tt

tt is a terminal-based typing game.

Features

• Read ahead: Hides the current texts and highlight the following.
• Network Play: Connect with friends over a network using sockets.

Requisites

• gcc
• make
• curl or wget
• ncurses (Debian, Arch)
• json-c (Debian, Arch)

Installation

git clone https://github.com/pablo-cardenas/tt.git
cd tt
make
sudo make install

Usage

First, download the quotes file from monkeytype.

curl -o quotes_english.json https://monkeytype.com/quotes/english.json
# or
wget -O quotes_english.json https://monkeytype.com/quotes/english.json

Then, choose a port number (from 1024 to 65535) and run the server:

ttsrv <port> quotes_english.json

In another terminal, run the client with the server's host and port. If you are running the server and client on the same machine, you can use 127.0.0.1 as the host.

ttcli <host> <port>

In the client, press Enter to start the game.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.