pokedex-cli
A Pokedex in a command-line REPL.
Example usage
Pokedex > catch pidgey
Throwing a Pokeball at pidgey...
pidgey was caught!
You may now inspect it with the inspect command.
Pokedex > catch caterpie
Throwing a Pokeball at caterpie...
caterpie was caught!
You may now inspect it with the inspect command.
Pokedex > pokedex
Your Pokedex:
- pidgey
- caterpieHow to play with it
- install go from https://go.dev/doc/install
- download the repo
- Open your terminal and cd to the root of this project
- check go version (if not successful, then go is not properly installed)
- run "go run main.go" in the terminal and play with it.
Ideas for extending the project
- Update the CLI to support the "up" arrow to cycle through previous commands
- Simulate battles between pokemon
- Add more unit tests
- Refactor your code to organize it better and make it more testable
- Keep pokemon in a "party" and allow them to level up
- Allow for pokemon that are caught to evolve after a set amount of time
- Persist a user's Pokedex to disk so they can save progress between sessions
- Use the PokeAPI to make exploration more interesting. For example, rather than typing the names of areas, maybe you are given choices of areas and just type "left" or "right"
- Random encounters with wild pokemon
- Adding support for different types of balls (Pokeballs, Great Balls, Ultra Balls, etc), which have different chances of catching pokemon