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Rotating torus in terminal (but with kitty graphics protocol)

Rotating torus in terminal (but with kitty graphics protocol)

by deotman·Aug 2, 2026·2 points·0 comments
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AI Analysis

●MidCozyNiche Gem

Kitty protocol demo, but it's just another terminal torus with better pixels.

Strengths
  • •Correctly implements Kitty's base64 chunking and escape sequence protocol.
  • •Visual debugging of lighting artifacts became easier with actual image output.
Weaknesses
  • •No real differentiation from the dozens of existing terminal ray-tracers.
  • •Lacks the constraint craft or novel architecture needed to stand out.
Target Audience

Terminal enthusiasts, graphics programming hobbyists

Similar To

termray · raylib terminal demos · ASCII renderers

Post Description

Hi HN,

I'm taking Computer Graphics @ Stanford this summer and wanted to express some very simple concepts I had in mind. That's why I wrote a rotating torus in C. Going from writing a ray-tracer that works in Blender to pure C with no dependencies feels relaxing. Wanted to try Kitty Graphics Protocol on the way, rendering images in terminal felt cool.

Open to comments and suggestions.

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