--- title: Someone built a 3D cyberpunk city entirely from ASCII... description: A solo developer at Grow Now Games built a 3D cyberpunk city rendered entirely in ASCII characters, using a raycasting engine that computes perspective, depth,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/someone-built-a-3d-cyberpunk-city-entirely-from-ascii-characters-and-it-s-shockingly-impressive-bu8d4cjcx twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Someone built a 3D cyberpunk city entirely from ASCII characters, and it's shockingly impressive | daily.dev og:description: A solo developer at Grow Now Games built a 3D cyberpunk city rendered entirely in ASCII characters, using a raycasting engine that computes perspective, depth,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/someone-built-a-3d-cyberpunk-city-entirely-from-ascii-characters-and-it-s-shockingly-impressive-bu8d4cjcx og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/BU8D4cJCx.png og:image:alt: Someone built a 3D cyberpunk city entirely from ASCII characters, and it's shockingly impressive og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Someone built a 3D cyberpunk city entirely from ASCII characters, and it's shockingly impressive **[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 2 min read · 2 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A solo developer at Grow Now Games built a 3D cyberpunk city rendered entirely in ASCII characters, using a raycasting engine that computes perspective, depth, and collisions every frame before drawing the scene with letters, numbers, and symbols. The demo, shown in a first-person walkthrough on YouTube, has drawn comparisons to The Matrix and Cyberpunk 2077. It remains a work in progress, with plans to add more atmosphere, detail, and interaction. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How does the ASCII cyberpunk city demo render 3D graphics using only text characters? The engine raycasts from the camera every frame to work out perspective, depth, collisions, and what should be visible, then draws the resulting scene using letters, numbers, and symbols instead of pixels or textures. This produces a walkable first-person 3D city, complete with skyscrapers and vehicles, made entirely from ASCII characters. _Curious builders track experimental rendering projects like this ASCII city on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Torizon Telecom: An FPS Built Entirely out of Letters and Words](https://daily.dev/posts/torizon-telecom-an-fps-built-entirely-out-of-letters-and-words-r236dsf7k) · 80 LEVEL · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Check Out How This Cyberpunk 3D Setup Looks Behind the Scenes](https://daily.dev/posts/check-out-how-this-cyberpunk-3d-setup-looks-behind-the-scenes-splk8vrmw) · 80 LEVEL · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [I Built a Pixel Art Village Where AI Characters Have Real Emotions](https://daily.dev/posts/i-built-a-pixel-art-village-where-ai-characters-have-real-emotions-ovhzrhtbi) · DEV · 73 upvotes · 4 comments --- Tags: [#game-development](https://daily.dev/tags/game-development) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/someone-built-a-3d-cyberpunk-city-entirely-from-ascii-characters-and-it-s-shockingly-impressive-bu8d4cjcx) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Someone built a 3D cyberpunk city entirely from ASCII characters, and it's shockingly impressive","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/someone-built-a-3d-cyberpunk-city-entirely-from-ascii-characters-and-it-s-shockingly-impressive-bu8d4cjcx","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/someone-built-a-3d-cyberpunk-city-entirely-from-ascii-characters-and-it-s-shockingly-impressive-bu8d4cjcx"},"datePublished":"2026-08-19T17:20:02.333Z","dateModified":"2026-09-14T07:17:55.387Z","description":"A solo developer at Grow Now Games built a 3D cyberpunk city rendered entirely in ASCII characters, using a raycasting engine that computes perspective, depth,...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/9c2c3f8e8e250fe1a260df50099671d6?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/9c2c3f8e8e250fe1a260df50099671d6?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"XDA Developers","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"XDA Developers","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--kCg6yyAP--/f_auto,q_auto/v1774964407/logos/xda-developers?_a=BAMAMiWQ0","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/someone-built-a-3d-cyberpunk-city-entirely-from-ascii-characters-and-it-s-shockingly-impressive-bu8d4cjcx","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":2},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"game-development","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"XDA Developers","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Someone built a 3D cyberpunk city entirely from ASCII characters, and it's shockingly impressive"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/someone-built-a-3d-cyberpunk-city-entirely-from-ascii-characters-and-it-s-shockingly-impressive-bu8d4cjcx#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"How does the ASCII cyberpunk city demo render 3D graphics using only text characters?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"The engine raycasts from the camera every frame to work out perspective, depth, collisions, and what should be visible, then draws the resulting scene using letters, numbers, and symbols instead of pixels or textures. 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