Fortunes-VNDB

Fortune file of VNDB quotes. Automatically updated through GitHub Action.

Why

Quoted from Yorhel via t1052.3:

Note

It takes all the fun of the randomness away if you know all of them already. :-P

And fortunes program has exactly the same charm. It becomes somehow hilarious if you pass the quote to other programs like cowsay:

fortunes | cowsay

Usage

Tip

It may contain NSFW content or spoilers so use it at your own risk!

1. Install fortune-mod or fortunes from your package manager
2. Copy vndb AND vndb.dat to /usr/share/fortunes (or /usr/share/games/fortunes)
3. Get random VNDB quote via fortune vndb

Example commands:

$ sudo install -pm644 ./output/vndb* /usr/share/fortunes/

$ fortune vndb
I spent all of last year's Shiomi Festival participating in a self-sponsored Reading Festival at my apartment, actually.
        -- 筧 京太郎, Daitoshokan no Hitsujikai (https://vndb.org/v8158)

How

Data is obtained through VNDB Query. I have no idea about the meaning of score so omit it on purpose.

PostgreSQL Query:

SELECT vid, cid, quote
FROM vndb.quotes;

Or query VN titles, character names and format the output altogether, check query.sql.

If you want to create a custom VNDB fortune quote, you can either edit coded SQL query in format.py on VNDB Query, or alternatively, run the script locally, edit the JSON, and make a fortune dat yourself.

License

• Fortunes-VNDB is released into Public Domain under The Unlicense.
• Query inspired by
  • All quotes on the DB (optional filter by VN)
  • Quotes and their games
• Data License
  • All information on VNDB is made available under the Open Database License.
  • Any rights in individual contents of the database are licensed under the Database Contents License.