Adventure TUI
Adventuring from the Terminal! ⚔🗺️
What is this
Adventure TUI is a text adventure game, where you can explore different world right from you terminal.
You can add your own adventures too, see below to learn how.
Inspiration
I have spent so many nights on text-based adventure games, this is my tribute to Will Crowther's original "Adventure" from early 1970s.
Prerequisites
Before you begin, ensure you have met the following requirements:
- You have installed the latest version of
java
Getting adventure-tui
To get adventure-tui, follow these steps:
git clone https://github.com/2kabhishek/adventure-tui
cd adventure-tui
Using adventure-tui
After cloning you can use VS Code (with Java extentsions), or any other editor/IDE to run this.
For running it from the command line, follow these steps
cd src/
# Compile Adventure.java
javac Adventure.java
# Run Adventure.java
java Adventure
Once you run the game you will be asked to choose an adventure, You can choose between Crowther, Small or a custom adventure you added.
If you see errors while running from the Terminal, you can edit the DATA_PATH variable in src/Adventure.java
How it was built
adventure-tui was built using java and lots of imagination!
Challenges faced
- Building out the Abstractions was challenging
- Breaking the problem into smaller pieces was daunting in the begining
What I learned
While building adventure-tui I learned about
- How to build abstractions using OOP
- Efficient use of txt files for data storage
- Building Text adventure games is fun!
What's next
Maybe add a new game, just have to add a new rooms and objects file!
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adventure-tui
Adventuring from the Terminal! ⚔🗺️
What is this
Adventure TUI is a text adventure game, where you can explore different world right from you terminal.
You can add your own adventures too, see below to learn how.
Inspiration
I have spent so many nights on text-based adventure games, this is my tribute to Will Crowther's original "Adventure" from early 1970s.
Prerequisites
Before you begin, ensure you have met the following requirements:
- You have installed the latest version of
java
Getting adventure-tui
To get adventure-tui, follow these steps:
git clone https://github.com/2kabhishek/adventure-tui
cd adventure-tui
Using adventure-tui
After cloning you can use VS Code (with Java extentsions), or any other editor/IDE to run this.
For running it from the command line, follow these steps
cd src/
# Compile Adventure.java
javac Adventure.java
# Run Adventure.java
java Adventure
Once you run the game you will be asked to choose an adventure…
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