PokeDex CLI

A command-line tool to look up Pokémon information!

Commands

• catch: Catch a Pokémon by specifying its name.
  Example: catch <pokemon-name>
• exit: Exit the application gracefully.
• explore: Explore Pokémon available in a specific location.
  Example: explore <location-name>
• help: Looking for help?
• mapb: Displays the names of the previous 20 location areas.
• map: Displays the names of 20 location areas.
• pokedex: Show a list of all the Pokémon you have caught so far!

Execution

• Requirements: Go 1.20 or higher
• Run: Execute the run.sh script from the command line.

Enjoy exploring the Pokémon world from your terminal!

To-Do

• Update the CLI to support the “up” arrow to cycle through previous commands
• Simulate battles between pokemon
• Add more unit tests
• Refactor your code to organize it better and make it more testable
• Keep pokemon in a “party” and allow them to level up
• Allow for pokemon that are caught to evolve after a set amount of time
• Persist a user’s Pokedex to disk so they can save progress between sessions
• Use the PokeAPI to make exploration more interesting. For example, rather than typing the names of areas, maybe you are given choices of areas and just type “left” or “right”
• Random encounters with wild pokemon
• Adding support for different types of balls (Pokeballs, Great Balls, Ultra Balls, etc), which have different chances of catching pokemon

Progress

Visit the Project section on GitHub to track development progress!