Matrix Digital-rain effect demo

[Clement]

The Matrix 'digital rain' effect was really cool, so I put together two different versions of the demo. Check them out...

  

[Bert Mariani]

Hello Clement

The 2nd one looks much simpler for the same effects.

Regards

Bert Mariani

[Clement]

Attached files with some minor fix in the code.

[Youssef Saeed]

Hello Clement,

Thank you for sharing!

Suggestion: It would be better to create the same example using the Ring RogueUtil extension.

Best regards,
Youssef

[Azzeddine Remmal]

Hello Clement,  Youssef

The "Matrix Rain" effect was modified to work within the command prompt window (Console/Terminal) using the RogueUtil library instead of the raylib graphical library.

Key changes made to achieve RogueUtil compatibility:

Library replacement: Changed load "raylib.ring" to load "rogueutil.ring".
Screen dimensions: Instead of setting fixed dimensions (800x600 window), I used tcols() and display trows() to automatically adjust the command prompt size when the user zooms in/out.
Screen configuration: We used setConsoleTitle() to change the window name, hidecursor() to hide the mouse cursor, and setBackgroundColor(BLACK) with cls() to clean up the screen. Drawing Text: Replace the DrawText function with `setColor(Color)` to specify light and dark colors (e.g., WHITE, LIGHTGREEN, GREEN) and `printXY(x, y, char)` to draw at specific coordinates.

Hiding the Trace (Fade): In raylib, I used the transparent effect (Alpha layer) to fade the preceding words. At the command prompt, I calculated a trailing tail path and drew a blank space ("") at its end to hide the letters.

Program Loop: Instead of `!WindowShouldClose()`, I used `!kbhit()` to keep the display running until a key is pressed on the keyboard.

Best regards,

Azzeddine

[Clement]

Nice console version. Thanks!

Regards,

Clement

[Mahmoud Fayed]

Hello Clement

>> "The Matrix 'digital rain' effect was really cool"

Thanks for sharing :D

Added to GitHub in this commit: Add: samples/UsingRayLib/more/ex11_matrix_rain.ring - By Clement · ring-lang/ring@425a17b

Greetings,

Mahmoud

[Mahmoud Fayed]

Hello Azzeddine

>> "The "Matrix Rain" effect was modified to work within the command prompt window (Console/Terminal) using the RogueUtil library instead of the raylib graphical library."

Thanks for sharing :D

Added to GitHub in this commit:  Add: samples/UsingRogueUtil/matrix_rain.ring - By Azzeddine Remmal · ring-lang/ring@e1eb589

Greetings,

Mahmoud