ASCII RPG game Effulgence announcement

The glow of a distant galaxy comes to life in symbols. Defeat creatures to collect crafting particles and use them to print weapons, gear, and mechanisms on a special printer.

“Effulgence is an incredibly cool looking ASCII-styled 2D RPG adventure where players explore a mysterious alien world rendered entirely through text symbols”

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It's easy to transmit a video signal when you're just the distance of a satellite away. If you go beyond the solar system, it may take hours to send a regular image to Earth.

But when the signal comes from a galaxy a million light-years away, only fragments of symbols make it to us. Sometimes, they can be decoded and assembled into an animation made from text characters.

This is the story of a strange world. It may no longer exist, as the signal has traveled for a million years. Or perhaps it not only exists, but is preparing an attack?

If you like the style, visit the game's Steam page to wishlist and/or sign up for playtest: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3302080/Effulgence/