diff --git a/gitfiti.py b/gitfiti.py
index 8ea7c841f..22b703e96 100755
--- a/gitfiti.py
+++ b/gitfiti.py
@@ -76,6 +76,42 @@ hireme=[
 [2,0,2,0,2,0,2,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,2,0,2,0,2,0,2,0,0],
 [1,0,1,0,1,0,1,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,1,1]]
 
+ascii_to_number = {
+  '_': 0,
+  '_': 1,
+  '.': 2,
+  ':': 3,
+  '-': 4
+}
+
+def str_to_sprite(content):
+  # Break out lines and filter any excess
+  lines = content.split('\n')
+  def is_empty_line(line):
+    return len(line) != 0
+  lines = filter(is_empty_line, lines)
+
+  # Break up lines into each character
+  split_lines = map(list, lines)
+
+  # Replace each character with its numeric equivalent
+  for line in split_lines:
+    for index, char in enumerate(line):
+      line[index] = ascii_to_number.get(char, 0)
+
+  # Return the formatted str
+  return split_lines
+
+oneup_str = str_to_sprite("""
+ ------- 
+-:.._..:-
+-..___..-
+-:-----:-
+--_-_-_--
+ -_____- 
+  -----  
+""")
+
 images={
 'kitty':kitty,
 'oneup':oneup,
@@ -84,7 +120,8 @@ images={
 'octocat':octocat,
 'octocat2':octocat2,
 'hello':hello,
-'hireme':hireme
+'hireme':hireme,
+'oneup_str':oneup_str
 }
 
 def load_images(imgNames):
diff --git a/tmp.py b/tmp.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..11975357d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tmp.py
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+ascii_to_number = {
+  '_': 0,
+  '_': 1,
+  '.': 2,
+  ':': 3,
+  '-': 4
+}
+
+def str_to_sprite(content):
+  # Break out lines and filter any excess
+  lines = content.split('\n')
+  def is_empty_line(line):
+    return len(line) != 0
+  lines = filter(is_empty_line, lines)
+
+  # Break up lines into each character
+  split_lines = map(list, lines)
+
+  # Replace each character with its numeric equivalent
+  for line in split_lines:
+    for index, char in enumerate(line):
+      line[index] = ascii_to_number.get(char, 0)
+
+  # Return the formatted str
+  return split_lines
+
+oneup_str = str_to_sprite("""
+ ------- 
+-:.._..:-
+-..___..-
+-:-----:-
+--_-_-_--
+ -_____- 
+  -----  
+""")
+
+print oneup_str
\ No newline at end of file