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Re:Ascii art – dead or alive? by boyter on Monday February 19, 2018 @04:43AM (#16411835)
It certainly is not dead. One example I can think of that uses it as an art style for a game is Stone Story RPG https://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=42354.0 which has some of the prettiest ASCII art I have ever seen.
Re:Ascii art – dead or alive? by JoshMnem on Monday February 19, 2018 @02:15PM (#16414970)
Also Sanctuary RPG:

http://www.sanctuaryrpg.com/

Unfortunately, they only run on Windows, not Linux. They are missing out on a large audience that likes text-based things.

Re:Ascii art – dead or alive? by reedum on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @08:38AM (#16420168)
It does run in wine. I have been playing it this way for a while.