From cf08e533409c603fcd09e7203a8bfdbd64451591 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brandon Rozek Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2024 18:30:24 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] New post --- .../blog/tildeverse-ascii-towns-cadastre.md | 84 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 84 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/blog/tildeverse-ascii-towns-cadastre.md diff --git a/content/blog/tildeverse-ascii-towns-cadastre.md b/content/blog/tildeverse-ascii-towns-cadastre.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4af05a2 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/blog/tildeverse-ascii-towns-cadastre.md @@ -0,0 +1,84 @@ +--- +title: "Ascii Towns in the Tildeverse with Cadastre" +date: 2024-01-17T18:14:32-05:00 +draft: false +tags: [] +math: false +medium_enabled: false +--- + +[Cadastre](https://github.com/jmdejong/cadastre) stitches together plots of "land" that users on a tilde server control. Ultimately creating one giant ascii town. + +For example, consider one user has the following in `~/.cadastre/home.txt`: + +``` +0 0 +#################### +# ________ # +# /~\__\___\ # +# | | | | ,,,, # +# ,,,,, # +# ~~~~~ ,,,,, # +# ~~~~~ _ # +# ~~~~~ (*) # +# ~deepend | # +# # +#################### +``` + +While another user has: + +``` +0 1 +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +~ ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ +~~~~~~~~~ ~~~ ~ +~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~ +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +``` + +Then the stitched together town will be: + +``` +#################### ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +# ________ # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +# /~\__\___\ # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +# | | | | ,,,, # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +# ,,,,, # ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +# ~~~~~ ,,,,, # ~ ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ +# ~~~~~ _ # ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~ ~ +# ~~~~~ (*) # ~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~ +# ~deepend | # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +# # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +#################### ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +``` + +Ascii art is something that always interested me, but I never took the time to make. Cadastre limits us to 24x12 characters which serves as a good starting canvas for myself. + +You might be able to tell, but I'm a big fan of mountains. + +``` ++=======================+ +. /\ . +. / \ /\ . +. / \/ \/\ . +. / \ _ \ \ . +. ____// . +. ___/____/ @@@ . +. ___/ @@@@@@@ . +. @@@@@@@@@ . +. @@@@@@@ . +. ~brozek | | . +......................... +``` + +Check out my plot among the village over at [tilde.club](https://tilde.club/~troido/cadastre/town.html). For a more lively instance check out [tilde.town](http://tilde.town/~troido/cadastre/town.html). + +*Thanks to [~troido](http://tilde.town/~troido/) for creating this cool piece of software!*