Developer Builds Pure ASCII MMORPG, Winning Praise from a16z Partner

A developer is building a pure ASCII MMORPG where the entire world, characters, and effects are rendered with colored text symbols, with magic, visuals, and boss battles being experimented. An a16z partner praised it as a return to the early Internet.

2026-10-18 ~ 2026-10-18 · 2 related posts

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