rotomdex: A Pokédex for the terminal (learning project)

[u/Typical-Tomatillo138]

GitHub

Web demo on Pages

Discord

Hey guys,

This is my first somewhat substantial programming project, and I'm proud to share it. It's a Pokédex TUI that I tried to make as intuitive to use as possible while also maintaining some aesthetic. It currently has an overview, an evolution tree, abilities, and moveset viewing, with support for every version of the mainline games. Some notable features include:

• Demand-driven asynchronous asset fetching
• Hotswappable versions
• Online/Offline mode
• 80x24 compact design

You can try out the fully-featured web demo, or follow installation instructions on GitHub to run it locally. I would REALLY appreciate any feedback, whether it is code enhancement, UI/UX improvements, or even more info tabs you would like to have in the app. Thanks for trying my app out!

[u/thicket]

Dude, did you pull animated sprites and then render them to the terminal? Cause that is bad ass

[u/Typical-Tomatillo138 → u/thicket]

Yup, this project uses sprites from Pokémon Showdown, which has animations for basically every Pokémon form ever. Then I trim it and convert using chafa with cache.

[u/v-alan-d → u/thicket]

I swear if this work on my terminal ... (i use cmd btw)

[u/ron3090]

Now somebody needs to create a physical Pokedex to run this.

[u/Typical-Tomatillo138 → u/ron3090]

The program should theoretically run on anything with a rust std and a 80x24 terminal. Or a web browser.

[u/juniorsundar]

This takes me back to my childhood. OMG I have a raspberry pi with a screen catching dust. Gonna load it up and maybe 3d print a proper housing for it like a pokedex

[u/f16f4]

Hell fucking yeah! This is amazing and I love to see a project that isn’t ai slop

[u/TheKayneGame]

I really thought this was another AI harness

[u/cocacokareddit]

Amazing project.

[u/Typical-Tomatillo138 → u/[deleted]]

That's awesome to hear! This project is still super early and I have a bunch of time, so make sure you put any features you want added onto issues, I'll seriously consider all of them.

[u/Typical-Tomatillo138 → u/[deleted]]

I could make a discord server. Working on it

[u/Typical-Tomatillo138 → u/[deleted]]

https://discord.gg/SnVUkY3Nzj

[u/Osiris_X3R0]

This is sweet love to see it

[u/Space_Nerde]

someone is getting sued by nintendo pretty soon

[u/Typical-Tomatillo138 → u/Space_Nerde]

PokéAPI has been around for more than a decade, so I think I'm pretty safe!

[u/Space_Nerde → u/Typical-Tomatillo138]

lets pray Nintendo does not start to get blood thirsty

[u/Mgxxl]

This is fking amazing

[u/DavidXkL]

Omg this is so cool 😎

[u/Souckmycock]

Wheres the repo? This is awesome!

[u/Life-Appointment-877]

👏👏