Beep8 Textmode Editor

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What is the TextMode Editor?

The Beep8 TextMode Editor is a browser-based editor for creating retro-style pixel art using text characters. Instead of drawing with pixels, you build images with a grid of text symbols, colours, and patterns. It’s inspired by classic ASCII and ANSI art, but updated with Beep8’s modern tile system.

Why use TextMode?

If you love the look of old-school computers, game consoles, or text-based adventures, TextMode gives you a fast way to design that style. It works directly in your browser with no downloads or installs, so you can jump straight into creating.

What can you make with TextMode?

ASCII art and retro graphics for websites, games, or social media.

For Beep8 games it is mostly used for backgrounds splash screens and game user interfaces. It can also be used for game levels, but the Mapper tool is better designed for this.

Game Usage

You can export your TextMode creations as a string of text characters, which can then be loaded into your Beep8 game.

To load a TextMode image into your Beep8 game, use the TextMode.load() function.

const textmodeImage = beep8.Textmode.load( textString );

Then to draw it to the screen, use the Textmode.draw() function.

beep8.Textmode.draw( textmodeImage );