Free text based game software for linux

TextMaze project is a console-based maze game.

It generates random mazes and allows you to traverse them using the arrow keys.

Once you complete the maze you are given an uplifting congratulations.

Exodus Arcade Game project is a humorous maze-running arcade game with hot graphics.

Exodus is an arcade game based on the classic C16 title, Exorcist.

You control Sparkie, a magical star who has been trapped in the Dungeon Dimensions by Wizzbang the Wizard.

Using his special powers, Sparkie can light up the walls of the maze and exorcise the monsters in each room.

Traveling through the maze will bring you to victory and a complete end sequence.

Text Text Revolution project is a text-based ncurses DDR clone.
Text Text Revolution is a text-based Dance Dance Revolution clone.
It supports pyDDRs .step file format (which has now been superceeded by the .dance format), and plans to stream OGG, MP3, or WAV files.
Enhancements:
- Joystick (DDR mat) support is working now. use the -j switch. Its currently hardcoded to use /dev/input/js0.
- Some graphics code was cleaned up, and it is now possible to specify the difficulty (--light, --standard, --hard, or -ln, where n is 1, 2, or 3).

Tenes Empanadas Graciela (TEG) is a turn-based strategy game based on Risk.

Tenes Empanadas Graciela (TEG) is a turn-based strategy game, a clone of "Plan Tactico y Estrategico de la Guerra" based on Risk.

Tickletankle project is a 2 player tank game with fractal terrain.
Tickletankle is a 2 player real-time tank game with fractal terrain that can be played locally or over the Internet or a LAN.
The game is based on Giovanni Tummarellos game "Fractal Fighters".
Enhancements:
- AI player
- improved collision detection
- changing settings in network games is now forbidden
- fixed a terrain synchronization mistake in network games

Text::Starfish.pm and starfish is a Perl-based System for Text-Embedded Programming and Preprocessing.

SYNOPSIS

starfish [ -o=outputfile ] [ -e=initialcode ] [ -replace ] [ -mode=mode ] file...
where files usually contain some Perl code, delimited by < ? and ! >. To produce output to be inserted into the file, use variable $O or function echo.

(The documentation is probably not up to date.)

Starfish is a system for Perl-based text-embedded programming and preprocessing, which relies on a unifying regular expression rewriting methodology. If you know Perl and php, you probably know the basic idea: embed Perl code inside the text, execute it is some way, and interleave the output with the text. Very similar projects exist and some of them are listed in "SEE ALSO". Starfish is, however, unique in several ways. One important difference between starfish and similar programs (e.g. php) is that the output does not necessarily replace the code, but it follows the code by default. It is attempted with Starfish to provide a universal text-embedded programming language, which can be used with different types of textual files.

There are two files in this package: a module (Starfish.pm) and a small script (starfish) that provides a command-line interface to the module. The options for the script are described in subsection ""starfish_cmd list of file names and options"".

The earlier name of this module was SLePerl (Something Like ePerl), but it was changed it to starfish -- sounds better and easier to type. One option was `oyster, but some people are thinking about using it for Perl beans, and there is a (yet another) Perl module for embedded Perl Text::Oyster, so it was not used.
The idea with the `starfish name is: the Perl code is embedded into a text, so the text is equivalent to a shellfish containing pearls. A starfish comes by and eats the shellfish... Unlike a natural starfish, this starfish is interested in pearls and does not normally touch most of the surrounding meat.