A fast-paced old-school style , terminal-based arcade shooter built in .NET 10.0, featuring ASCII enemies, wave-based progression, running inside console!
- Why not right, wanted to learn some of the cool CLI libraries but none suited what I am trying to do here.
- Colors were causing too much flikering so dropped that idea
- Played with timers but game doesn't do well with timing in console
- Wanted to keep data structure simple list has to be used to maintain number of bullets hitting enemies
- if you want to upgrade players or power ups might have to change that data structure as well
- AI fumbles with new ideas, as code gets longer it reacts poorly
- Used it to generate fun ASCII art saved a ton of time there for sure
- Helped in collission detection
- Generation of this readme
- 🎮 Keyboard-controlled gameplay — Move, shoot, and dodge enemies
- 💣 Wave system — Enemies respawn stronger after each round
- 💥 Dynamic bullet logic — Player and enemy bullets move independently
- 🧠 Progressive difficulty — Bullet speed increases each wave
- 🖥️ Cross-platform — Runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux
- ⚡ .net runtime required
Future Enhancements
Feel free to fork or add to it and post screenshots :). Some ideas in case you want to brush up your coding or vibe coding
- 🔊 Add sound effects (Console.Beep() or external library)
- ⚡ Power-ups and weapon upgrades
- 💾 Save/load high scores to-from server
- 🧩 Add color themes (retro green, matrix mode, etc.)
- .NET 10.0 SDK or later
- A terminal environment (Command Prompt, PowerShell, or macOS/Linux terminal)
🤝 Contributing
Do the ususal :)
- Fork this repository
- Create your feature branch
- Commit your changes
- Push to your branch and open a Pull Request
# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/blackarck/TerminalBlaster.git
cd TerminalBlaster
# Build the project
dotnet build
# Run it
dotnet run
- 🧪 Playable and improving
- 💬 Contributions, ideas, and bugs welcome!
This project is licensed under the MIT License — see the LICENSE file for details.
