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VIM Adventures is an online game based on VIM's keyboard shortcuts (commands, motions and operators). It's the "Zelda meets text editing" game. It's a puzzle game for practicing and memorizing VIM commands (good old VI is also covered, of course). It's an easy way to learn VIM without a steep learning curve.
You play a blinking cursor appearing one day in a semi text based world of Textland inhabited by little people but ruled by bugs. You soon discover that your arrival was foretold by an old prophecy and that you're expected to restore order to the world (in case you didn't make it to level 2 yet...).
You start the game with only the ability to move up, down, left, and right. As you progress, you talk to people and collect items and keyboard buttons. Each keyboard button adds to the set of commands you can give the cursor, until you master VIM.
You can also perform operations such as login, load and save game and others using the in-game menu at the bottom of the screen. For a complete list of commands you can type in the command line mode, please type ':help :' (without the quotes).
These instructions are all you need to know. Hints scattered throughout the game help you and ease the learning process. You can't advance to the next level until you master a skill!
The little people of Textland have a lot of helpful tips to share so make sure you talk with each and every one by bumping into them.
In addition, every time you pick up a keyboard key, an explanation of what the key does and how it should be used is displayed. This window can be closed using ESC (as any other window in this game) and the example can be executed using the '\' key (which is the only key in VIM which isn't used). You can get help on additional keys using the syntax ':help {char}' by replacing {char} with the character or word you would like to get help on.
If you don't remember which keys you collected so far, or need to refresh your memory a little, you can click on the keyboard icon in the in-game menu, or type ':keyboard' to see a keyboard with your current available keys highlighted. Clicking or pressing on a key will show a short description of its function.
Stuck in the game and don't know how to proceed? Can't find that key or complete a text? Check out the VIM Adventures facebook page or send me a question to .
Continue the quest to save the little people of Textland while practicing VIM commands.
The rest of the game contains more fun and twists, and covers most of the keyboard.
Currently there are 12 levels, containing more than 50 shortcuts to practice and
combine together VIM style. Additional levels are being developed right now.
Get your 6 months license for only $25
Buy now and you'll get:
It's going to be a lot of fun!
Note that the license is personal, and can not be shared or transferred.
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This game was designed and programmed by Doron Linder.
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Replay any level you've already unlocked by typing :level <level-number> (e.g. :level 6).
Show in-game statistics by typing ':set stats', and hide them by typing ':set nostats'.
Press Esc to return to the game
There's so much more...
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