The original free-and-open Star Trek console game was THE most played game of the day .... back in the 1970's!
Originally written in B.A.S.I.C, from C/C++, FORTRAN, C#, Python 2 ... and now Python 3, many have been inspired to re-create, improve, and / or simply experiment with the concept.
So far:
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Converted from Python 2, to Python 3.
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Changed in-system coordinates to simple 'chess like' (b,4 (etc)) references.
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Added random event Quips – should make the game a tad more ‘NPC’?
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Added that classic sublight / in system propulsion system. Warp speeds engines are now a seperate navigational system.
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Warp speed selection changes game time. (Thanks Loondas!)
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Heavily re-factored for growth, testing, re-use, and maintenance using modern Python.
Video: https://youtu.be/TpmtCLOJ5Uw
Original authors did an excellent job - made the modernization a WHOLE LOT easier!
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-- Randall Nagy
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Original:
I recently discovered the classic old BASIC game Star Trek_ from 1971, through a post seen on Reddit_.
The post contained a version of the game rewritten in C-Sharp which I thought was quite good. I wondered if anyone had ported it to Python.
After a little bit of research, I didn't find a definitive version for Python.
This is by no means a definitive version itself; I just took the C# version and converted it to Python.
.. _Star Trek: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek_%28text_game%29 .. _Reddit: http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/28228/Star-Trek-Text-Game
There's heaps that can be done with this program. A lot of implementations used global variables. I tried to fix this by encapsulating them in a global object, but this can definitely be improved further.
Here is a list of possible improvements:
- Encapsulate everything in classes
- Include help/instructions
- Add extra features;
- new ships, celestial objects, etc
- new weapon types
- crew functions
- Easier navigation (using cartesian system maybe)
- Make some parts more 'Pythonic'
- ...Plenty more!