Space Aces: Terminal Edition (SATE)

SATE is based on Space Aces: TNG.

It allows you to play Space Aces in a terminal window, or on a remote server if desired.

Features

• Terminal based interface for maximum portability. You can even play remotely over SSH!
• Persistent character status information. It saves every time you make a change.
• Logging directly to a Markdown formatted file for easy use elsewhere.
• Easy to stay up to date by running SATE with the update flag. (More Info)

Future Plans

• Color coded heat gauge.
• Notes section for typing and saving short notes for later use.

How to Play

Overview

• Download the latest release for your desired OS.
• Extract the archive using your preferred tool (7zip, WinRAR, etc.).
• Run the executable (SATE.exe / SATE) from within your terminal.
• Use the help command in the game for more direction, if needed.

OS Specific Instructions

Windows

First, I highly recommend installing something like Windows Terminal instead of using the built-in Windows command prompt. It will work, but colors are not supported.

• Download the latest release for Windows here.
• Extract the file wherever you choose, but make note of where you put it.
• Within your terminal, navigate to the directory where you extracted SATE to. (Ex.: cd C:\Users\Josh\Downloads\SATE-windows-amd64).
• Type SATE and hit Enter.

This should look something like this:

To get it looking better, try various out some color schemes for your terminal!

I personally use Dracula, and it looks like this under Windows:

Please keep in mind that colors will vary from terminal to terminal. If it has a negative impact on the functionality, please create an issue letting me know what terminal & OS you are using, and include a screenshot if possible.

Mac

[TODO]

Linux

• Within your terminal, download the latest release: wget https://github.com/joshschmille/sate/releases/download/latest/SATE-linux-amd64.tar.gz
• Extract the file using tar -xzvf SATE-linux-amd64.tar.gz.
• Run ./SATE

Character Modification

The majority of the commands provided within SATE will simply use the tables & oracles within SA to generate an outcome for you. You also have the log command to output any content to the log, which I use for pretty much everything.

There is also the character command, which allows you to change the data within the character block on the top-right. This command works a little differently than the others.

To change a given field, specify which one you want to modify, and the new content using the character command, for example:

• character moxie +2 will set the Moxie field to +2.
• character name Willy Washington will set the Name field to Willy Washington.

Commands

Tips

• The help command will output every single top level command available.
• The game log window can be scrolled with your Up and Down arrow keys.
• You can toggle the macguffin panel's visibility with Ctrl-x.

How To Update

SATE can update itself to the latest version by running it with the flag -update, For example: ./SATE -update It will check all releases of SATE and replace itself with the latest version.

A Demo GIF!

This demo was recorded in a Windows Terminal window, using Dracula colors, and inside WSL (Ubuntu).