Some text from a constructed world I play around with that leans into an 80s tech aesthetic. FTL communication exists, but the data rate is comparable to a dial up modem. Vibrant multimedia experiences like we see on the modern web do exist, but isolated to planet-wide internetworks. Interplanetary communication is a purely text-based affair.
The text is read from right to left, and is just the word for operating system in one of my conlangs.
It looks like Japanese hiragana! I like it!
Thanks! Here are a few more samples:
Part of the livery of a particular spacecraft, spelling out the craft’s name, Dewfall.
The word for ‘Mech hangar’ (Every sci-fi setting needs some big ol’ stompy walking war crimes).
Another attempt at a glowing CRT aesthetic. This is the name of the worldbuilding project as a whole “The Lonely Galaxy”.
And here’s what the writing system looks like when hand-written. The word is “egg eater”, which is a very vulgar insult among these oviparous aliens. The aesthetic of the script leans toward the Brahmic writing systems of South and Southeast Asia.
That’s so cool!
Where did you derive the words from, and what do they sound like if they sound like anything?
Really cool concept and design!
Thanks!
I don’t see the resemblance to ASCII art, aside from being monochrome.
I think they mean stuff like what figlet chucks out:
This is correct. I use “ASCII art” to refer mostly to fancy CLI welcome messages
Looks very much like ASCII art to me
I’m getting wipeout aesthetics
