“No sprites, no textures, no PNGs hidden behind the scenes”.
Here’s something a little out of the ordinary. There’s a new R-Type & Gradius-inspired shoot ’em up currently in development, which takes the unusual approach of swapping out traditional 2D sprites and textures for graphics composed entirely of ASCII characters.
Battle for Asciion shot across our radar thanks to the Japanese website 4Gamer earlier today, and is the latest game from Relevo, the developer of the upcoming Bullfighter NEON, and the Terrifier-themed beat’em up, Terrifier: The ARTcade Game.
Read the full article on timeextension.com
“No sprites, no textures, no PNGs hidden behind the scenes”.
Here’s something a little out of the ordinary. There’s a new R-Type & Gradius-inspired shoot ’em up currently in development, which takes the unusual approach of swapping out traditional 2D sprites and textures for graphics composed entirely of ASCII characters.
Battle for Asciion shot across our radar thanks to the Japanese website 4Gamer earlier today, and is the latest game from Relevo, the developer of the upcoming Bullfighter NEON, and the Terrifier-themed beat’em up, Terrifier: The ARTcade Game.
Read the full article on timeextension.com
