jquast
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7 months ago Hello Paulie, thanks for writing.
Yes, sorry about "parking" x/84. If you really like python over javascript, @haliphax has a python 3 successor in spirit https://github.com/haliphax/xthulu and @NuSkooler wrote a very good javascript bbs that is similar in spirit, https://github.com/NuSkooler/enigma-bbs
Anyway, for what is hosted on telnet 1984.ws, I am using libchafa, https://github.com/hpjansson/chafa
- I used ffmpeg to export video as jpg frames
- wrote a small script to use chafa cmd-line tool pre-render a bunch of .ans files in various screen sizes, https://gist.github.com/jquast/2078e138f2cc6f645e774735995f24c7
- used telnetlib3 as a server to detect screen size / change events and serve those files .ans files at ~30fps, https://gist.github.com/jquast/ebd0b93b0db5557a618a06089f3ebf26
This was done in a single day "hackathon" when I discovered the quality of libchafa output. The code is not very good but I can share it..
I also wrote an ultima 4 game engine that renders in the terminal using libchafa, this renders "real time" (which is pretty slow), but memoizes the results into a zip file and uses double-buffering technique to achieve under ~20ms delay when moving the character around the screen, more about it with video captures here https://www.jeffquast.com/post/u4_engine/
Paulie420
Hate to open an 'issue' here - but .... some of us are wondering about the wonders found by telnetting 1984.ws since you've parked x84!!!
It's beautiful - I'd love to find out how you're doing that and what tech is involved... is it SIXEL, or wizardry??? Would you mind doing some write-up about 1984.ws????? The BBS community has been talking about it for some time - I've shared with everyone I know!
You can delete this message - but inquiring minds NEED to know.
paulie420@gmail.com