Have you ever seen cool looking games made with purely ASCII graphics? For example the image on the right is an amazing mock-up of an idea for a game that seems to revolve around creating some sort of city on a platform to defend from air-based attackers. I've done a bit of research, and have actually begun a project of creating an entire game from scratch by using the Windows Console as the platform. This is a great way for newer programmers to jump into game development for the following re...
