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textshader

Textshader by Leo Adberg, inspired by Shadertoy.

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The homepage presents a code editor containing a JavaScript-style shader function and a text canvas rendering the result. Controls visible on the page include a character set selector (default, ascii, block, debug), play/pause, a menu, Share Shader, Copy Frame, Text, and Light Mode toggles. Example shaders listed: blank, tutorial, earth, eyes, mandelbrot, grapher, bouncer, rick.

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