7 standalone terminal games for Paws
Built with Rust + ratatui. Each game runs in a full terminal window while your AI agent thinks — a live HUD on the top row flashes when it needs you back.
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| 🐕 | Dog Jump | Jump King-style platformer — charge your jump, aim, and pray |
| 🌍 | Earth Online | Side quests for touching grass IRL while your agent works |
| 🧱 | Tetris | Classic block-stacking with levels and scoring |
| 🐍 | Snake | Eat, grow, don't bite yourself — speed scales with score |
| 🎮 | 2048 | Slide tiles, merge numbers, reach 2048 |
| 🏓 | Breakout | Smash bricks with a bouncing ball — power-ups, hard bricks, 3 lives |
| 👾 | Space Invaders | Classic arcade shooter — blast the alien fleet before they land |
Via Homebrew (easiest):
brew tap interesting-vibe-coding/paws
brew install paws-gamesVia Cargo (individual games):
cargo install --git https://github.com/interesting-vibe-coding/paws-games --bin jump-high
cargo install --git https://github.com/interesting-vibe-coding/paws-games --bin earth-online
cargo install --git https://github.com/interesting-vibe-coding/paws-games --bin tetris
cargo install --git https://github.com/interesting-vibe-coding/paws-games --bin snake
cargo install --git https://github.com/interesting-vibe-coding/paws-games --bin 2048
cargo install --git https://github.com/interesting-vibe-coding/paws-games --bin breakout
cargo install --git https://github.com/interesting-vibe-coding/paws-games --bin space-invadersOr just open ⤓ Install games inside the Paws picker — it installs any game in-place with a live progress log.
Each game is a standalone binary that reads terminal size and renders via ratatui + crossterm. Paws hosts the binary in a PTY and overlays a 1-row HUD showing your agent's status. Any binary that follows the game contract works — the registry in paws is how Paws discovers games.
Want to add your own game? The bar is low:
- Add
src/bin/<id>.rs— one file, self-contained, uses only the pinned deps - Follow the game contract (restore terminal on exit)
- Open a PR here, then add an entry to
registry.tomlin paws
See CONTRIBUTING.md for the full guide.
MIT