df-twbt

> The biggest problem is when a glyph is reused for multiple things, as in that case the graphic has to pick one of them or stay generic. Solution: https://github.com/mifki/df-twbt This is included in various content packs, so setting this up manually is optional. > The game doesn't actually use ascii output, it renders the text (windows terminals would probably be too slow) Linux and OS X terminals are fast enough. The init.txt setting [PRINT_MODE:TEXT] switches the renderer to ncurses.

Dwarf Fortress, as an example, has Armok Vision [0] that uses DFHack [1] which reads the data structures directly from the Dwarf Fortress process to provide an API layer to other tools and scripts. Armok Vision provides a 3D visualization to the 2D of Dwarf Fortress (in a separate process, by reading memory through Dfhack). It's pretty rad. There's also the 2.5D "Text will be Text" plugin that actually alters how Dwarf Fortress renders tiles, stacking 2D planes so you can see more than 1 Z layer at a time [2]. [0] http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=146473.660 [1] https://github.com/DFHack/dfhack [2] https://github.com/mifki/df-twbt