Linux society's response to Guitar Hero. :)
This game is written in Perl language, so it depends on perl interpreter. It also needs libtermkey and some extra Perl modules:
- Term::ReadKey
- Term::TermKey
- POE
- POE::Wheel::TermKey
If you don't know how to install Perl modules, look at How to install CPAN modules. If you have problems with installation of Term::TermKey, make sure that libtermkey is available in your operating system. If not - Installing Term::TermKey returns error should help you.
To install Terminal Hero type in your shell:
perl Makefile.PL
make
make install
The binary will be installed in:
/usr/bin/vendor_perl
You might have to relogin or update your PATH variable by hand.
On Debian/Ubuntu systems you can install Terminal Hero from the APT repository:
curl -fsSL https://maciej-ciemborowicz.eu/apt/terminalhero/terminalhero-archive-keyring.gpg | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/terminalhero-archive-keyring.gpg >/dev/null
echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/terminalhero-archive-keyring.gpg] https://maciej-ciemborowicz.eu/apt/terminalhero ./" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/terminalhero.list
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install terminalhero
The package depends on Ubuntu/Debian Perl packages where they are available and vendors POE::Wheel::TermKey, which is not packaged in Ubuntu 24.04.
To build the Debian package and a static APT repository:
packaging/debian/build-deb
packaging/apt/build-repo
To publish the generated APT repository to maciej-ciemborowicz.eu:
TERMINALHERO_APT_SIGNING_KEY=<gpg-key-id> packaging/apt/build-repo
packaging/apt/deploy-server
NOTE: libtermkey is very buggy on OSX!
On macOS you can install Terminal Hero with Homebrew:
brew tap ciembor/terminalhero https://github.com/ciembor/TerminalHero.git
brew install terminalhero
The formula uses a pinned GitHub revision and vendors the required CPAN modules inside the Homebrew keg.
For local formula testing from this checkout:
brew tap ciembor/terminalhero "$PWD"
brew install --build-from-source ciembor/terminalhero/terminalhero
brew test ciembor/terminalhero/terminalhero
Usage: terminalhero [options]
Options:
-e, --easy turn on easy mode
-h, --help display this help
Shortcuts:
Ctrl+D or Esc exit
Rules:
Press keys with letters which are in the green area.
Your score will increase if you do it well and decrease
if you press wrong key. You can also lose health points
and lifes if the letters turns red.
Levels:
You will reach new levels every 64 points.
Each level is a new line, so it is going harder.
Now go and play! :)