The text tool in flash is pretty kickass. It would be way too masochist to do this in a plain text editor with regards to keyframes. I didn't make this, but I would like to someday.
I know how I'm going to start making ASCII/Unicode animations now.
You have a greater chance in life of experiencing the lazarus phenomenon (Being declared dead and then living again a short brief period later) than making some earth shattering masterpiece of a work.
