Effulgence RPG News

Dragon!

[h2]I've wanted to make a dragon out of text symbols for the game for ages and I finally did![/h2][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][p]I planned a mean dragon, but he turned out kind of adorable. He's even got a Peace Sign tattoo on his wing. He loves pacifists. They're delicious.[/p]

Effulgence RPG has some of the slickest animated 3D ASCII art I've ever seen

This is a very fun surprise, Effulgence RPG is an upcoming party-based sci-fi role-playing game rendered entirely from text symbols arranged in 3D space.

Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/effulgence-rpg-has-some-of-the-slickest-animated-3d-ascii-art-ive-ever-seen/

The demo of Effulgence RPG is out!

[p]Also, I made a new background for battle locations: dynamic water reflections built entirely from ASCII symbols. I'm planning to use this visual feature across several areas.[/p][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][p]As always, nothing but text symbols (the ones on any keyboard) are used. No scaling, no rotation. Almost like pure text mode.[/p][p]The wave algorithm is a simplified Gerstner approach with two trochoidal waves - optimized to run faster.[/p][p]★★★ 💀 ★★★[/p]

Playtest #2 is live!

[p]The second playtest will run from September 19 to September 27. The main goal of this playtest is to see whether the individual locations start to come together as a single, unified game experience. Your feedback is incredibly valuable - I'll be very grateful for any thoughts and impressions you share![/p]

Glyph Bomb - build it with symbols during combat. Match boss glyphs!

[h3]I’ve added a super weapon to the game. During battle, you can observe which symbols the current monsters are made of, open the bomb editor, enter it symbol by symbol - and boom. The more matches with boss symbols, the stronger the damage. You can use it once per location.[/h3][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][h3]Fixed bugs and already added a ton of new stuff. In two or three weeks, I’ll launch Playtest #2.[/h3][p][/p][p][/p]