tbreakout

A terminal Breakout clone written in Go using tcell.

Features

• Playable in a terminal UI
• Randomized brick layout each run
• Score + lives HUD
• Title and game-over screens

Controls

• Enter: Start game from title screen
• Left Arrow: Move paddle left
• Right Arrow: Move paddle right
• R: Restart after game over
• Esc or Ctrl+C: Quit

Installation

Linux (AUR)

yay -S tbreakout-bin
tbreakout

macOS (Homebrew)

brew tap Geralt-Of-Rivia-Witcher/tbreakout
brew install tbreakout
tbreakout

Source

• Linux (AUR): https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/tbreakout-bin
• macOS (Homebrew): https://github.com/Geralt-Of-Rivia-Witcher/homebrew-tbreakout/

Run From Source

Prerequisites

• Go 1.25.6 or newer

Run

go run .

Build

go build -o tbreakout
./tbreakout