mighty-quest-for-tux

Unix style text adventure.

Setup and installation

To install all required dependencies use

npm install

Compile and run

To build the sources, watch them for changes and start the server type

npm start

If you need to install the type definitions because you get errors like Cannot find moduel 'react' run

npm run-script typings

If you only want to build the sources use

npm run-script webpack

To build the consoles content type

npm run-script parse-content

To only start the server run

npm run-script lite

Console content

The content for the console resides in src/content. Each level or stage get's it's own folder. The intro for example can be found in the intro folder.

Each file in this folder is available in the console except for some special files. Files that start with a . are hidden by default. You have to run the list command with the all parameter to see them.

Special files

welcome.md

The content of this file will be shown when the console starts.

config.json

This file contains some configurations for the console like executable files or readonly files.

{
  "executables": [{
    "command": "tutorial",
    "helpText": "Starts the tutorial.",
    "file": "tutorial.ts",
    "runNamespace": "tutorial.tutorial"
  }],
  "writeable": ['a-file-you-can-write'],
  "noRead": ["a-file-you-cannot-read-write-execute"]
}

executables List of Typescript files that can be executed.

writeable List of files that can be modified by the user.

noRead List of files that can not be read by the user. Files can be read by default.

*.ts

Typescript files can be used to create executables for a certain level.

To execute a typescript file add them to the executables section of the config.json file.

1. Add a import to the console file on top of the script
2. Add the code in a namespace. The name of the namespace must be the same as the runNamespace property in the executable config.
3. Add your code inside the namespace.
4. export a function that takes the commandParams as argument and returns void. This function is executed when the user enters your command in the console.

import { console } from '../console';

namespace intro.credits {
    export function run(commandParams: console.CommandParams): void {
        commandParams.console.executeCommand('read credits.md');
    }
}