[WIP] Using Lights to make any Image using only scripting

[Apjjm]

Today I adjusted the system to fix a small bug and support colours. Still need to improve the int encoding routine, but pictures only require UINTs so that is low on the list of fixes right now. I also recorded a stress test with a picture using 10k lights, unsurprisingly this lagged a little bit - but it worked and looks really cool. I had to write a timer which drew half a column at a time so I could be sure the game didn't crash!





If you are interested in the string that was generated for this picture:
http://pastebin.com/D9yC3gbF
Using the alphabet:

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string alphabet = " !()*+,-.0123456789:;<=>?ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[]_abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}";
uint tSize=4;

So, as it is, it really is only feasible for small images with less than 2k lights - but that was kind of obvious from the start.