Virus Blaster

Basic Space Invaders like game that runs in the terminal.

Built as a part of Nathan Stocks' Ultimate Rust Crash Course.

The sound effects are made with Elektron Monomachine's SID synth engine.

Running the game

Run the game by cloning the repository, cd into the directory and run:

cargo run

You can also build an executable and run it:

cargo build
target/debug/virus_blaster

To build an optimised executable, add the --release flag and run the release version:

cargo build --release
target/release/virus_blaster

How To Play

Left Arrow: move left

Right Arrow: move right

Space: Fire space laser

Esc or Q: Quit