Text version of Elite trading, in Node.js
Based on C implementation converted by Ian Bell from 6502 Elite sources.
Original 6502 Elite by Ian Bell & David Braben.
Not affiliated with Ian Bell, David Braben or the Elite franchise.
Original C implementation, for reference.
/ref/src contains the original source file retrieved from http://www.iancgbell.clara.net/elite/text/
/ref/win10 contains a Windows 10-compatible build of the same; the executable distributed by Ian Bell is not compatible with Win10.
/ref/scripts contains example game runs provided by contributors to Ian's website. spears.txt relies on the native rand() implementation in Ian's original build; this unfortunately does not match the Win10 build, so this script does not produce the intended result. sinclair.txt uses the platform-independent rand() implementation, and can be used to verify the output of the updated build.
Use
TXTELITE.exe
to play the game interactively, or
TXTELITE.exe < ..\scripts\sinclair.txt
to run one of the example scripts.
Direct port of TXTELITE.C to Node.js, as proof-of-concept.
Original logic and program structure is retained; shims in c_math.js, c_string.js and c_types.js provide C-like behavior for strings and fixed-size numeric types.
Use
node main.js
to play the game interactively, or
node main.js < ..\ref\scripts\sinclair.txt
to run one of the example scripts.
Requires: Node.js 10+
Full re-implementation of TXTELITE in ES6+ for Node.js
The remainder of this README refers to the ES6+ implementation of TXTELITE.
Requirements: node_js@10+, npm@6+
Install:
npm ci
Start game (interactive):
npm start
Start game (example script):
npm start < ref\scripts\sinclair.txt
Run tests:
npm test
- Clean separation of state, logic and presentation layer
- Unidirectional data flow, based on Flux / Redux concepts
- Event-based architecture
- Pure, testable game logic implementations
MIT except where otherwise specified.
/ref/src is (c) Ian C G Bell
/ref/scripts are (c) original authors
/port/printf.js is (c) 2008 Adaltas, used under MIT