#textmode — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #textmode, aggregated by home.social.
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And, if you're one of the exactly 4 people in the world who actually, honestly believes #agentic #AI is a thing other people care about (hint: we don't), consider that LLMs work best in #plaintext (no js-required rendering!)
AI agents will work best if your site renders well in a #textmode #browser.
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Consider this:
If your website doesn't render sensibly in a #textmode #browser (emacs-eww, lynx, links2, w3m, chawan, just to name a few), or if javascript is disabled in a graphical browser, then it probably also doesn't work for people who need screen readers. If you're not testing with text-mode browsers and screen readers, guess who's the asshole (hint: it's not the visitor.)
Web standards matter.
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Stumbled across "Whispers in the Moss" today, a JRPG written in QBasic that uses a unique ANSI art style. The author had been working at it sporadically for about 12 years but finally shipped it in April 2024. A really neat find!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETpK9IJlacA
I also liked this write-up from the author about their experiences trying to publish on Steam / do marketing / sharing sales numbers etc
https://www.reddit.com/r/IndieDev/comments/1rvasgj/i_spent_12_years_making_an_ultraniche_qbasic_jrpg/ -
Stumbled across "Whispers in the Moss" today, a JRPG written in QBasic that uses a unique ANSI art style. The author had been working at it sporadically for about 12 years but finally shipped it in April 2024. A really neat find!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETpK9IJlacA
I also liked this write-up from the author about their experiences trying to publish on Steam / do marketing / sharing sales numbers etc
https://www.reddit.com/r/IndieDev/comments/1rvasgj/i_spent_12_years_making_an_ultraniche_qbasic_jrpg/ -
Stumbled across "Whispers in the Moss" today, a JRPG written in QBasic that uses a unique ANSI art style. The author had been working at it sporadically for about 12 years but finally shipped it in April 2024. A really neat find!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETpK9IJlacA
I also liked this write-up from the author about their experiences trying to publish on Steam / do marketing / sharing sales numbers etc
https://www.reddit.com/r/IndieDev/comments/1rvasgj/i_spent_12_years_making_an_ultraniche_qbasic_jrpg/ -
Stumbled across "Whispers in the Moss" today, a JRPG written in QBasic that uses a unique ANSI art style. The author had been working at it sporadically for about 12 years but finally shipped it in April 2024. A really neat find!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETpK9IJlacA
I also liked this write-up from the author about their experiences trying to publish on Steam / do marketing / sharing sales numbers etc
https://www.reddit.com/r/IndieDev/comments/1rvasgj/i_spent_12_years_making_an_ultraniche_qbasic_jrpg/ -
Next Sunday, 10 of May, I'll play with @ralt144mi at Chair de Poule in Paris at 7pm. We will perform our live coding project Living Pseudographics. If you are around come see us :) :) :)
It is at 141 Rue St Maur
More about what we do on https://adelfaure.net/docs/living_pseudographics/
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Next Sunday, 10 of May, I'll play with @ralt144mi at Chair de Poule in Paris at 7pm. We will perform our live coding project Living Pseudographics. If you are around come see us :) :) :)
It is at 141 Rue St Maur
More about what we do on https://adelfaure.net/docs/living_pseudographics/
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Next Sunday, 10 of May, I'll play with @ralt144mi at Chair de Poule in Paris at 7pm. We will perform our live coding project Living Pseudographics. If you are around come see us :) :) :)
It is at 141 Rue St Maur
More about what we do on https://adelfaure.net/docs/living_pseudographics/
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Next Sunday, 10 of May, I'll play with @ralt144mi at Chair de Poule in Paris at 7pm. We will perform our live coding project Living Pseudographics. If you are around come see us :) :) :)
It is at 141 Rue St Maur
More about what we do on https://adelfaure.net/docs/living_pseudographics/
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For the last 25 years, Barren Realms Elite (BRE) has been frozen in amber, with the same ANSI title screen.
But it was preceded by _lots_ of other designs from 1992-97.
I put together a gallery of 14 of these forgotten screens:
https://breakintochat.com/blog/2026/05/02/the-many-ansi-title-screens-of-barren-realms-elite/
I hope you'll enjoy revisiting the changing looks of a classic BBS door game.
#bbs #retrocomputing #retrogaming #InternetHistory #history #vintagecomputing #ansiart #ansi #textmode
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For the last 25 years, Barren Realms Elite (BRE) has been frozen in amber, with the same ANSI title screen.
But it was preceded by _lots_ of other designs from 1992-97.
I put together a gallery of 14 of these forgotten screens:
https://breakintochat.com/blog/2026/05/02/the-many-ansi-title-screens-of-barren-realms-elite/
I hope you'll enjoy revisiting the changing looks of a classic BBS door game.
#bbs #retrocomputing #retrogaming #InternetHistory #history #vintagecomputing #ansiart #ansi #textmode
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For the last 25 years, Barren Realms Elite (BRE) has been frozen in amber, with the same ANSI title screen.
But it was preceded by _lots_ of other designs from 1992-97.
I put together a gallery of 14 of these forgotten screens:
https://breakintochat.com/blog/2026/05/02/the-many-ansi-title-screens-of-barren-realms-elite/
I hope you'll enjoy revisiting the changing looks of a classic BBS door game.
#bbs #retrocomputing #retrogaming #InternetHistory #history #vintagecomputing #ansiart #ansi #textmode
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For the last 25 years, Barren Realms Elite (BRE) has been frozen in amber, with the same ANSI title screen.
But it was preceded by _lots_ of other designs from 1992-97.
I put together a gallery of 14 of these forgotten screens:
https://breakintochat.com/blog/2026/05/02/the-many-ansi-title-screens-of-barren-realms-elite/
I hope you'll enjoy revisiting the changing looks of a classic BBS door game.
#bbs #retrocomputing #retrogaming #InternetHistory #history #vintagecomputing #ansiart #ansi #textmode
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For the last 25 years, Barren Realms Elite (BRE) has been frozen in amber, with the same ANSI title screen.
But it was preceded by _lots_ of other designs from 1992-97.
I put together a gallery of 14 of these forgotten screens:
https://breakintochat.com/blog/2026/05/02/the-many-ansi-title-screens-of-barren-realms-elite/
I hope you'll enjoy revisiting the changing looks of a classic BBS door game.
#bbs #retrocomputing #retrogaming #InternetHistory #history #vintagecomputing #ansiart #ansi #textmode
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full screen with new movement rng indicator (coin flipper) very happy with how this is looking atm. I need to make a list of improvements for next so I'm not flying blind #GameDev #IndieDev #GodotEngine #TextMode
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full screen with new movement rng indicator (coin flipper) very happy with how this is looking atm. I need to make a list of improvements for next so I'm not flying blind #GameDev #IndieDev #GodotEngine #TextMode
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full screen with new movement rng indicator (coin flipper) very happy with how this is looking atm. I need to make a list of improvements for next so I'm not flying blind #GameDev #IndieDev #GodotEngine #TextMode
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full screen with new movement rng indicator (coin flipper) very happy with how this is looking atm. I need to make a list of improvements for next so I'm not flying blind #GameDev #IndieDev #GodotEngine #TextMode
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full screen with new movement rng indicator (coin flipper) very happy with how this is looking atm. I need to make a list of improvements for next so I'm not flying blind #GameDev #IndieDev #GodotEngine #TextMode
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And the poster of this year Lyon's Algorave is out ! Nicely printed using risograph thanks to @eidamned and @ralt144mi (who also organize the event with @bubobubo). If you are near Lyon in France around May 2nd, book the date right now for a blast of a night with 44 artists. Yes 44 artists for 12 hours of live coding performances !
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A #retrocomputing #longreads recommendation for your Sunday:
In 1992, a year before the Web opened to the public, Texas entrepreneur Don Lokke was trying to syndicate weekly political cartoons to bulletin board systems.
His "telecomics," as he called them, represent an overlooked early experiment in online comics, and a window into an interesting moment in American politics.
https://breakintochat.com/blog/2026/03/25/don-lokke-and-mack-the-mouse/
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A #retrocomputing #longreads recommendation for your Sunday:
In 1992, a year before the Web opened to the public, Texas entrepreneur Don Lokke was trying to syndicate weekly political cartoons to bulletin board systems.
His "telecomics," as he called them, represent an overlooked early experiment in online comics, and a window into an interesting moment in American politics.
https://breakintochat.com/blog/2026/03/25/don-lokke-and-mack-the-mouse/
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CW: Photosensitivity
Wonderfully, trippy faux-ASCII art, textmode demo from last year, with/for @goto80 - BRAVO! 👏🤩
Hack n Trade & Razor 1911 - Anamie (2025)
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CW: Photosensitivity
Wonderfully, trippy faux-ASCII art, textmode demo from last year, with/for @goto80 - BRAVO! 👏🤩
Hack n Trade & Razor 1911 - Anamie (2025)
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Still, political ANSI art was more of an exception in the early 1990s. PD artists were more likely to be inspired by pop culture or the theme of a particular BBS.
When the 1992 presidential election came around, not many PD ANSI artists depicted candidates or key moments.
St. Louis-based Dave Hartmann was one of the few. Here are a couple fun screens he drew.
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https://breakintochat.com/blog/2026/03/25/don-lokke-and-mack-the-mouse/
#ansiart #bbs #textmode #art #pixelart #politics #history #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing
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Still, political ANSI art was more of an exception in the early 1990s. PD artists were more likely to be inspired by pop culture or the theme of a particular BBS.
When the 1992 presidential election came around, not many PD ANSI artists depicted candidates or key moments.
St. Louis-based Dave Hartmann was one of the few. Here are a couple fun screens he drew.
(2/x)
https://breakintochat.com/blog/2026/03/25/don-lokke-and-mack-the-mouse/
#ansiart #bbs #textmode #art #pixelart #politics #history #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing
