Windows and ncurses

[robofighter]

I am creating a text game using c++ and ncurses.

Is there anyway to get ncurses to work on windows or a similar component that at least can capture text and print text in color on the command line.

[Computergeek01]

I'll suggest a similar component, and although it may seem like over-kill I think you'll be happier once you realize you're just another step or two away from adding actual graphics. http://www.sfml-dev.org/ the sf::Text class will give you most of what you need to make a CYOA text game. I suggest going with SFML 2.0, don't worry about there not being a tutorial just read the documentation and you should be able to pick it up. If you do get stuck just remember to come back here for help.

[Duthomhas]

...but that is not what he asked. He is already using NCurses for his framework.

On nixen, use NCurses.
On Windows, use PDCurses.
http://pdcurses.sourceforge.net/

If you are using the GNU compiler toolchain (MinGW), download and unpack the appropriate library version directly from the MinGW downloads page. This should be it:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/MinGW/Contributed/PDCurses/

Good luck!

[Computergeek01]

I saw "or similar component" and thought of SFML. My bad.