invaders

A Space Invaders TUI in Rust, built using tui and crossterm.

Demo

invaders-demo.mov

Install

To install, use cargo:

cargo install --git https://github.com/mattdowdell/invaders --tag v0.0.3

See here for a full list of tags.

Usage

To run the game:

# using build from `cargo install`
invaders

# with source code
cargo run

Some settings are available to tune gameplay:

• -h, --help: Print help information
• --max-cannon-lasers <MAX_CANNON_LASERS>: The maximum number of cannon lasers that can be present (default: 1).
• --max-invader-lasers <MAX_INVADER_LASERS>: The maximum number of invader lasers that can be present (default: 3).
• --mystery-ship-interval <MYSTERY_SHIP_INTERVAL>: The interval in ticks between appearances of the mystery ship (default: 2000).
• --start-level <START_LEVEL>: The level to start at (default: 0).
• --tick-length <TICK_LENGTH>: The number of milliseconds per tick (default: 50)