Metadata-Version: 2.1
Name: rendascii
Version: 1.0.0a2.post2
Summary: Real-time ASCII 3D rendering engine
Home-page: https://bitbucket.org/Foxbud/rendascii
Author: Garrett Fairburn
Author-email: rendascii@gmail.com
License: MIT
Description: # RendASCII
        
        RendASCII is a real-time, z-buffering based 3D rendering engine written from scratch in and for Python 3. Unlike traditional real-time rendering engines, RendASCII renders frames as printable strings using ASCII characters for pixels. RendASCII is open source under the MIT license.
        
        [Project Homepage](https://bitbucket.org/Foxbud/rendascii)
        
        [Project Documentation](https://bitbucket.org/Foxbud/rendascii/wiki)
        
        Please direct questions to **rendascii@gmail.com**.
        
        ## Features
        
        * No external dependencies; uses just the Python standard library.
        * Multiprocess based rendering.
        * Optional Cython based accelerator extension modules.
        * Load and render 3D models from Wavefront object and material files (\*.obj and \*.mtl, respectively).
        * Load and render 2D sprites from ASCII based Portable PixMap files (\*.ppm).
        * Render the same or different scene(s) using multiple virtual cameras.
        * ASCII overlays for displaying fixed graphics and/or information.
        * Map sprite and material colors to ASCII characters using JSON colormaps.
        * Transform models, sprites, and virtual cameras using arbitrary homogeneous transformation matrices.
        * Utility for easily constructing complex transformation matrices with scaling, translations, and rotations.
        * Utility for managing frame-rate and calculating delta time.
        
        ## Installation
        
        ### Using Pip
        
        `# pip3 install rendascii` - download and install pure Python distribution.
        
        `# pip3 install --no-binary rendascii rendascii` - download source distribution, build accelerator extension modules, and install resulting binary distribution.
        
        ### Manual
        
        `$ git clone https://bitbucket.org/Foxbud/rendascii.git` - clone repository source.
        
        `$ cd rendascii` - change working directory to cloned source.
        
        `# python3 -m setup install` - build accelerator extension modules and install resulting binary distribution.
        
        `# PURE_PY_DIST=true python3 -m setup install` - build and install pure Python distribution.
        
Platform: UNKNOWN
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License
Classifier: Operating System :: OS Independent
Classifier: Environment :: Console
Classifier: Topic :: Multimedia :: Graphics :: 3D Rendering
Classifier: Development Status :: 3 - Alpha
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Developers
Classifier: Natural Language :: English
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