Ask HN: Terminal-Based Games for Kids

Posted by meow112012 on Saturday January 02, 2021 @05:03AM
from the ask-hn dept.

I don't want to make it hard but accidentally I've found that linux terminal-based games/tools are just awesome for my kids too. They now can log in to the machine themselves, start the shell and there are already two fun things they can spend a lot of time with

* ponysay * cowsay

Are there any more games/tools for kids which are based on terminal?

To be honest, I can give them xfce/gui access, but then there are a ton of things they/I have to worry.

Thanks

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Re:Ask HN: Terminal-Based Games for Kids by Aeronwen on Saturday January 02, 2021 @09:15AM (#25612951)

There should be a package with a bunch of BSD terminal games. Usually named bsdgames or bsd-games depending on the distro.

Also grab moon-buggy if it's available.

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Re:Ask HN: Terminal-Based Games for Kids by giantg2 on Sunday January 03, 2021 @08:19AM (#25621609)

You could have them program their own, like the number guessing game that will pick a number between 1-100 and they have to guess it and it will tell them 'higher' or 'lower'. Then teach the trick about guessing in 7 tries (pick the middle number each time).

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Re:Ask HN: Terminal-Based Games for Kids by schwartzworld on Sunday January 03, 2021 @07:49PM (#25626807)

espeak is a fun time. My preliterate kids even enjoy it.

I made a cowsay clone in rust you are welcome to use https://schwartz.world/garfsay but you'll need to have rust/cargo installed to install it.

Gcompris can be launched from the command line too

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Re:Ask HN: Terminal-Based Games for Kids by jolmg on Monday January 04, 2021 @08:20AM (#25630937)

gnugo, nethack

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