ASCII engine

We've delivered our game design document

A year ago, we've been extremely lucky to receive a grant from the CNC (French National Centre for Cinema and the Moving Image) to work on a game design document for The Wind through the Wheels. We finalized it last month and we are quite happy with the progress we've made on defining the game, both in story, design and game mechanics. Read more

31 March 2025 ASCII engine

Design and rendering of roads and landscapes in ASCII art from topographic data

With Vincent Maillard, we worked on how to build and render the road and its background landscapes in The Wind Though the Wheels. Using the “ascii smooth lines” system I introduced last month, we focused on approaching the landscape as layers of relief profiles projected into space. Read more

19 January 2024 Topographic data ASCII engine

Rendering ASCII smooth lines using character subdivision

I worked on rendering smooth lines in ASCII art using character subdivision. Read more

22 December 2023 ASCII engine