thatcherclough/asciianimator

A stop motion ASCII art animator.

AsciiAnimator

AsciiAnimator is a stop motion ASCII art animator.

Features

AsciiAnimator uses plain text files and stop motion to animate ASCII art frame by frame.

See syntax for animation file syntax.

Demo

Note: the cursor flickering was not present in real-time.

Requirements

• A Java JDK distribution >=8 must be installed and added to PATH.

Compatibility

AsciiAnimator is compatible with Windows, Mac, and Linux.

Installation

# clone AsciiAnimator
git clone https://github.com/thatcherclough/AsciiAnimator.git

# change the working directory to AsciiAnimator
cd AsciiAnimator

# build AsciiAnimator with Maven
# for Windows run
mvnw.cmd clean package

# for Linux run
chmod +x mvnw
./mvnw clean package

# for Mac run
sh mvnw clean package

Alternatively, you can download the jar from the release page.

Usage

java -jar asciianimator.jar
AsciiAnimator: A stop motion ASCII art animator (1.1.0)

Usage:
	java -jar asciianimator.jar [-h] [-v] [-f FILE -l BOOLEAN -c BOOLEAN -fps INTEGER]

Arguments:
	-h, --help			Display this message.
	-v, --version			Display current version.
	-f, --file			Specify file to use for animation. (See README.md for syntax)
	-l, --loop			Specify if the animation should loop. (Set to false by default)
	-c, --clear			Specify if screen should be cleared after every frame. (Should be set to true if the frames have different lengths)
	-fps, --frames-per-second	Specify FPS for animation. (Must be an integer greater than 0)

Note: When running, CTRL + C can be used to terminate.

Syntax

Any plain text file can be used with AsciiAnimator. This file must contain each frame of the animation. These frames must be followed by "[frame]" to indicate the end of the frame. Below is an example of 2 frames:

     __
    (  )
     ||
     ||
 ___|""|__.._
/____________\
\____________/~~~.
[frame]
        __
       (  )
       //
      //
 ___|""|__.._
/____________\
\____________/~~~.
[frame]

An example of a valid animation file can be found in src/main/resources/.

License

• MIT
• Copyright 2020 © Thatcher Clough.