RPG-CLI – your filesystem as a dungeon

Re:RPG-CLI – your filesystem as a dungeon by rossdavidh on Wednesday May 26, 2021 @01:21PM (#27293365)

But what happens if your hero is in a directory when a "rmdir" is issued? It also seems like "~/Desktop" should be a tavern or something. Is sftp the equivalent of a teleport? So many possibilities.

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Re:RPG-CLI – your filesystem as a dungeon by mLuby on Wednesday May 26, 2021 @03:11PM (#27294774)

"The room begins to crumble around you. You barely escape the earthshaking rmdir."

Dotfiles are invisible unless you use a Flag of True Seeing. (-a)

The player could collect and execute scrolls like teleport.bash (provided they have high enough permissions to execute the file).

Bard players could charm (chown) hostile enemies to make them friendly.

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Re:RPG-CLI – your filesystem as a dungeon by smoldesu on Wednesday May 26, 2021 @03:54PM (#27295283)

I sense something off in the room... I cast Detect Magic and invoke ls -l

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Re:RPG-CLI – your filesystem as a dungeon by mLuby on Wednesday May 26, 2021 @05:08PM (#27296129)

"Something off in the room" could be mismatched file count, unusual memory footprint, or processes targeting that path.

Really hope the user can fight and/or summon daemons too.

Final boss could be Zalgo, who slowly corrupts your shell and makes it harder and harder to accurately type commands.

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Re:RPG-CLI – your filesystem as a dungeon by rossdavidh on Wednesday May 26, 2021 @03:33PM (#27295030)

Brilliant.

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