claude-games 2.4.1

Terminal mini games to play while you wait

play - Terminal Mini Games

10 classic games in your terminal. Zero dependencies. Just play.

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            Play while you wait

Install

pip install claude-games

Or from source:

git clone https://github.com/kirti34n/claude-games.git
cd claude-games
pip install .

Games

Game	Preview	Description
Snake	play snake	Eat food, grow longer, don't hit walls
Tetris	play tetris	Stack blocks, clear lines, level up
2048	play 2048	Slide and merge tiles to reach 2048
Dino Runner	play dino	Jump over cacti, survive as long as you can
Breakout	play breakout	Smash bricks with a bouncing ball
Space Shooter	play shooter	Blast enemies, defeat bosses
Pong	play pong	Classic paddle game vs AI
Flappy Bird	play flappy	Flap through pipes, don't crash
Minesweeper	play mines	Uncover cells, avoid mines
Pac-Man	play pacman	Eat dots, avoid ghosts

Quick Start

play              # Open game menu
play snake        # Jump straight into Snake
play tetris       # Jump straight into Tetris
play list         # See all games + high scores

Controls

 WASD / Arrow Keys   Move / Navigate
 Space               Jump (Dino) / Hard Drop (Tetris) / Launch (Breakout) / Fire (Shooter) / Serve (Pong)
 W                   Rotate (Tetris)
 P                   Pause
 ESC / Q             Quit (auto-saves progress)
 ?/H                 Show controls help
 F                   Flag (Minesweeper)
 T                   Cycle color theme (menu)
 R                   Retry after game over

Features

• Auto-save — Quit mid-game with ESC, resume next time you play
• High scores — Tracked per game, shown in menu
• Zero dependencies — Pure Python, just curses (built-in)
• Single file — Entire codebase is one play.py
• Difficulty selection — Choose Easy/Medium/Hard for Shooter and Pong
• In-game help — Press ? during any game to see controls
• Color themes — Cycle themes with T in the menu (default, retro, ocean)
• Sound effects — Terminal beep on new high scores
• Adaptive difficulty — Snake speeds up as you score, Tetris levels up
• Ghost piece — Tetris shows where your piece will land
• Works everywhere — Linux, macOS, WSL2

Claude Code Integration

Works as a slash command inside Claude Code — play games while Claude works in the background.

/play snake         # Launch a game
! play              # Open game menu directly

Turn-based CLI mode for in-conversation play (no terminal needed):

play cli start snake       # Start a CLI game
play cli start 2048        # Start 2048
play cli start minesweeper # Start Minesweeper
play cli start connect4    # Start Connect4
play w                     # Move up (WASD shortcuts)
play show                  # Show current board
play quit                  # End game

How It Works

play.py (single file)
├── Interactive Games (curses)     # Full-screen, real-time
│   ├── Snake
│   ├── Tetris
│   ├── 2048
│   ├── Dino Runner
│   ├── Breakout
│   ├── Space Shooter
│   ├── Pong
│   ├── Flappy Bird
│   ├── Minesweeper
│   └── Pac-Man
├── CLI Games (turn-based)         # Text output, no curses needed
│   ├── Snake
│   ├── 2048
│   ├── Minesweeper
│   └── Connect4
├── Game Menu                      # Arrow keys to select
├── Save/Resume System             # JSON state files
└── Smart Terminal Detection       # Opens new window if no TTY

Config

High scores and saves stored in ~/.config/claude-games/:

~/.config/claude-games/
├── scores.json         # High scores
├── current_game.json   # CLI game state
├── save_snake.json     # Auto-save (created on ESC)
└── save_tetris.json    # ...etc

License

MIT