battlestar

Text-based science fiction adventure game

TLDR

Start a new Battlestar game

$ battlestar

Restore a saved game from a file

$ battlestar -r [savefile]

battlestar is a text adventure game from the BSD games collection. Set aboard a battlestar at the tail end of a fierce space battle, players must explore the wreckage, find essential items, and survive encounters while navigating through various locations including tropical islands.The game uses a parser-based input system where players type natural language commands to interact with the environment. Navigation uses compass directions (when carrying a compass) or relative directions (right, left, ahead, back).

PARAMETERS

-r

Restore a previously saved game.

file

Name of saved game file to restore.

PREVIEW

You are in the cockpit.
Strewn about are pieces
of broken instrumentation.

> look

COMMANDS

- take/drop - Manage items- wear/draw - Equip items- inven - Display inventory- score - Show current game status- save - Save game- ! - Shell escape- N/S/E/W - Compass directions (requires compass)- R/L/A/B - Right, left, ahead, back

CAVEATS

Text-only interface. Requires understanding of adventure game conventions. Parser can be finicky about phrasing. Part of the bsd-games package, which may not be installed by default.

HISTORY

battlestar was written by David Riggle in 1979 as an experiment with the C programming language. It has been part of BSD games distributions since then.