I think the problem is not the ASCII. It is the UX. I've been playing DF for years and what made the game for me from horrifying (not the complexity, but the UX

I think the problem is not the ASCII. It is the UX. I've been playing DF for years and what made the game for me from horrifying (not the complexity, but the UX!) to bearable is DFHack! It fixes a lot of the UX issues (not all of them of course) and obviates the need to use 3rd party tools like Dwarf Therapist. I also enabled TWBT and added a nice color theme. Take a look [here](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/469471886598995968/556182297989349377/unknown.png https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/469471886598995968/55...). I think the graphical tileset is kinda...empty and it doesn't hold that much information as the ASCII.