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Show HN: Bash Theft Auto – a GTA-inspired open-world crime game in pure Bash
I built a text-based open-world crime game entirely in Bash, inspired by the GTA series.
Features: - Multiple cities to travel between (Los Santos, Vice City, Liberty City, etc.) - Jobs (legitimate and criminal) with location-based payouts - Inventory system: weapons, drugs, health packs, body armor - Drug buying/selling economy with risk - Health system with hospital visits - Music player via mpg123 - Save/load game state - Plugin support – drop a .sh file into /plugins to add new locations, jobs, or mechanics
It runs on any Unix-like system with Bash. No dependencies beyond mpg123 for the music player.