An illustrated description of what Textmode Art is and how to get started

It has been a minute since I wrote anything new, but thankfully I have found time for another side project and, by extension, another blog post. This one is going to be a little different though. Like everything on this blog it is in fact a data science post. I’m going to talk about art, object-oriented programming in R, and the grid graphics system. It being the time of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras – or “Gay Christmas” as it is affectionately known – I’ll do it with a rainbow palette. Nevertheless, pretty palettes notwithstanding this won’t be a particularly upbeat pride-flag-waving kind of post. There will be art, and there will be code. But there will also be little slivers of darker stories, and in a moment I’ll explain why I’ve made the decision to include them. But let’s start with the art.

Love Emmy’s art.

A collection of bitmap fonts for the Playdate

A collection of bitmap fonts for the Playdate

A collection of bitmap fonts for the Playdate

Whether you fancy a randomly generated fantasy map as your muse, or designing a map from scratch, there’s sure to be something here for you!