textplayer

This code provides a Python interface for running text-based games using Frotz.

Requirements

The only requirement is Frotz, a Z-Machine interpreter written by Stefan Jokisch in 1995-1997. More information here.

Download this source code, then perform the following commands in the textplayer folder.

$ git clone https://github.com/DavidGriffith/frotz.git
$ cd frotz
$ make dumb

TextPlayer.py can now be used.

Usage

Example commands are below.

import textplayer.textplayer as tp
t = tp.TextPlayer('zork1.z5')
start_info = t.run()
command_output = t.execute_command('go north')
if t.get_score() != None:
    score, possible_score = t.get_score()
t.quit()

To run games interactively in the terminal, run the bash command below in the textplayer folder.

$ frotz/dfrotz games/zork1.z5

Games

Games are provided in this repo, but more games are available here.

Miscellaneous

If you are the copyright holder for any of these game files and object to their distribution in this repository, e-mail the owner at daniel.ricks4 (-a-t-) gmail.com.