Descent

Descent Custom software, Javascript, WebGL Variable dimensions, silent

Mostly downwards, mostly gray.

“Descent” is an attempt to represent depth using only characters from the code page 437 (CP437 for short, or “extended ASCII”).
The viewer is taken on an infinite journey along a column made of characters; the characters lose their original meaning and become shapes, structure.

Keys

i  toggle info
↓↑ change scale
n  toggle noise/glitch
s  toggle shading
f  toggle colors
p  save 1× .png image
P  save 4× .png image
t  save 2d scene as .txt file
v  save voxel data as .txt fi...