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I was actually pretty impressed by Dwarf Fortress's use of the extended ASCII set (or whatever the technical name is). Most of the non-creature symbols were ea
by writeslowly 10y ago
I was actually pretty impressed by Dwarf Fortress's use of the extended ASCII set (or whatever the technical name is). Most of the non-creature symbols were easy enough to guess based on appearances.
- kd0amg 10y agoAnd for animals, it's mostly the first letter of the animal's name, colored like the animal, and upper- or lower-case based on the animal's size.
- pbtflakes 10y agoThe stock character set is modified code page 437. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_page_437 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_page_437