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MapSCII generates stunning retro plaintext maps using Braille ASCII characters

MapSCII turns vectors into text-mode maps using the Braille ASCII character set. You can check out examples at ASCII Cinema, which provides animated embeds comprising of actual text!

Examples follow:

You can select, copy and paste the ASCII from it while it animates!

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Quick, someone make a textmode version of Global Thermonuclear War before North Korea obviates the broad appeal of such a thing.

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