Show HN: Monodraw for Mac, ASCII Art Editor – Beta Available

[milen]

First of all, I would like to say a big THANK YOU to everyone on HN. Your support since the announcement has been instrumental in keeping me motivated.

We've got tons of upcoming improvements and features, the launch of the beta is only the beginning of a much longer journey.

If you have any suggestions or ideas, just add a comment in this thread or get in touch. I'll try to answer anything that comes up, so fire away :)

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[m_eiman]

If you have any suggestions or ideas, just add a comment in this thread or get in touch.

Do contact them, they've been very responsive and helpful during the private beta!

[sjs382]

There's also Pablodraw (http://picoe.ca/products/pablodraw/), which is also cross-platform using Mono. The use cases for these seem very different though. PabloDraw is more like PhotoShop for ASCII & ANSI, while MonoDraw seems more like Vizio?

[pidg]

Not forgetting the stalwart JavE (http://www.jave.de/), although it seems unmaintained, and isn't non-destructive/object-based/whatever you want to call it.

I like Monodraw, and I know you're an indie developer, but the price seems bonkers for what it is, even at discount. If others pay it, though, I guess the price is right :)

[milen]

You're absolutely right. Monodraw is tailored more at making diagrams but that's just the beginning. My long term plan is to make it the one-stop app to everything ASCII related.

[jquast]

Much like PabloDraw and PhotoShop, Both products are closed source, so I'm still looking.

[zyxley]

A nitpick: All the animated stuff in the properties sidebar is distracting and feels slow and annoying.

Also, I might be tempted to pay $29.99, but $49.99 feels like too much to me for such a niche product, especially since that's more than some full-fledged multipurpose image editors like Pixelmator.

[milen]

Thanks for the feedback :)

Regarding animations, everything can be turned off (some people love them, others hate them). Check out the options in the Prefs window (Monodraw > Preferences from the menu bar).

[ohrobot]

Will Monodraw be available on the Mac AppStore as well?

[milen]

We haven't made a decision yet. Obviously, we cannot distribute beta software on the Mac App Store at the moment. Once we have the final v1 version, we will decide whether we will distribute on the MAS or not.

In the mean time, you can just use the free beta (it will run for at least a few months).

[drt]

Congrats on the launch!