https://github.com/devstopfix/elite-galaxy

Ruby library to generate planet names of the Elite universe
https://github.com/devstopfix/elite-galaxy

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Ruby library to generate planet names of the Elite universe

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/devstopfix/elite-galaxy
• Owner: devstopfix
• License: mit
• Created: 2015-04-04T10:57:16.000Z (over 9 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2020-03-10T10:02:45.000Z (over 4 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-10T14:47:07.782Z (28 days ago)
• Language: Ruby
• Size: 5.86 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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Elite Planet Name Generator

===========================

A [Ruby](https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/) library that generates [planet](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet) names from the orginal [Elite video game][1].

Samples:

* Lave

* Isinor

* Zaonce

## Credits

The algorithm for the planet name generation is © 1984 [Ian Bell](http://www.iancgbell.clara.net/)  and [David Braben](https://twitter.com/DavidBraben). This Ruby source is a conversion of the [Elite C sources](http://www.iancgbell.clara.net/elite/text/index.htm).

## Build & Install

    gem build elite-galaxy.gemspec 

    gem install ./elite-galaxy-1.0.0.gem 

## Usage

```ruby

require 'elite/galaxy'

planets = Elite::Galaxy.new.planets.take(256)

planets[7]

# "Lave"

```

## Bugs

Some seeds (e.g. [0x00d2 0x669d 0x0d37]) will create a galaxy containing a planet with no letters in the name.

## License

The algorithm is Copyright 1984/1999 of Ian Bell and David Braben. This Ruby library is distributed under the MIT License.

 [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elite_(video_game)