FE-CLI puts the Fire Emblem tactical RPG gameplay in your terminal! Built for extensibility, flexibility, and faithfulness to the originals. Read the docs for more information.
- CMake 2.8+
- ncurses
- a lot of terminal real estate
Make sure you have the latest ncurses development library and CMake 2.8 or higher.
$ git clone https://github.com/chocolatemelt/fe-cli.git
$ cd fe-cli
$ mkdir build && cd build
$ cmake ..
$ make
The only supported building system for Windows currently requires Cygwin with ncurses-devel and CMake 2.8 or higher. It's preferred to use the cygwin package for CMake but with some tweaking the Windows binary will also work.
Babun is an easy way to get set up if you haven't yet already; just run pact install ncurses cmake and you should be good to go!
Building through the terminal is the exact same as *nix systems; just run the above commands. If everything went well, your terminal should look something like this:
- WASD / arrow keys - move
- Z / Enter - select
- X / Backspace - unselect/go back
- Tab - open menu
The two recommended control schemes are:
- WASD / Enter / Backspace / Tab
- arrow keys / Z / X / Tab


