pokemonpy 0.2.4

A package that contains a Pokémon simulation game.

Anybody here play Pokémon?

Just me? That's fine.

This program is a text-based game that simulates Pokémon and Pokémon battles and runs right in the terminal. For a more detailed description of the game, check out game_blurb.md. For a demonstration of how to play the game, check out this YouTube video (and like and comment and subscribe). The packaged version of the game is maintained here: https://github.com/4ntoined/pokemonpy-package.

Installing the game

Installing and playing the game requires (1) access to the command line and (2) Python 3.

Access to the command line/terminal:

• Search your computer for 'terminal' or 'command line'.
• On Windows, you'll probably want to use PowerShell and NOT the Command Prompt (cmd.exe).
• Alternatively, there is Windows Subsystem for Linux, which gives you a Linux-like command line environment, if you're will to jump through a few hoops. This is my preferred way to play in Windows as I have no idea how to use PowerShell or CMD.

Python:

• Python 3.7(ish) or later
• https://www.python.org
• For Windows players check out: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/python/beginners

pip

The game is available on the Python Package Index (package here) and can be installed via pip:

pip install pokemonpy

conda

The game is also available as a package through the Anaconda distribution of Python (package here) and can be installed with conda:

conda install antoi::pokemonpy

Starting the game

With the package installed, you can start the game using the rungame.py script in the scripts folder:

python3 rungame.py

You can give the script some optional arguments when you call it:

python3 rungame.py -m -c config_file_path -n "your name" -o "rivals name" -w how_big_to_display_the_game -p number_of_starter_parties -s number_of_pokémon_per_party`

-m to mute the game start-up
-c to tell the game to use a particular configuration file
-n to set your name, used to display in battles
-o to set the name of the rival trainer in the Battle! mode.
-w to set the length of banners and headers throughout the game, defaults to 64 I think
-p to set the number of parties you start with
-s to set the number of Pokémon in each of those parties
-h to have all of this told to you again but by python

Alternatively, you can:

1. start a live session of Python
2. import the package, initialize the game object, and start the game:

python3
import pokemonpy.pokemon as pk
game1 = pk.game()
game1.startgame()

The options for the startgame() function:

pokemonpy.pokemon.game.startgame(
    configname='config.txt', mutegame=(True or False), username="Your Name", opponentname="Op Name", nparty=1, nstart=6, gw=64)

configname - str, to have the game use a particular configuration file
mutegame - bool, set to True to skip the pre-game text
username - str, your name
opponentname - str, the name of the rival trainer
nparty - int, number of Pokémon parties you start with
nstart - int, number of Pokémon in each party
gw - int, sets the length of banners and headers

Some fun things to try with the package

from pokemonpy.base_pokemon import *
parties, fields = maker(2,6,2)
bb = battle(parties[0],parties[1],fields[0],usr_name='Your Name',cpu_name='The Ops')
bb.startbattle()

That's a Pokémon battle in 4 lines. I'm a legend.

Try:

from pokemonpy.base_pokemon import *
parties, fields = maker(2,6,2)
print_party(parties[0])
parties[0][0].summary()
parties[0][0].appraisal()
parties[0][0].save('poke.sav')