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tamagotchesque

v1.0.4

Published

A tamagotchi type game played in the terminal.

Readme

Tamagotchesque

Bored?... Need to waste 20-30+ minutes?... Well then Tamagotchesque is perfect for you!
Not bored?... Well give it a try anyways!

What is Tamagothcesque - Your DigitalPal? It is a Tamagotchi type game.
Where do I play with this "so called" DigitalPal? Directly in your command line.
When should I do this? There's no time like the present. Do it now!!
How does it work? Using Node of course.
Why should I? Why not?
A little more information please? Ok... fine:

  • Choose a DigitalPal to play with.
  • Each time that you play with your pal you have a posibility of experiencing different play outcomes.
  • After you've finished playing don't forget to eat something.
  • Once you've had a full "day" it's time to go to sleep.
  • Wake up and have another full "day" with your DigitalPal and/or choose a different DigitalPal to play with.

It's as simple as that!

Install

Create a folder where you would like to access this game and run the following commands in this directory from your command line.
$ npm init -y to create a package.json file
$ npm install tamagotchesque to install the game
$ npm install in order to make sure that all of the dependencies have been installed correctly on your local machine

Usage

In the root directory of your project create a new file - for example app.js - and within that file require the package and call it:

const tama = require("tamagotchesque")  
tama.game  

Then in your command line (making sure you are in the correct directory) run node app.js and have fun!
Or if you named your file something else, replace 'app.js' with the name of your file.

You will have the best user experience if you size your command line window to be at least 115 wide x 30 long.

Also, with the coloring it appears to look best against a black background.

Most importantly... HAVE FUN!!!

Tech Used

Javascript
Node

  • Inquirer
  • Colors

Preview

Owl DigitalPal

Credits

For putting together an awesome library of ASCII Art images from whence I obtained most of the artwork: ascii-art.de
For creating ASCII Art words in multiple different fonts: patorjk.com