A game in which you move a rabbit trying to reach grass without being eaten or fired at.
You need the rust toolchain, which is best installed through https://rustup.rs
Clone this repository, then run
cargo install --path PATH
where PATH is the path to the directory.
Pick it up at https://snapcraft.io/lapin
You may download them on https://dystroy.org/lapin
Lapin is assumed to
- work on most terminals on linux and mac
- not correctly work on Windows (it should probably be playable with the right terminal and fonts but I can't test myself)
Just start
lapin
then choose the level you want to play.
Use the arrow keys to try move your Lapin (rabbit) to a patch of green grass.
It's better to have one unix account per player as the game remembers what levels have been won.
Type ? at any time to get the help screen:
Your kids don't need to read it: they'll remember the rules if you explain them once.
If you downloaded another file, you may do
lapin play that-other-file.mpack
To create a level, do
lapin edit your_new_file.mpack
To edit it later, use the same command.
The level editor is basically a paint program where the ink can be made of foxes, water, etc. You may also click on the name to change it.
Note: Lapin understands JSON and MessagePack (mpack) formats. When you want to manually edit a file, the JSON format is more convenient. The MessagePack one is more compact.
Do
lapin campaign create my_campaign.json
to create a new empty campaign. It's a clear JSON file you'll manually edit to reference level files (just put their name, for example "sapin" when you have a "sapin.mpack" level file in the same directory).
You don't have to distribute your campaign as a bunch of files. You may pack it, which embeds both the index and the levels into one unique file. You do so by running
lapin campaign pack my_unpacked_campaign.json my_new_packed_campaign.mpack
(it would be possible but pointless to use JSON for the packed campaign too)
If you or your kids like the game, if you made levels or want some, please come to Miaou and tell me.
If you want to discuss the code or improve it, you're welcome too!