A simple program that generates glitch text. It generates it in two ways, in full and sequentially. All though this code is short I believe it would be useful in text based games.
import random
nonunicode = "\xa1\xa2\xa3\xa4\xa5\xa6\xa7\xa8\xa9\xaa\xab\xac\xae\xaf\xb0\xb1\xb2\xb3\xb4\xb5\xb6\xb7\xb8\xb9\xba\xbb\xbc\xbd\xbe\xbf\xc0\xc1\xc2\xc3\xc4\xc5\xc6\xc7\xc8\xc9\xca\xcb\xcc\xcd\xce\xcf\xd0\xd1\xd2\xd3\xd4\xd5\xd6\xd7\xd8\xd9\xda\xdb\xdc\xdd\xde\xdf\xe0\xe1\xe2\xe3\xe4\xe5\xe6\xe7\xe8\xe9\xea\xeb\xec\xed\xee\xef\xf0\xf1\xf2\xf3\xf4\xf5\xf6\xf7\xf8\xf9\xfa\xfb\xfc\xfd\xfe\xff\u0100\u0101\u0102\u0103\u0104\u0105\u0106\u0107\u0108\u0109\u010a\u010b\u010c\u010d\u010e\u010f\u0110\u0111\u0112\u0113\u0114\u0115\u0116\u0117\u0118\u0119\u011a\u011b\u011c\u011d\u011e\u011f\u0120\u0121\u0122\u0123\u0124\u0125\u0126\u0127\u0128\u0129\u012a\u012b\u012c\u012d\u012e\u012f\u0130\u0131\u0132\u0133\u0134\u0135\u0136\u0137\u0138\u0139\u013a\u013b\u013c\u013d\u013e\u013f\u0140\u0141\u0142\u0143\u0144\u0145\u0146\u0147\u0148\u0149\u014a\u014b\u014c\u014d\u014e\u014f\u0150\u0151\u0152\u0153\u0154\u0155\u0156\u0157\u0158\u0159\u015a\u015b\u015c\u015d\u015e\u015f\u0160\u0161\u0162\u0163\u0164\u0165\u0166\u0167\u0168\u0169\u016a\u016b\u016c\u016d\u016e\u016f\u0170\u0171\u0172\u0173\u0174\u0175\u0176\u0177\u0178\u0179\u017a\u017b\u017c\u017d\u017e"
n = 1000 #Change to make text longer
#version 1, prints all out at once
def glitchtext(length):
output = ""
for x in range(length):
output += random.choice(nonunicode)
return output
print (glitchtext(n))
#Version 2, prints out sequentially
def glitchtext():
output = random.choice(nonunicode)
return output
for x in range(n):
print (glitchtext(), end = '')
nonunicode = "\xa1\xa2\xa3\xa4\xa5\xa6\xa7\xa8\xa9\xaa\xab\xac\xae\xaf\xb0\xb1\xb2\xb3\xb4\xb5\xb6\xb7\xb8\xb9\xba\xbb\xbc\xbd\xbe\xbf\xc0\xc1\xc2\xc3\xc4\xc5\xc6\xc7\xc8\xc9\xca\xcb\xcc\xcd\xce\xcf\xd0\xd1\xd2\xd3\xd4\xd5\xd6\xd7\xd8\xd9\xda\xdb\xdc\xdd\xde\xdf\xe0\xe1\xe2\xe3\xe4\xe5\xe6\xe7\xe8\xe9\xea\xeb\xec\xed\xee\xef\xf0\xf1\xf2\xf3\xf4\xf5\xf6\xf7\xf8\xf9\xfa\xfb\xfc\xfd\xfe\xff\u0100\u0101\u0102\u0103\u0104\u0105\u0106\u0107\u0108\u0109\u010a\u010b\u010c\u010d\u010e\u010f\u0110\u0111\u0112\u0113\u0114\u0115\u0116\u0117\u0118\u0119\u011a\u011b\u011c\u011d\u011e\u011f\u0120\u0121\u0122\u0123\u0124\u0125\u0126\u0127\u0128\u0129\u012a\u012b\u012c\u012d\u012e\u012f\u0130\u0131\u0132\u0133\u0134\u0135\u0136\u0137\u0138\u0139\u013a\u013b\u013c\u013d\u013e\u013f\u0140\u0141\u0142\u0143\u0144\u0145\u0146\u0147\u0148\u0149\u014a\u014b\u014c\u014d\u014e\u014f\u0150\u0151\u0152\u0153\u0154\u0155\u0156\u0157\u0158\u0159\u015a\u015b\u015c\u015d\u015e\u015f\u0160\u0161\u0162\u0163\u0164\u0165\u0166\u0167\u0168\u0169\u016a\u016b\u016c\u016d\u016e\u016f\u0170\u0171\u0172\u0173\u0174\u0175\u0176\u0177\u0178\u0179\u017a\u017b\u017c\u017d\u017e"
n = 1000 #Change to make text longer
#version 1, prints all out at once
def glitchtext(length):
output = ""
for x in range(length):
output += random.choice(nonunicode)
return output
print (glitchtext(n))
#Version 2, prints out sequentially
def glitchtext():
output = random.choice(nonunicode)
return output
for x in range(n):
print (glitchtext(), end = '')