Elysian Shadows

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LockWindowUpdate(GetConsoleWindow()); //disables drawing in the command console (freezing it so that you don't see the clearing of the screen)
system("cls");//Clear the console
//Do all your drawing/rendering/text
LockWindowUpdate(NULL);//re-enables drawing in the command console

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#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
#include <windows.h>
#include <math.h>

#define SCREEN_WIDTH 80
#define SCREEN_HEIGHT 25

int main( void )
{
	int x = 20;
	int y = 10;
	float ang = 0;
	float rad = 6;

	HANDLE hOutput = (HANDLE)GetStdHandle( STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE );
	COORD dwBufferSize = { SCREEN_WIDTH,SCREEN_HEIGHT };
	COORD dwBufferCoord = { 0, 0 };
	SMALL_RECT rcRegion = { 0, 0, SCREEN_WIDTH-1, SCREEN_HEIGHT-1 };

	CHAR_INFO buffer[SCREEN_HEIGHT][SCREEN_WIDTH];

	ReadConsoleOutput( hOutput, (CHAR_INFO *)buffer, dwBufferSize,
	dwBufferCoord, &rcRegion );

	while(1)
	{
		ang += 0.1;
		buffer[y+(int)(rad*sin(ang))][x+(int)(rad*cos(ang))].Char.AsciiChar = 'X';
		buffer[y+(int)(rad*sin(ang))][x+(int)(rad*cos(ang))].Attributes = 0x0E;
		WriteConsoleOutput( hOutput, (CHAR_INFO *)buffer, dwBufferSize,dwBufferCoord, &rcRegion );
		Sleep(10);

		buffer[y+(int)(rad*sin(ang))][x+(int)(rad*cos(ang))].Char.AsciiChar = ' ';
		WriteConsoleOutput( hOutput, (CHAR_INFO *)buffer, dwBufferSize,dwBufferCoord, &rcRegion );
	}

	return 0;
}