Repo brief: ryanb/ruby-warrior

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Verdict

Mixed — Stale — last commit 2y ago

• 13 active contributors
• MIT licensed
• CI configured
• Tests present

Based on Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests

What it is

Ruby Warrior is an interactive educational game written in Ruby where players climb a tower by writing Ruby code to control a warrior through turn-based combat. The warrior executes player-defined strategies in play_turn(warrior) methods to defeat enemies, rescue captives, and reach stairs across increasingly difficult levels, teaching Ruby fundamentals through gameplay rather than lectures. Monolithic gem structure: lib/ruby_warrior/ contains core game engine (floor.rb, level.rb, game.rb), ability system (abilities/*.rb with polymorphic base.rb pattern), and infrastructure (config.rb, profile.rb, runner.rb). bin/rubywarrior is the CLI entry point. Features/ uses Cucumber BDD tests with…

Start here

Open these first:

• lib/ruby_warrior.rb — Main entry point that loads the entire gem and exposes the public API for Ruby Warrior game initialization.
• lib/ruby_warrior/game.rb — Core game loop orchestrator that manages tower progression, level execution, and turn-based combat resolution.
• lib/ruby_warrior/level.rb — Level abstraction that manages floor state, unit interactions, and turn resolution logic for each game level.
• lib/ruby_warrior/runner.rb — Entry point for game execution that handles CLI interactions, profile loading, and game lifecycle management.
• lib/ruby_warrior/abilities/base.rb — Base class for all warrior abilities; defines the common interface and validation pattern all actions inherit from.

Get running

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git clone https://github.com/ryanb/ruby-warrior.git
cd ruby-warrior
bundle install
bundle exec bin/rubywarrior

Then follow the interactive setup to create a profile directory with your player.rb file.

Daily commands:

bundle exec bin/rubywarrior

Follows the interactive prompts to select a profile or create one. To run tests: ```bash bundle exec rspec bundle exec cucumber

Key cautions & unknowns

• Stale — last commit 2y ago
• Single-maintainer risk — top contributor 81% of recent commits
• No external service dependencies or env vars required (fully self-contained). Gotchas: (1) Player code in user directories is NOT part of this repo—changes are isolated per installation, (2) Level design is hardcoded in…
• Published-advisory coverage was unavailable for the captured dependencies.
• Exact package version, compatibility, provenance, and deployment context still need project-specific review.

Sources

• Repository source
• Open issues
• Recent pull requests

Evidence note

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