Ask HN: Terminal-Based Games for Kids

[meow112012]

I don't want to make it hard but accidentally I've found that linux terminal-based games/tools are just awesome for my kids too. They now can log in to the machine themselves, start the shell and there are already two fun things they can spend a lot of time with

* ponysay * cowsay

Are there any more games/tools for kids which are based on terminal?

To be honest, I can give them xfce/gui access, but then there are a ton of things they/I have to worry.

Thanks

[Aeronwen]

There should be a package with a bunch of BSD terminal games. Usually named bsdgames or bsd-games depending on the distro.

Also grab moon-buggy if it's available.

[giantg2]

You could have them program their own, like the number guessing game that will pick a number between 1-100 and they have to guess it and it will tell them 'higher' or 'lower'. Then teach the trick about guessing in 7 tries (pick the middle number each time).

[schwartzworld]

espeak is a fun time. My preliterate kids even enjoy it.

I made a cowsay clone in rust you are welcome to use https://schwartz.world/garfsay but you'll need to have rust/cargo installed to install it.

Gcompris can be launched from the command line too

[jolmg]

gnugo, nethack