Takahiku

Automated bot for the browser-based version of "The Higher Lower Game"

Installation

Install Takahiku via npm by doing the following:

npm i -g takahiku

Note: Takahiku is dependent on Puppeteer which will download a version of Chromium for your platform upon installation (~170Mb Mac, ~282Mb Linux, ~280Mb Win)

Don't have node/npm installed? Get it here

Usage

To start Takahiku, simply run the following:

takahiku

Options

--target <score>:

Specifies the target score to reach before deliberately causing a game over. Useful when attempting to share a screenshot of a specific score.

If absent, the target score will default to 9999999999.

--headless:

Runs Chromium in headless mode

--db <year>:

Specifies the database to use when retrieving scores. 2017 is currently the only database available and contains the data used by The Higher Lower Game as of 27/07/2018.

If absent, the database will default to 2017.

--verbose:

Runs Takahiku in verbose mode.

--continuous:

Runs Takahiku in continuous mode. Upon game over, a new game will be started immediately.

--share:

Upon game over, the Chromium window will be kept open until closed by the user. This allows the use of the share buttons on the game over screen.

--emojiless:

Disables the use of emojis when outputting to the console. This prevents � symbols on systems/terminals that lack emoji support.

I personally recommend and use Hyper.

--train:

Starts Takahiku in training mode. This mode sets the target score to 9999999999 and enables continuous mode.