The Oregon Trail
A TUI game heavily based on MECC's 1990 The Oregon Trail
Samples
╔══════════ The Oregon Trail ══════════╗ ║ ║ ║ You may: ║ ║ ║ ║ 1. Start traveling trail ║ ║ 2. Continue traveling trail ║ ║ 3. Learn about the trail ║ ║ 4. Change settings ║ ║ 5. Exit ║ ║ ║ ║ What is your choice? _ ║ ║ ║ ╚══════════════════════════════════════╝
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╔══════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ It is 1848. Your jumping off ║ ║ place for Oregon is ║ ║ Independence, Missouri. You ║ ║ must decide which month to ║ ║ leave Independence. ║ ║ ║ ║ 1. March ║ ║ 2. April ║ ║ 3. May ║ ║ 4. June ║ ║ 5. July ║ ║ 6. Ask for advice ║ ║ ║ ║ What is your choice? ║ ║ ║ ╚══════════════════════════════════════╝
╔════════ Matt's General Store ════════╗ ║ Independence, Missouri ║ ║ ║ ║ March 1, 1868 ║ ║ ------------------------------ ║ ║ 1. Oxen $0.00 ║ ║ 2. Food $0.00 ║ ║ 3. Clothing $0.00 ║ ║ 4. Ammunition $0.00 ║ ║ 5. Spare parts $0.00 ║ ║ ------------------------------ ║ ║ Total bill: $0.00 ║ ║ ║ ║ Amount you have: $1600.00 ║ ║ ║ ║ Which item would you like ║ ║ to buy? _ ║ ║ ║ ║ Press SPACE BAR to leave store ║ ╚══════════════════════════════════════╝
Bet: $10.50
:: 8
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6 3
♠ ♣
H - Hit
S - Stand
D - Double down
P - Split
Q - Quit
Features
- Written in C
- Save and load progress
- Settings menu
- Colorful
- Mini-games
- Blackjack
- Cross platform
I quite adore the simplicity of oldy video games such as MECC's 1998 The Oregon Trail. That's why I attempted my own version. At the time of writing, it is not even close to completion, but I didn't that to happen.
Implementing baseline, framework-related features such as TUI borders and selection was quite enjoyable. This was my first large C-based project, so, on a recommendation, I used CMake, a popular build system for C/C++.
I wanted to stay away from cross platform input libraries such as ncurses, mostly for educational purposes. However, this meant I had to research and account for the various querks of Windows and Unix (via termios); I would not recommend doing so yourself.
For the screen figures shown in Samples, I wrote a seperate program to capture console output and convert it to HTML. Given a PID, it uses the Win32 API to attach to the console and gather screen buffer text and styles, and cursor position (however, I could not get GetConsoleCursorInfo to cooperate; it always returned an access denied error. If anyone suspects the reason, I am most curious to know).