
ASCII LION
ASCII LION is an experimental glyph/ASCII painting suite . Created in dedication to President Marbas! ⚙-🦁-⚙
With this funky multi-media glyph based engine you can create simple games , paintings , and dabble around with some video synthesis / glitch features
Revision '8.0 / 1.8.0
ASCII LION 8 , What's New :
(GLYPH SUPER ENGINE UPDATE)
• object sprite editor(experimental)
• object node-based logic editor (experimental)
• GML (Gamemaker language) functions
• "screens" function
• clearing bar exclusions
• external image loading file system (with thumbnails)
• external image (scroll-wheel) translations
• NTSC artifact simulation
• ESC key safety features (prevents auto-close)
• Cyrillic glyph bank
• inverted glyph banks
Developed in Gamemaker 8.0
Thank you for supporting my beloved ASCII LION software , this is shareware/freeware. Feel free to debug , disassemble , share , copy , revise , & distribute as you please . 🦁 - Lion / Christian
| Status | Released |
| Category | Tool |
| Platforms | HTML5, Windows |
| Release date | Aug 20, 2023 |
| Rating | Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars (2 total ratings) |
| Author | Abstract Lion (CML VISUAL LABS LTD.) |
| Made with | GameMaker |
| Tags | ascii, Experimental, GameMaker, lion, lofi, marbas, mechanical, Painting, psychedelic, software |
| Average session | A few hours |
| Languages | English, Russian |
| Inputs | Keyboard, Mouse, Touchscreen |
| Accessibility | Subtitles, Configurable controls, High-contrast |
| Multiplayer | Local multiplayer, Server-based networked multiplayer |
| Links | YouTube |
Download
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Development log
- ASCII LION R8Mar 21, 2025
- ASCII LION R7May 13, 2024
- ASCII LION 6.5Feb 18, 2024








