Mastodawn

RE: https://digipres.club/@kirkman/116241827181329943

My forthcoming profile of Don Lokke and his "telecomics" has been a lot harder to write than I expected.

But I'm very happy with the latest drafts. The end is finally in sight.

(This will be the fifth and final installment of my "ANSI art and webcomics" series: https://breakintochat.com/blog/category/ansi-art-and-webcomics/?order=asc)

#retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #ansiart #textmode #textart #comics #webcomics #history #computerhistory #longreads

𝖑𝖎𝖙𝖙𝖑𝖊𝖇𝖎𝖙𝖘𝖕𝖆𝖈𝖊 Mar 13

Gairaigo is now released!

Inspiration drawn from #Kanji, #Shoji, #Kumiko, and #Hanafuda. Get it now ->

littlebitspace.com/resources#Gairaigo

#ascii #asciiart #ansi #ansiart #art #bbs #text #textart #textmode #typography #typedesign #design #pixel #pixelart #font #japan

𝖑𝖎𝖙𝖙𝖑𝖊𝖇𝖎𝖙𝖘𝖕𝖆𝖈𝖊 Mar 12

Fuji in Bloom

New font in development. The second image is with default font

#art #ascii #asciiart #ansi #ansiart #bbs #computer #computerart #demoscene #digital #digitalart #text #textart #textmode #textpunk #8bit #8bitart #pixelart #pixel #fuji #japan #japanese#sakura #bloom #landscape

𝖑𝖎𝖙𝖙𝖑𝖊𝖇𝖎𝖙𝖘𝖕𝖆𝖈𝖊 Mar 9

People

#ascii #asciiart #art #bbs #c64 #commodore64 #computer #computerart #demoscene #digital #digitalart #petscii #petsciiart #retro #retroart #text #textart #textmode #textpunk #8bit #8bitart #1bit #1bitart #people #crowd #skeleton #skull #graphicdesign #minimalist #minimalistic

Mistigris computer arts Mar 2

Mistigram: aside from some computer music, nearly everything in the new, unthemed MIST0226 artpack that just dropped is some form or another of #textart and #textmode art - here is a sampling of specimens of #ASCIIart, #ANSIart, #ATASCII, #PETSCII and #ShiftJIS contained therein.

Mistigris computer arts Mar 2

Mistodon: with the exception of a few pieces of computer music, nearly everything in the new, unthemed MIST0226 artpack collection that dropped last night is some form or another of #textart and #textmode art -- here is a sampling of specimens of #ASCIIart, #ANSIart, #ATASCII, #PETSCII and #ShiftJIS contained therein.

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Josh Renaud Feb 4

Tonight I succeeded in bringing a 33-year-old vaporware BBS game back to life!

After Steve Turnbull sent me the C source code to his unfinished IGS blackjack game "Wildcardz!", I ported it to Javascript. Now I can run it on my Synchronet BBS!

It's a really impressive IGS game. I doubt any ANSI BBS card game could compare visually.

Want background? Check out my history of IGS:
https://breakintochat.com/blog/category/instant-graphics-and-sound/?order=asc

#atari #atarist #digipres #igs #textmode #textart #retrocomputing #bbs #retrogaming

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Josh Renaud Feb 2

An update — Steve Turnbull finally wrote back to me! And it turns out, he *does* still have some of the files and code for the vaporware "Wildcardz" IGS game he was working on.

Can't *wait* to dig in to this!

#atari #atarist #igs #bbs #textmode #textart #breakintochat #retrocomputing

https://digipres.club/@kirkman/115952512673050242

Josh Renaud (@[email protected])

I just found concrete evidence that one of the people I most wanted to interview for my 2024 deep-dive into "Instant Graphics and Sound" did actually read the series after it was published. He added a link to it on his website! It's kind of mind-boggling ... He never responded to a single inquiry I made over 5 years. I had wondered if he was dead, but I never found an obit. Well, since he's seen my work (and linked to it!), maybe he might re-consider and talk with me. https://breakintochat.com/blog/category/instant-graphics-and-sound/?order=asc

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