I've completed the outline for the session on commandline gaming.
Fun on the Commandline
0) Introduction
- Explain that there are great games that don't need X or OpenGL.
- The "main" Linux gaming site: happypenguin.org
1) Classic Arcade Games & Eye Candy
- aalib / bb (demoscene)
- ninvaders
- robots
- snake
- worm
- typespeed / gtypist
- sabre (svgalib flightsim)
- asciijump
- tetris (bsdgames)
2) Interactive Fiction
- the text adventure medium, brief history
- adventure
- battlestar (bsdgames)
- infocom (zork)
- inform (Curses, Shade, All Roads, Adverbum, Christminster, Photopia,
Theatre)
- wurb.com/if
3) Roguelikes
- overview, explanation of gameplay style / features, brief history
- nethack (one of the originals)
- crawl
- gearhead
- moria
- omega
- tome
- angband
- castlevaniarl
- doomrl
- PerlRL
I don't really have any further notes; I'll just talk about each game as I go
along. The list looks large, but I have little to say about some of the games.
I was also unable to attain a laptop. I dunno how many people usually show up
at meetings. Are there usually enough to merit using a projector anyway? Then
again, being in the front of a room seems slightly intimidating. A relaxed
discussion-like atmosphere seems more appropriate. Any word yet on the time and
location?
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