The latest articles on DEV Community by Mukund Vishwakarma (@mukund-vish). https://dev.to/mukund-vish https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F4059265%2F7622b229-37c5-4cc7-bd40-eb7a2692fc26.png https://dev.to/mukund-vish en Mukund Vishwakarma Sun, 02 Aug 2026 16:51:59 +0000 https://dev.to/mukund-vish/pokecli-pokemon-rpg-that-runs-on-your-terminal-5b6 https://dev.to/mukund-vish/pokecli-pokemon-rpg-that-runs-on-your-terminal-5b6 <p>I have built this python project, a turn based battle system game where you can catch pokemons have them battle with some of my own unique twist and turns. I hope you would enjoy!<br> </p> <div class="ltag-github-readme-tag"> <div class="readme-overview"> <h2> <img src="https://assets.dev.to/assets/github-logo-5a155e1f9a670af7944dd5e12375bc76ed542ea80224905ecaf878b9157cdefc.svg" alt="GitHub logo"> <a href="https://github.com/mukund-vish" rel="noopener noreferrer"> mukund-vish </a> / <a href="https://github.com/mukund-vish/PokeCLI" rel="noopener noreferrer"> PokeCLI </a> </h2> <h3> Turn-based Pokémon battles with an AI that actually scores its decisions, real stakes (3 lives, no continues), and zero hardcoded game everything's data-driven. </h3> </div> <div class="ltag-github-body"> <div id="readme" class="md"><div class="markdown-heading"> <h1 class="heading-element">PokeCLI 🎮🔥</h1> </div> <p>A <strong>console-based Pokémon game</strong> built entirely in Python — a prototype built to demonstrate a solid grasp of core and intermediate Python concepts: OOP, data acquisition &amp; cleaning, data-driven game design, JSON persistence, and game-state management, through a fully playable, text-driven RPG loop.</p> <div class="markdown-heading"> <h2 class="heading-element">📖 About</h2> </div> <p>PokeCLI is a turn-based, menu-driven Pokémon game that runs entirely in the terminal. You create a character, save your progress to disk, pick a starter, then train, explore, shop, and manage your party — all through simple numbered prompts.</p> <p>Under the hood it's more than a menu loop: Pokémon have real stat formulas, growth curves, evolutions, and status effects; wild encounters are weighted by rarity and player level; trainer battles use a lightweight AI to pick moves and switch Pokémon; and everything is serialized to and from a JSON save file. All of the Pokémon and move data the game runs on was…</p></div> </div> <div class="gh-btn-container"><a class="gh-btn" href="https://github.com/mukund-vish/PokeCLI" rel="noopener noreferrer">View on GitHub</a></div> </div> programming python cli