Forbidden Zone
In May 2024, Al Sweigart created a music video performance of Danny Elfman's theme for the 1980 movie Forbidden Zone made from several scroll art pieces. A video recording is posted on YouTube.
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Programmer art that begins in the terminal.
Scroll art is made from program loops and print() to generate endless, scrolling animations. They are suitable for beginners learning to program, but can grow into boundless sophistication and creativity.
Hex Portals
Al Sweigart, 2024. Hexagon-shaped portals against a scratchy, space-like background.
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Starfield on the Apple IIe
The term "scroll art" is new but these text-based programs don't require modern computers. Al Sweigart has ported Starfield to BASIC running on an Apple IIe personal computer. A video recording is on YouTube shorts.
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Connected Pipes
Al Sweigart, 2024. Random squiggles that form a sort of connected pipework. There are some isolated sections but no dead ends.
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Proton Stream
Al Sweigart, 2024. Lightning streams energetically jittering, like a Ghostbuster's proton pack.
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Shining
Al Sweigart, 2024. The hexagon pattern of the carpet in the Overlook Hotel in the 1980 movie, The Shining.
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