RAT-PONG

A retro pong game for your terminal, built with Rust and ratatui.

RAT-PONG.mp4

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Features

• Local 2-player — grab a friend and settle the score
• 60 FPS game loop — smooth paddle and ball movement
• Ball trail — fading trail effect that tracks the ball's path (toggleable)
• Collision sparks — paddle hits produce a burst of yellow sparks
• Render modes — switch between block and dot markers on the fly
• Adaptive layout — the play area scales to your terminal size

Controls

Key	Action
W / S	Move left paddle up / down
↑ / ↓	Move right paddle up / down
T	Toggle ball trail
M	Toggle marker style (block / dot)
Q / Esc	Quit

Getting Started

# clone it
git clone https://github.com/tetra/RAT-PONG.git
cd RAT-PONG

# run it
cargo run --release

Requires Rust (2024 edition).

Project Structure

src/
├── main.rs    # entry point — sets up the terminal and launches the app
├── app.rs     # game loop, rendering chrome, input dispatch
├── pong.rs    # all game logic — paddles, ball, collisions, scoring, rendering
└── input.rs   # key event handling and input action mapping

License

MIT