Web · narrative game Beta 2.1

TerminalTribe

Learn Linux while bringing a broken world back into contact.

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The Beta 2.1 landing page, captured 28 September 2026.

About this project

TerminalTribe began as a story wrapped around Linux lessons. I am taking it towards something more connected: you arrive in a damaged settlement, read the messages people left behind and use the terminal to work out what happened.

The interesting part is making the commands matter to the situation. Recovering a file should tell you something. Repairing a service should change what people can do. I want the player to remember the problem they solved as well as the command they used.

The current Beta 2.1 brings the terminal, story, world map, journal and field guide into one workspace. The next stretch of work is about making the teaching clearer and the consequences easier to follow.

Along the way

Project notes

What’s changed, what I’m trying, and what comes next.

A world worth repairing

TerminalTribe is moving towards a connected adventure, with the terminal at its heart.

The direction is clearer now: I want you to feel that you are helping a place recover. Read a message, inspect the system it describes, make a repair and see what that lets someone do next.

The current workspace brings the terminal, story, journal, world and field guide together. Brennan, Mira, Ekko and Pace have reasons to care about the evidence you find. Their accounts do not always agree, so part of the work is separating what a file proves from what a person believes.

Beta 2.1 is live. I’m still building the connected saga, longer investigations and later learning paths. A recent playthrough also turned up feedback and progression that need more work. Making the next step clear—and teaching commands safely—matters as much as adding another mission.

The biggest change from the old campaign screens is that the story and terminal now share a workspace. I want the investigation and the commands to feel like parts of the same adventure.

The Beta 2.1 landing page, captured 28 September 2026.
The September workspace: story, terminal and the current investigation together.
The connected settlements and story continue beyond the terminal.
Earlier portfolio screenshots · June 20267 images

Earlier versions of the project. Select any image to look closer.

Terminal Tribe campaign desk with Campaign 1 entry, six-campaign structure, local save status, account navigation, and field console.
Terminal Tribe mobile campaign desk with stacked navigation and Campaign 1 entry.
Terminal Tribe desktop campaign screen with terminal, story panel, hints, and unlocks.
Terminal Tribe advanced operations level with shell automation editor and command trace.
Terminal Tribe command result screen after solving an early campaign task.
Terminal Tribe act intro modal over the campaign shell.
Terminal Tribe mobile story drawer with campaign objective and conversation history.