A collection of script toys and supporting files. Quality, interest value, and provenance vary. Short descriptions below. Note that a few python-based scripts specify python2 for interpreter.
allvp video poker (includes JoB, DW...and cheating!)
allvp_cardgen utility for allvp, generates playing card images
car_sales the frustration of car bargaining to no good end
divtest long division quiz (for fun?)
dm.vim minesweeper for vim disguised as disk recovery simulator
drawhand playing card display demo script
dwfunc.sh older version of allvp implemented as ksh functions
eightball ask and it will answer yes, no, or maybe
pyhangman with character graphics and >4k word vocabulary
pysudoku a sudoku solver in python (not mine)
sgtmenu cmdline front-end menu for Tatham (sgt-) puzzles
sudokuer generic input/output formatter for sudoku solvers
wordler guess a five-letter word in 6 tries
rps_classic original simple RPS engine, compare w/rps_multi
rps_multi the main engine for n-play RPS, multiplayer capable
rps front-end for pre-packaged RPS games with 3-25 plays
rps_play front-end to run RPS games based on text files
rpsmatch front-end to simplify starting multiplayer RPS
rps_playfile_shifter puts playfile strings in consistent upper/lower case
rps_alchemy [should purge this - see rps_alchemy.txt]
rps_gen [should purge this - old version of rps_multi]
rps_spockliz [should purge this - see rps_spock.txt]
rpsoutcomes.txt pre-packaged play description file used by rps
rps_101.txt RPS with 101 possible plays!
rps_adventure.txt RPS with D&D roles
rps_alchemy.txt RPS 5-play with alchemical "elements"
rps_datacenter.txt RPS with IT job roles
rps_nephilim.txt RPS with Nephilim/Vampire/Nazirite
rps_spock.txt RPS 5-play rock/spock/paper/lizard/scissors
rps_standard.txt RPS - just RPS
rps_warfare.txt RPS 5-play with military assets
backmarq scroll provided text from right to left
bubbles rise from bottom to top of screen
cror paint rorschach blots w/chars, many options, even color
crorplay interactive front end to cror
cyclone wanders left to right across screen
gen_gnomebg_xml generate XML for gnome desktop wallpaper slideshow
keepalive prompts you to hit the enter key periodically
keeper dot on screen every 15 secs, marks minutes
thue_morse.ksh a thue-morse sequence demo script
thue_morse_color.ksh like above but with color!
thue_spinner lame attempt at a thue_morse screen toy
figback backward running marquee display of figlet text
figclock running clock using figlet fonts
figrev reverse/mirror figlet output
bigclock [should purge - see figclock]
buzzphrase generate bureaucratic jargon
edubabble generate education admin jargon
simps generate tech-bureaucracy jargon
zounds generate Shakespearean insults
buzzbingo build bingo cards with buzzphrases
confbingo bingo with conference call events
buzzbingo_sim simulate a BuzzBingo or ConfBingo game!
handey retrieves aphorisms randomly, by date, or search
handey_builder tool for building the compressed handey archive
handey_search repeatedly search handey archive in a loop
handeysign create sign(s) with aphorisms and figlet
alphadial provide numbers for an alpha phone mnemonic
anagram brute force anagram solver
cowsel cowsay given phrase with menu-selected character pic
fromjulian report mo/day for a julian date
fullshuffle a shuffling utility (for systems without shuf)
leapweek simulate a perennial calendar using leap weeks
let2num convert words to numbers (experimental)
letterer like numbering lines, but with letters!
newthous yet another number commifier
matchcal tells you preceding and following calendars matching given year
passtrash garbage-style password generator
permute output all char-level permutations of arg1
shuffler a shuffling utility (for systems without shuf)
twords produce two-word combinations of fixed size - for whatever