Java ASCII Game

07/2026 - 09/2026

An RPG game developed solely in Java utilizing ASCII art to create a unique and interesting feel. Explore cities, forests, and more. Learn a new world. To play this game, you must run it locally in a Git Bash terminal. Read about it in the README.md of the source code below if you're interested.

ASCII-art town with houses, a shop and a castle, with the coin count and inventory in the corner

ASCII-art forest full of trees and slime enemies, with the equipped Rusty Sword shown

Java

Spring Boot

MongoDB

Docker

Gradle

Source

Created a Java 25 Swing ASCII game engine with scene navigation, items, combat, quests and dialogue.

Save data is persisted through a Spring Boot and MongoDB API, deployed with Docker on my home server.