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It consists of two major components: a retro arcade games console featuring 12 terminal games, and a native macOS real-time screen-to-ASCII filter application.\n\u003cimg width=\"2940\" height=\"1912\" alt=\"image\" src=\"https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/b0b1dc33-f40d-4f0b-b003-bc4681524930\" /\u003e\u003cimg width=\"947\" height=\"580\" alt=\"image\" src=\"https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/88d67698-119a-4821-906c-402f28ca7639\" /\u003e\n\n---\n\n## Repository Structure\n\nThe repository is organized into two primary subdirectories:\n\n```\nroot/\n├── ASCII Games/        # Python Curses retro games suite \u0026 C++ Pacman\n│   ├── main.py            # Main interactive arcade launcher (Python)\n│   ├── pa2-pacman-master/ # Pacman game\n│   └── *.py               # Core game files (Doom, Tetris, Mario, etc.)\n│\n└── ASCII filter/       # Real-time macOS screen-to-ASCII filter app\n    ├── build.sh           # Shell compilation script\n    └── *.swift            # Native Swift and Metal Shader sources\n```\nPacman game by [Vojtech Cahlik](https://github.com/vcahlik/pa2-pacman)\n\n---\n\n## Projects Overview\n\n### 1. ASCII Arcade Suite\nAn interactive retro arcade cabinet that runs directly inside your command-line terminal. It includes 12 classic retro games using ASCII graphics.\n\nTo launch the Python Arcade:\n\u003e ```bash\n\u003e cd \"ASCII Games\"\n\u003e python3 main.py\n\u003e ```\n\n---\n\n### 2. ASCII-Lens (ASCII filter)\nA native Swift macOS application designed to transform your entire screen—or any target window—into real-time, interactive ASCII art.\nUses Apple's `ScreenCaptureKit` API for ultra-low latency desktop capturing, `CoreVideo`/`CoreMedia` pipelines, and a customized **Metal-accelerated fragment shader** that translates pixel luminance values into dynamic ASCII glyph selections. Features a customizable controller panel to modify scale, contrast, and color modes in real-time.\n\nTo compile and run the macOS ASCII Filter:\n\u003e ```bash\n\u003e cd \"ASCII filter\"\n\u003e chmod +x build.sh\n\u003e ./build.sh\n\u003e open ASCII-Lens.app\n\u003e ```\n* Requires macOS 13.0 (Ventura) or later.\n\n---\n\n## Global Requirements\n`Swift Compiler (`swiftc`), CMake, C++ Compiler, and Python 3.`\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fpotatoinfinity%2Fascii-projects","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fpotatoinfinity%2Fascii-projects","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fpotatoinfinity%2Fascii-projects/lists"}