old_contents: from asciimatics.renderers import FigletText, Fire
  from asciimatics.scene import Scene
  from asciimatics.screen import Screen
  from asciimatics.effects import Print
  from asciimatics.exceptions import ResizeScreenError
  from pyfiglet import Figlet
  import sys
  
  
  def demo(screen):
      scenes = []
  
      effects = [
          Print(screen,
                Fire(screen.height, screen.width,
                     Figlet(font="banner", width=200).renderText("ASCIIMATICS"),
                     100),
                0,
                speed=1,
                transparent=False),
          Print(screen,
                FigletText("ASCIIMATICS", "banner"),
                screen.height - 9, x=3,
                colour=Screen.COLOUR_BLACK,
                speed=1),
          Print(screen,
                FigletText("ASCIIMATICS", "banner"),
                screen.height - 9,
                colour=Screen.COLOUR_WHITE,
                speed=1),
      ]
      scenes.append(Scene(effects, 600))
  
      screen.play(scenes, stop_on_resize=True)
  
  if __name__ == "__main__":
      while True:
          try:
              Screen.wrapper(demo)
              sys.exit(0)
          except ResizeScreenError:
              pass
  
new_contents: from asciimatics.renderers import FigletText, Fire
  from asciimatics.scene import Scene
  from asciimatics.screen import Screen
  from asciimatics.effects import Print
  from asciimatics.exceptions import ResizeScreenError
  from pyfiglet import Figlet
  import sys
  
  
  def demo(screen):
      scenes = []
  
      effects = [
          Print(screen,
                Fire(screen.height, 80,
                     Figlet(font="banner", width=200).renderText("ASCIIMATICS"),
                     100),
                0,
                speed=1,
                transparent=False),
          Print(screen,
                FigletText("ASCIIMATICS", "banner"),
                screen.height - 9, x=3,
                colour=Screen.COLOUR_BLACK,
                speed=1),
          Print(screen,
                FigletText("ASCIIMATICS", "banner"),
                screen.height - 9,
                colour=Screen.COLOUR_WHITE,
                speed=1),
      ]
      scenes.append(Scene(effects, 600))
  
      screen.play(scenes, stop_on_resize=True)
  
  if __name__ == "__main__":
      while True:
          try:
              Screen.wrapper(demo)
              sys.exit(0)
          except ResizeScreenError:
              pass
  
subject: Reduce computation load of fire demo for wide screens.