Comic Chat

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Do you know IRC, the immortal chat protocol? In a world where text reigned in chatrooms, in the nineties many tried to change the statu quo. One of those experiments is Microsoft Chat, a graphical IRC client that makes your chats look like comic strips. Find a character that represents you among the thousands that have been made for the client and go wild! It's super fun.

(Characters by Gunma Kaori)

Stuff to download

Characters

• Auto downloadable characters from games and anime.

Backgrounds

• Auto downloadable backgrounds from games and anime.

Character editor AVS file creation script (avs.sh)

• I wrote this bash script so I could design characters without using the character editor. You still need the editor to actually export characters to the AVB format Comic Chat understands, but the script makes the task a lot more comfortable. Run ./avs.sh -m to learn more.

BMP image to BGB background converter (bmpbgb)

• Converts images to backgrounds that will automatically download. Read the help file.

Links

• Mermaid Elizabeth's Microsoft Chat resources page
• Koshka's Comic Chat page
• Setting up MS Comic Chat in Wine
• Anthony's IRC page

Technical stuff

• Documentation for the AVS file format used by the character editor