OnlyASCII Games
The other half of the name. Games that trigger the mind.
The name OnlyASCII isn’t only about the console where the platform work happens. It’s also a promise about a kind of game.
In the 90s, multi-user dungeons (MUDs) ran entirely in text — and yet they were richer, stranger and more social than most of what came after. No textures, no cutscenes; just words, a prompt, and your imagination doing the rendering. They triggered the mind in a way pixels rarely do.
OnlyASCII Games is the venture to build that experience again, deliberately, for now:
> look
You are standing at the edge of an idea.
A blinking cursor waits. Exits: north, create.
- Depth over spectacle. Mechanics and writing first; the terminal is the canvas.
- Mind-first design. Interactive narratives that reward curiosity, attention and imagination.
- Built in the open spirit. The same engineering values as the platform work — clean, portable, immutable.
This is an honest “coming soon”: nothing is published yet. It’s the long-term, creative side of the company, developed alongside the consultancy. If text worlds and roguelike sensibilities are your thing, say hello — I’d love to compare notes.
$ status: in development · no releases yet