A fun pokemon game which enables you to explore the pokemon world and catch pokemon, all from the command line!
The game requires Go 1.22.x or higher. With the required version of Golang installed, clone the repository with
git clone https://github.com/Greeshmanth1909/pokedexCli
To compile a binary, run this command in the root of the project ie. the directory that contains main.go
go build
To run the program without building, run
go run .
Once the program starts running, the terminal screen should have a prompt that says Pokedex > and look something like this
Here are the list of commands that can be entered,
| Command | Description | Usage |
|---|---|---|
| help | Displays a help message | Pokedex >help |
| exit | Quits the game | Pokedex >exit |
| map | Displays the names of the next 20 locations in the pokemon world | Pokedex >map |
| mapb | Displays the names of the previous 20 locations in the pokemon world, if there are any | Pokedex >mapb |
| explore | Displays the names of the pokemon present in the provided area | Pokedex >explore <area-name> |
| catch | Attempts to catch a pokemon, the chance of a successful catch depends on the base_experience of a pokemon. Higher the base_xp the harder it is to catch. |
Pokedex >catch <pokemon-name> |
| inspect | Shows important statistics of a caught pokemon | Pokedex >inspect <pokemon-name> |
| pokedex | Displays all the pokemon the user caught | Pokedex >pokedex |
The program connects to the pokeApi to fetct the necessary resources
The program caches fetched resources in memory for 5 minutes to improve performance