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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 15 Nov 2002.
Re: Big RogueLike ASCII Art 1

Re: Big RogueLike ASCII Art 1

On Mon, 11 Nov 2002 05:55:43 +0000, ABCGi wrote:

> This is meant to be a fighter and cat against a giant guarding a tower, for 
> a RogueLike game under development.
> 
> The limitation is that the scale should stay about the same size. The max 
> possible size for the main character is 7by7 unless I use a large window 
> and a small font.
> 
> Can anyone diddle this to be a bit better? Or suggestions?
> 
> Inspired by/Based on art by jgo (giant) and jgs (tower).

Well, my Humble First Try at this, for the same size as yours...
The giant looks a bit more evil and vigilant this way
(and the tower is a bit more slender, but that depends on the tower)..

.. ^ ###   .    |#>  ..
.. |(gg )  .    |    ..
.. O <> -, .|=_=_=_=|..
.. |\`'`.) . \     / ..
.. | |, () .  |   |  ..
.. |(_|_,  .  |   |  ..

And (just an idea) you could dynamically change your character's
(or even the monsters) appearance, like when you wear chain
armor, use %% as body tiles etc.

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