » Mon, Feb 04, 2019, 8:02 AM UTC

edhelas wrote: post #6

Why WASD ? A lots of people on the Internet doesn't have a Qwerty keyboard.

Wait. What do you use for PC games by default in those countries?

Re: Interactive 3D ASCII scenes

#10

Post by leni536 » Mon, Feb 04, 2019, 8:07 AM UTC

About WASD controls and alternative layouts: apparently JS supports key codes.

[1] https://www.w3schools.com/jsref/event_key_keycode.asp [2] https://keycode.info/

Edit: Apparently it is deprecated:

[3] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/KeyboardEve... [4] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/KeyboardEve...

Also there doesn't seem to be a way to detect the user's preferred layout before pressing any keys, that would make printing the instructions hard.