StarshipAscension

A text-based space game written in C++17.

Version: 0.0.1

Copyright 2025 Gregory Bowne

Features

• Title screen, login/register, main menu
• New game, resume, load/save games and config
• Captain's log with timestamps
• Navigation, scanners, weapons, shields, engines, health, scoring
• Settings, help
• Progress bars, colors (ANSI), sound (\a)
• Terminal resize support (min 80x25)
• Command line flags: --version, --help, --no-color
• Open source MIT on GitHub (upload to your repo)

Build

• CMake: mkdir build; cd build; cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release; make
• Makefile: make
• bash: ./build.sh release
• Meson: meson build; cd build; ninja

Requires CMake 3.10+, g++, glog (for logging).

Run

./StarshipAscension

TODO

• Add multiplayer
• Expand game world
• Unit tests with gtest