Designing animations using ASCII characters

Executive Summary:

• This is a creative and fun way to bring text-based visuals to life.
• All Characters are ASCII - American Standard Code for Information Interchange

How to implement the code

🌀 ASCII Animation Starter Guide

This guide walks you through setting up your environment and writing a simple ASCII animation using Python and Visual Studio Code.

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🚀 Getting Started

1. Install Visual Studio Code

Download and install from https://code.visualstudio.com

2. Install Python

Download and install from https://python.org

💡 Tip: During installation, check the box that says “Add Python to PATH”

3. Install Python Extension in VS Code

💡 Tip:

• Open VS Code
• Go to Extensions (left sidebar or Ctrl+Shift+X)
• Search for “Python” and install the one by Microsoft

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💻 Coding

4. Create a New Python File

💡 Tip:

• Open a folder or create a new one
• Click File > New File
• Save it as ascii_animation.py

5. Write the Animation Code

import time
import os

frames = [
    "  o\n /|\\\n / \\",
    " \\o/\n  |\n / \\"
]

while True:
    for frame in frames:
        os.system('cls' if os.name == 'nt' else 'clear')  # Clear screen
        print(frame)
        time.sleep(0.5)