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ASCII Render Sphere
A lit, rippling sphere rendered as ASCII: every character cell picks a 5x7 glyph by brightness. Ripples travel with the stream, and fast streams boil the surface and flicker brighter glyphs.
Also known as: ascii shader, ascii art sphere glsl, text mode renderer, demoscene ascii effect.
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Everything you see above is live. Basic and Pro include every premium piece, with the standalone HTML and GLSL ready to copy, plus Motions in Claude Code on Pro.
Customizing this shader
- Speed:
uTpsis the token rate anduTokensthe running count. The standalone runner adds a natural wobble to a fixed rate, the way real streams speed up and slow down. - Color: set
data-coloron the canvas, or changeuColorin the Shadertoy version. Currently previewing#7cf0c8. - Size: style the canvas with CSS. It renders at up to twice your screen's pixel density and stops drawing while it is off screen.
- Reduced motion: the runner draws a single still frame for people who asked their OS for less motion.