Two Kyiv-based game developers, Yevheniy Ratushny and Dmytro Kravchenko, have created ASCII HERO, a text-based MMORPG for Telegram in the style of classic 80s role-playing games. They told dev.ua about it.
Two Kyiv-based game developers, Yevheniy Ratushny and Dmytro Kravchenko, have created ASCII HERO, a text-based MMORPG for Telegram in the style of classic 80s role-playing games. They told dev.ua about it.
“The idea was simple — what if we added graphics to a text role-playing game? Telegram has enough regular text games, and they are executed at the proper level. So why not make it more interesting?”, recalls Yevgeny.
Despite its compact format, ASCII HERO offers a full range of activities worthy of large projects. Here you can explore the world, fight monsters, go through dungeons and quests, collect resources, develop professions, create equipment, and unite with other players in clans.
“Clan is not an empty word: it involves control of territories, construction, and clan battles “wall to wall”. Everything is serious,” emphasizes Dmytro.
Evgeniy and Dmytro sought to create a game that offers a variety of interesting activities, is convenient, and is close to modern role-playing game standards in terms of performance. Taking into account the necessary simplifications, it retains the depth of an MMORPG: a living world, character development, and player interaction. Many additional features are planned for future releases.
The game implements 3 types of graphics:
— classic ASCII (Retro)
— graphics based on standard emoji
— and the author’s ASCII HERO style
The graphics window is imperceptibly redrawn once per second, simultaneously for all players, which allows you to see the world in its current state.
"ASCII HERO is an MMORPG that does not require hours of continuous play, but provides space for long-term development, research, and interaction with other players. An open adventure in the format of a regular messenger," Yevgeny summarizes.
You can try the game here .
