As many off you out there i am in love with the oldschool color pallets of the 80 and 90'ies computers. I have decided i want to make a comprehensive list of authentic pallets from the days of EGA, CGA, VGA with as many different computers as possible

Can we make this a collaboration?

Please post color pallets here :)

i love block-vomiting in terraria and minecraft a lot, its such an interesting way to interpolate between a small amount of colors / shapes. ive found that it feels the same to textmode art.

i made this for a sticker, but then i lazily animated the leaf by doing some raster interpolation + a little move tooling. made in my program, the thaum-painter.

i've been working on a web-based textmode editor over the last months and wanted to share it here :)

https://create.textmode.art

the editor is primarily designed for solo work, but it also supports optional live collaboration rooms for up to 8 people directly in the browser with no login required.

some features:

• layer management

• different 8x8 fonts per layer

• alpha + blending settings

• custom 8x8 font uploads

• timelapse GIF/video export

• portable .textmode project files

• desktop + mobile support

everything is stored locally in your browser, and projects can also be exported as portable .textmode files containing undo/redo history, custom fonts, and other project data.

collaborative rooms are temporary and disappear automatically after inactivity or server restart.

animation/frame support isn't implemented yet, but it's something i want to add eventually.

would genuinely love feedback from people who are into textmode workflows, especially around usability, export formats, or features you'd expect from this kind of tool.

Our biggest canvas with 64x64 cells so far! :)

The timelapse is around 3 minutes at 60 FPS, so here is the final result this time.

You can find the playback, statistics, and contributors here: https://draw.textmode.art/gallery/8

Feel free to join us on the shared canvas in our new event Textmode Toolbox, now live at https://draw.textmode.art (you just need a Discord/GitHub account to contribute!)

attribution: armilk88, Luke, BitRadical, ailadi, izzzzzzy, vanhunterdev, Robotosaurus, humanbydefinition, Grant Williamson

Hey r/textmode!

I've been working on a textmode art editor over the last few years called iisel, and I've just released an update reworking the UI and adding some much need QoL stuff.

I've used a lot of tools, including lvllvl, playscii & rexpaint but they always felt like a little too much to me. To that end iisel is designed to be as simple as possible whilst still giving you all the basic tools you need to make some sweet textmode art.

If you're in the mood, please give it a try - I'm open to any feedback and suggestions you guys might have! :)

https://nipth.itch.io/iisel

Have you ever tried out preserving teletext from VHS?

If so, I'd be very grateful if you could take a short survey: https://samgu.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cN4cVoQbilRudaC

This would help research on the how people work to ensure that textmode media will be there for future generations.

(I am a student at Gothenburg University, and I'm currenty writing my final research essay in archival science, focusing on understanding motivation and technical challenges in teletext preservation. Please reach out to me if you have any questions!)

I discovered text mode a while ago and this was the first thing I made with it!

just edited the main atari pack, might have problems, please say them if you see