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ASCII Plasma fills your screen with shifting, colorful plasma patterns made entirely from text.

    _    ____   ____ ___ ___   ____  _                           
   / \  / ___| / ___|_ _|_ _| |  _ \| | __ _ ___ _ __ ___   __ _ 
  / _ \ \___ \| |    | | | |  | |_) | |/ _` / __| '_ ` _ \ / _` |
 / ___ \ ___) | |___ | | | |  |  __/| | (_| \__ \ | | | | | (_| |
/_/   \_\____/ \____|___|___| |_|   |_|\__,_|___/_| |_| |_|\__,_|

ASCII Plasma

is an interactive ASCII animation that generates flowing, heat-map style plasma patterns using nothing but characters. Switch between multiple patterns, blend waves, and watch the screen melt into smooth, hypnotic motion.

ASCII Plasma

Pattern

Palette

Charset

Speed 1.00

Scale 1.00

Complexity 3

Distortion 0.50

Contrast 1.00

Instruction

Pattern	Description
Checkerboard	Pulsating checkerboard with wave distortion
Classic	Traditional sine wave plasma with layered oscillations
Diamond	Diamond-shaped patterns using Manhattan distance
Interference	Multiple circular waves creating interference patterns
Kaleidoscope	Symmetrical kaleidoscope reflections
Matrix	Falling vertical streaks like digital rain
Metaballs	Organic blobs that merge and separate
Moiré	Hypnotic overlapping circle patterns
Pulse	Breathing concentric rings from center
Ripple	Water droplet ripples expanding from center
Spiral	Tight Archimedean spiral pattern
Tunnel	Zooming tunnel effect moving in/out from center
Vortex	Rotating spiral emanating from the center
Warp	Starfield warp drive speed effect
Waves	Horizontal waves with retro scanline feel

Acknowledgments and credits

ASCII Plasma is an original animation created, designed, and programmed by Joacim Wejdin, and developed under the Injosoft brand. You are welcome to use and share the animation as it is, but all rights to the name, source code, design, and implementation are reserved by Injosoft. The code, or any substantial part of it, may not be copied, modified, or reused in other projects without prior written permission. When sharing the animation, a mention or link to ASCII Plasma on asciiart.eu is greatly appreciated.

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