I liked Larn (and Omega). I wasted many hours on Larn. Author didn't go into the...

m463 · on July 7, 2023

I thought larn was unix-only

EDIT: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larn_(video_game)

(I think I recall playing larn because it was one of the roguelikes available on unix)

antod · on July 8, 2023

Back in the day, I played the Amiga port of Larn with little graphical tiles. Lots of fun. There was a graphical Amiga port of Hack too, but it was too buggy.

nineplay · on July 7, 2023

Whatever you do, don't visit https://larn.org. You'll never get that time back

pinewurst · on July 7, 2023

That’s not at all true. I played Larn on an Ultrix VAX 8600 circa 1987.

denton-scratch · on July 7, 2023

My wrong. It was written for Unix.

Well, I guess there's something funny with the license; it's not packaged for Debian, and I can't remember a time when it was.

djur · on July 7, 2023

Larn has a noncommercial license, so it's nonfree by Debian standards.

denton-scratch · on July 8, 2023

This appears to be the licence for Larn:

https://github.com/primeau/Larn/blob/master/LICENSE

That seems to be a normal MIT licence (without advertising clause). Debian packages loads of software under that licence.

[Edit] That appears to be JS Larn, which is apparently derived from Larn and uLarn, but with an MIT licence replacing the original author's. You can't do that.

anthk · on July 7, 2023

I think Larn had a free clone called ularn.