Shoot 'em up terminal game in the style of Gradius and Raiden. It's a simple yet difficult fast paced game. Collect power ups to keep up with the increasing number of enemys.
Developed in C++ with ncurses library.
make
./game
Controls:
space: toggle auto-fire
w: up
a: left
s: down
d: right
Alternatively arrow keys may be used
Pick up power ups and avoid everything else.
The player, enemies, and bullets are displayed as single ascii characters.
Friendly:
A - The ship you pilot
^ - Your bullets
$ - Power ups to increase rate of fire and bullet count
Enemies:
W - Basic flyby
Y - Fires tracking bullets
* - Bullets fired by Y
Z - Gets you from the side