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using the browser as your client is an easy way to get playing in seconds, but if you'd prefer to play on your terminal directly (which is actually how I intend most people to play), try this:

1) download a client for your OS from this page:

https://github.com/moul/gotty-client/releases

2) type the following on the command line:

$ gotty-client http://play.eolsh.com:35515

hello everybody out there using bash, zsh, ksh, etc.

i'm doing a new game for command line users. this has been brewing since january and is starting to get ready. i'd like any feedback on things people like/dislike, as well as any questions -- comment here or email me.

  xnk (xnk@eolsh.com)

PS. there is no game guide or real tutorial yet, in fact there is very little of anything resembling a game just yet, but you can play around with the cli itself.

Is there a port to hit this from a real terminal?

soon. already tested, but clients not uploaded yet. definitely part of the plan. it's built such that you can use tmux locally for multiple, simultaneous sessions, and should feel sort of as if you're SSHing into a game world.

let me know which platform you're on and I'll comment here when I've got the client for you. probably will be later today or tomorrow.

actually, all you should have to do is this:

1) download a client for your OS from this page:

https://github.com/moul/gotty-client/releases

2) type the following on the command line:

$ gotty-client http://play.eolsh.com:35515

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