Pokete

About

Pokémon is Game Freak's long-running monster-collecting role-playing game series, created by Satoshi Tajiri, beginning in 1996 with Pokémon Red and Green in Japan. Pokete is a terminal-based creature-collecting game written in Python, styled after Pokémon (the project's own README describes it only as "a very popular and old game by Gamefreak"). Players catch and train "Poketes" using a type-effectiveness system, battle wild creatures and other trainers, and manage a deck/inventory, all rendered in the terminal with colored characters; it's installable via pip, the AUR, or a prebuilt AppImage.

How it differs from the original

It uses its own original creature names ("Poketes") and a custom type chart (Normal, Stone, Plant, Water, Fire, Ground, Electro, Flying, Undead, Ice) rather than Pokémon's actual species, types, or assets.

Getting started

It can be installed via pip, the AUR, or a prebuilt AppImage on Linux, or tried directly in a browser through a hosted Replit instance with no installation needed. Movement uses the W, A, S, and D keys, and an in-game help option covers further usage.

Media

Additional notes

Trivia

The README deliberately avoids naming Pokémon directly, describing the game only as being "in the style of a very popular and old game by Gamefreak."