You might consider integrating it with http://0xcc.net/ttyrec/index.html.en http://0xcc.net/ttyrec/index.html.en (ttyrec) for the backend, since it solves a lot

You might consider integrating it with http://0xcc.net/ttyrec/index.html.en http://0xcc.net/ttyrec/index.html.en (ttyrec) for the backend, since it solves a lot of these problems, and there's quite a lot of recordings already online. It's popular in the nethack community for watching games, such as http://alt.org/nethack/getoldttyrec.php?player=mrivan http://alt.org/nethack/getoldttyrec.php?player=mrivan