terminal-arcade 0.1.0

Classic terminal games: Snake, Tetris, 2048, Game of Life, Minesweeper, Pong, Solitaire

Terminal Arcade

A collection of classic games that run entirely in your terminal, built with Python's curses library. No external dependencies — pure stdlib.

pip install terminal-arcade
game

Games

Game	Description
Snake	Eat food, grow longer, don't hit yourself
Tetris	Stack falling pieces and clear lines
2048	Slide tiles and reach 2048
Game of Life	Conway's cellular automaton
Minesweeper	Clear the minefield without hitting a mine
Pong	Paddle vs AI, first to 7 wins
Solitaire	Klondike card solitaire

Installation

pip install terminal-arcade

Windows users: curses is not bundled with Python on Windows. It is installed automatically as a dependency (windows-curses).

Usage

# Open the game menu
game

# Or run a specific game directly
python -m terminal_arcade

Controls

Each game shows its controls at the bottom of the screen. Common keys:

Key	Action
Arrow keys	Move / navigate
Enter / Space	Confirm / action
R	New game
Q	Quit to menu

Solitaire-specific

Key	Action
D	Draw card from stock
U	Undo last move

Requirements

• Python 3.9+
• A terminal with at least 80×24 characters
• Unix/Linux/macOS: works out of the box
• Windows: windows-curses (installed automatically)

License

MIT — see LICENSE