cshell

A free, technical PowerShell game engine. Try it online!

Setup

Note: Windows only. For other operating systems get the ZIP.

If you've got chocolatey, run choco install powershell.portable. choco install powershell does not work since only the portable version is hosted on the chocolatey community.

Here's a demo:

$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'; # stop on all errors
$toolsDir = "$(Split-Path -parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition)"

$PSVersion = '7.1.3'

$packageArgs = @{
    packageName    = 'powershell.portable'
    # 32-bit
    url            = "https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/releases/download/v$PSVersion/PowerShell-$PSVersion-win-x86.zip"
    checksum       = 'ECFD51545084D9B791874062C39EB0C7C7DD2991265EE7F4DC5064995A614E6C'
    checksumType   = 'sha256'
    # 64-bit
    url64bit       = "https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/releases/download/v$PSVersion/PowerShell-$PSVersion-win-x64.zip"
    checksum64     = '47475F1D4015704F3FB5F6D2CF61196D121ABA60C19592B04BE818317CE01039'
    checksumType64 = $checksumType
    # misc
    unziplocation  = "$toolsDir\pwsh"
}

Install-ChocolateyZipPackage @packageArgs

If you do not have chocolatey, see the instructions at https://chocolatey.org/install. If you would like to use a commercial Choco to install PowerShell, you must install a licensed version (mostly pro).

Now, download the ZIP for CShell. Most people may find a prompt asking for confirmation:

So, type r and press Enter, or extract the ZIP, cd the newly extacted folder's cshell-main subfolder and run Unblock-File .cshell-devs.ps1.

Read the license. If you agree to it, press Enter.

Follow the on-screen instructions then you are ready to go! :)

Comparison

Developer (Non-Server)

Allows you to work freely with the requirement of a workspace.

Server

Build randomly generated PS games with a Game ID and no workspace. Recommended for CI.