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Pokemonsay: Pokemon Version of Cowsay

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Re: Pokemonsay: Pokemon Version of Cowsay

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Post by haveyaseen »

rovr138 wrote: post #14
swebs wrote: post #12

So how do you run this? I just see a bunch of javascript files.

You need to have Node.js installed - https://nodejs.org After that, then it seems like you can execute `node dist/cli.js` for it. So just pipe to that.

If you want to run it from source then clone it and run `npm run start` which will run `npm run build && node ./dist/cli.js` for you (see the scripts entry in the package.json)

Re: Pokemonsay: Pokemon Version of Cowsay

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Post by codetrotter »

While it does support a few additional options according to the README, I think this whole project could have consisted of no code at all and just cowsay template files that you’d copy to the cowsay template directory. Typically /usr/share/cows/

Here is an example of a third-party template for cowsay: https://github.com/lochsh/alpacasay/blob/master/alpaca.cow

Re: Pokemonsay: Pokemon Version of Cowsay

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Post by CM30 »

loser777 wrote: post #3

Awesome, but given Nintendo's history I have to ask if this is the type of thing that provokes a cease-and-desist.

Generally they tend to mostly go after games starring their characters, and usually leave other types of fan works alone. They also don't go after all fan games either, with 99% of them being left alone and close to 100% of ROM hacks being in the same boat. It's also mostly remakes/games rather similar to remakes or official games that get targeted in most cases too.

So no, I don't think this is going to provoke a cease and desist. It's not competing with anything official, and barely even counts as a fan work at all.

Re: Pokemonsay: Pokemon Version of Cowsay

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Post by CM30 »

Probably a bit of a silly question, but are the new Pokemon from Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon and GO/Let'a Go Pikachu/Eevee going to be added to this?

Because the former added Zeraora as well as Poipole, Naganadel, Stakataka and Blacephalon (along with new Necrozma forms), whereas the latter added Meltan and Melmetal. Would be nice to see them added for completeness sake, though it raises the question of how 'complete' these joke projects should be character wise, especially when dealing with series that introduce about 100 new characters every three or so years.

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