A bank card tries to pay, the charge is declined, the card gives a gentle shake and a red cross appears.
╭──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮ │ │ │ ╭───────────────────────╮ │ │ │ CREDIT · ))) │ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ │ │ │ · · · │ ▓▓███████▓▓ │ │ │ ▄▄▄▄ · · ·│ ▓███████████▓ │ │ │ █▀▀█ · · │ ▓███████████▓ │ │ │· · · │ ▓███████████▓ │ │ │ •••• •••• •••• 0019 · │ ▓▓███████▓▓ │ │ │ · · · │ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ │ │ │ S. RIVERA · 11/27 │ │ │ ╰───────────────────────╯ │ │ declined by issuer │ │ │ │ Payment declined │ │ Your bank declined the charge. Try another card. │ │ ╭───────────╮ ╭──────────────────╮ │ │ │ Try again │ │ Use another card │ │ │ ╰───────────╯ ╰──────────────────╯ │ ╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
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<script type="module" src="https://www.ascii-magic.com/ascii/ascii.js"></script>
<ascii-art piece="empty-payment-failed"></ascii-art>// copy empty-payment-failed.js and kit.js into your project, then:
import { useEffect, useRef } from "react";
import create from "./empty-payment-failed.js";
export function Piece() {
const ref = useRef(null);
useEffect(() => {
const draw = create(), t0 = performance.now();
let raf;
const tick = () => {
const f = draw((performance.now() - t0) / 1000);
ref.current.textContent = f.text ?? f;
raf = requestAnimationFrame(tick);
};
tick();
return () => cancelAnimationFrame(raf);
}, []);
return <pre ref={ref} style={{ lineHeight: 1, fontFamily: "Menlo, Consolas, monospace" }} />;
}npx --yes https://www.ascii-magic.com/ascii/cli.tgz empty-payment-failed<!-- Download GIF below, commit it, then: -->
<p align="center">
<img src="assets/empty-payment-failed.gif" alt="Payment Declined Shake, animated ASCII art" width="720">
</p>Pause on the frame you like, pick a look, then download it at an exact size.
MIT licensed. It imports one small helper file, kit.js.
/* empty-payment-failed: a card tries to pay, gets declined, gives a gentle shake and shows a red cross. */
import { Grid, palette, clamp } from "../lib/kit.js";
const pal = palette(["#e6edf3", "#8b949e", "#484f58", "#30363d", "#7ee787", "#79c0ff", "#ffa657", "#ff7b72", "#d2a8ff", "#f2cc60", "#da3633", "#56d4dd", "#1b4b5a"]);
// 0 text, 1 muted, 2 dim, 3 border, 4 green, 5 blue, 6 orange, 7 red, 8 purple, 9 yellow, a deep red, b teal, c deep teal
export const meta = {
slug: "empty-payment-failed",
name: "Payment Declined Shake",
category: "empty-states",
note: "A bank card tries to pay, the charge is declined, the card gives a gentle shake and a red cross appears.",
tags: ["empty-state", "payment", "error", "checkout", "billing"],
cols: 60, rows: 20, fps: 24,
palette: pal,
};
const fit = (s, w) => (s.length <= w ? s : s.slice(0, Math.max(0, w - 2)) + "..");
const PERIOD = 6, FAIL = 1.4;
export default function create() {
const W = meta.cols, H = meta.rows;
const g = new Grid(W, H);
const S = (x, y, c, co) => { x = Math.round(x); y = Math.round(y); if (x >= 1 && y >= 1 && x < W - 1 && y < H - 1) g.set(x, y, c, co); };
const T = (x, y, s, co) => { for (let i = 0; i < s.length; i++) S(x + i, y, s[i], co); };
const mid = (y, s, co) => { s = fit(s, W - 4); g.text(Math.floor((W - s.length) / 2), y, s, co); };
const card = (x, y, bad) => {
const w = 25, h = 10, ec = bad ? "7" : "b";
for (let j = 0; j < h; j++) for (let i = 0; i < w; i++) {
const edge = j === 0 || j === h - 1 || i === 0 || i === w - 1;
const ch = j === 0 ? (i === 0 ? "╭" : i === w - 1 ? "╮" : "─") : j === h - 1 ? (i === 0 ? "╰" : i === w - 1 ? "╯" : "─") : edge ? "│" : (i * 3 + j) % 8 === 0 ? "·" : " ";
S(x + i, y + j, ch, edge ? ec : "c");
}
T(x + 2, y + 1, "CREDIT", "1"); T(x + w - 6, y + 1, ")))", "1");
T(x + 2, y + 3, "▄▄▄▄", "9"); T(x + 2, y + 4, "█▀▀█", "9");
T(x + 2, y + 6, "•••• •••• •••• 0019", "0");
T(x + 2, y + 8, "S. RIVERA", "1"); T(x + w - 7, y + 8, "11/27", "1");
};
return (t) => {
g.clear();
g.box(0, 0, W, H, "round", "3");
const lt = t % PERIOD;
const bad = lt >= FAIL;
const a = lt - FAIL;
const dx = bad ? Math.sin(a * 34) * 2.2 * Math.exp(-a * 4.5) : 0;
const BX = 44, BY = 6;
if (bad) {
const sc = Math.min(1, a / 0.2);
const rx = 6.5 * sc, ry = 3.4 * sc;
for (let y = BY - 4; y <= BY + 4; y++) for (let x = BX - 8; x <= BX + 8; x++) {
const d = Math.hypot((x - BX) / rx, (y - BY) / ry);
if (d < 1) S(x, y, d > 0.85 ? "▓" : "█", d > 0.85 ? "a" : "7");
}
if (sc >= 1) for (let i = -2; i <= 2; i++) { S(BX + i * 1.5, BY + i, "█", "0"); S(BX - i * 1.5, BY + i, "█", "0"); }
} else {
for (let k = 0; k < 3; k++) {
const hop = Math.max(0, Math.sin(lt * 9 - k * 0.9));
S(BX - 3 + k * 3, BY - Math.round(hop * 1.4), "●", "5");
}
}
card(5 + Math.round(dx), 2, bad);
if (bad) g.text(BX - 9, 12, "declined by issuer", "2");
mid(14, bad ? "Payment declined" : "Processing payment...", bad ? "7" : "0");
mid(15, bad ? "Your bank declined the charge. Try another card." : "Please keep this window open.", "1");
const B1 = "Try again", B2 = "Use another card";
const w1 = B1.length + 4, w2 = B2.length + 4, gap = 2, x1 = Math.floor((W - w1 - w2 - gap) / 2), x2 = x1 + w1 + gap;
g.box(x1, 16, w1, 3, "round", bad ? "5" : "3"); g.text(x1 + 2, 17, B1, bad ? "5" : "2");
g.box(x2, 16, w2, 3, "round", "3"); g.text(x2 + 2, 17, B2, bad ? "1" : "2");
return g.frame();
};
}
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