POKE-IT is a REPL command line game, it fetches directly from the PokeApi in real time, the users can traverse various worlds , capture pokemons if there powers permit, lookup statistics for captured pokemons, etc. it stores the data in a real time custom cache implemented using Sync mutexes increasing the efficiency of the program.
poke-it help: "displays cli commands"poke-it map: "displays Location Areas"poke-it mapb: "displays previous Location Areas"poke-it catch: "Catches the pokemon present in the area"poke-it inspect: "displays info of previously caught pokemon"poke-it explore: "displays pokemons in the Location Area"poke-it pokedex: "displays all the pokemons caught"poke-it exit: "exits cli"
It requires golang to be installed and available on the command line client.
clone the repository and select the folder
git clone https://github.com/jaydee029/Poke-it
cd Poke-it
Build the executable and run the executable to start the REPL backend For unix based systems/WSL
go build -o pokeit
./pokeit
For windows cmd
go build
poke-it.exe
For the program to be globally available add the executable to your system path, and call it from anywhere in the system.
- Custom Cache Implementation: Caching has been implemented from scratch for this program, Sync mutexes has been used for this purpose , which store the data in a key value pair format in the form of bytes, for a certain time period. If a user enters a command , the program first checks the chache , if the key-value pair exists then data is displayed else, the program fetches it from the api.
- Platform Agnostic: The program is platform agnostic, ie it works for most of command line clients , including the ones based on windows/Unix/Mac type operating systems. The only requirement being that Golang is installed.