Ep. 158, Building a game in PowerShell from the ground up with Greg Martin
Aired February 17, 2025 | 28 min
In this episode of The PowerShell Podcast, we welcome Greg Martin, a longtime developer and PowerShell enthusiast, who has taken PowerShell beyond system administration and into the realm of game development. Greg shares his journey of building Eldoria, a terminal adventure game written entirely in PowerShell, and how his experience across multiple programming languages influenced his approach.
Key topics in this episode include the following:
- Building a game in PowerShell: How Greg used PowerShell to create a rich text-based adventure.
- The power of terminal-based gaming: A brief look into ANSI escape sequences, JSON asset management, and the REPL loop.
- Greg’s programming journey: From C and C++ to PowerShell, game development, and enterprise automation.
- Lessons in curiosity and career growth: How following your interests can lead to unexpected and rewarding opportunities.
Greg also discusses the challenges of structuring a large-scale PowerShell project, how PowerShell’s object-oriented features made development easier, and how anyone can start exploring creative projects with PowerShell.
Meet our guest
Greg Martin
Gregory Martin is a senior Linux engineer. In the past, he's worked as an industrial network designer, IT manager, sysadmin, and may have given a lecture or two at tech conferences. He's an avid programmer with over 20 years of experience, ranging from Windows/Linux Desktop, Web, Android/iOS, Industrial IoT, Linux CLI, and Automation Orchestration. In his spare time, he writes computer games and dabbles with AI technologies. He writes at his blog (themartinmethod.com).
Meet our host
Andrew Pla
Andrew Pla, a seasoned IT professional with over 10 years of experience, has spent the last 5 years mastering PowerShell. An ardent member of the PowerShell community and a Microsoft MVP, he loves sharing his knowledge and leveraging automation to solve complex problems. You can always find him connecting with others on the PDQ Discord and troubleshooting, with the firm belief that a problem shared is a problem halved.
