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​OG Instagram - A Linux Terminal Console Game

OG Instagram is an ascii art project that aims to simulate real Instagram in an old-fashion way. This work is inspired by people's high reliance on social media especially during COVID-19 quarantine time. 

Technology

Python, Web Scraping

Year

2020

Inspiration

As I sit in front of my computer every day, ingesting information through the Internet and learning about other people's lives through social media, I can't help but wonder how people would have addressed their social needs if the COVID-19 pandemic had happened in a time when media wasn't so advanced. Would people have invented a social platform like instagram sooner?

 

With this question in my mind, I created this ascii art project in my terminal which can translate pictorial information into ascii codes.

How it works?

This project consists of two parts of programming, the first program is a python-based web scraping program, and the second program is to convert the images obtained from web scraping into ascii art and render them in the terminal.

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Depending on the different commands the player has typed, the program gives the player different feedback, like sliding to the next post, liking a post, etc. Unlike the real instagram, in this terminal version of the instagram the player interacts with the computer in the most primitive way possible.

Have any suggestions or feedback? Feel feel to contact me.

🤩 I’d love to spark new ideas for mind-blowing products! 

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yidieling@gmail.com

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