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Realtime ASCII starfield with adjustable speed, FOV, charset, direction, and warp mode

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

ASCII Starfield

lets you drift through a hypnotic universe made entirely of text. Lean back and watch thousands of ASCII stars stream past in real time, or play with the controls to change speed, depth and style, it’s a retro, nerdy little space escape right in your browser.

ASCII Starfield

Stars

Speed

FOV

Characters

Direction

Instruction

Click the starfield once to focus it, then use:

W	– Toggle warp trails
Space	– Pause / resume
R	– Reverse travel direction
+ / –	– Increase / decrease speed

The toolbar sliders and dropdowns mirror the same options (Stars, Speed, FOV, Charset, Direction).

Acknowledgments and credits

ASCII Starfield is an original animation created, designed, and programmed by Elias 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 Space on asciiart.eu is greatly appreciated.

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