Delta Green People Database

First, run the following to get the dependencies:

npm install

Populate a people.json file with the following format:

{
	"gameStage": 1,
	"records": [
		{
			"surname": "Doe",
			"forename": "Jane",
			"classifier": "I",
			"dateOfBirth": "1980-01-01",
			"nationality": "USA",
			"status": "Alive",
			"lastKnownAddress": "1 Main Street",
			"notes": "Optional notes section",
			"related": [ "Optional related record text" ]
		},
	...
	]
}

Then, simply run the program:

npm start

Optional Record Fields

• Nationality will default to "USA"
• dateOfDeath can be specified (N.B. cannot be before dateOfBirth)
• status will default to "Alive" or "Deceased" based on presence of dateOfDeath
• If "suppressLegacyWarning" is set to true, a record with dates prior to a given cutoff (1960-01-01 by default) will not have a physical record warning presented

Optional Feature: Conditional Records

The gameStage property can be used to control whether records are visible at a given stage of the game. To use it, each record may also have the following keys:

• notBefore: an integer that defines the gameStage at which this record will appear
• notAfter: an integer that defines the gameStage after which this record will not appear

Then simply edit the gameStage property as appropriate as the game progresses.

Optional Feature: Putting Your Players In The Database

You can add another file, players.json (that won't be committed) and put the real details of your players in. Here's an example of what that file would look like for a single player:

{ "records": [
  {
    "surname": "PlayerSurname",
    "forename": "PlayerForename",
    "classifier": "P",
    "dateOfBirth": "2000-01-01",
    "nationality": "...",
    "warning": "{yellow-bg}{blue-fg}STOP PLAYING NOW YOU AREN'T SAFE{/}{/}",
    "status": "Playing",
    "lastKnownAddress": "Behind Your Eyes, Can't You Smell It?",
    "notes": "{yellow-fg}<<Take 1D10 of Sanity Damage>>{/}"
  }
]}

Old Style Terminal Interface

MacOS

If you launch the application from within cool-retro-term which can be configured with a variety of CRT/retro terminal styles.

Windows

For a CRT/retro style under Windows, you can use Windows Terminal and follow the instructions within the README of this repo: https://github.com/Hammster/windows-terminal-shaders

Once that is done, your Windows Terminal window should have the effect enabled. Now, run the script within the terminal window by navigating to the correct directory and executing delta-green-person-database-win.exe.