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Ask HN: Terminal-Based Games for Kids
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
- schwartzworld 6y agoespeak 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 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
- jolmg 6y agognugo, nethack
- Aeronwen 6y agoThere 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.
- giantg2 6y agoYou 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).