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welcomattic/symfony-tui-games — explained in plain English

Analysis updated 2026-07-18 · repo last pushed 2026-04-01

Audience · developerComplexity · 2/5MaintainedSetup · moderate

TL;DR

A collection of playable terminal games (Snake, Tetris, Space Invaders, a park sim) that demonstrate Symfony's experimental TUI component for building terminal interfaces.

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    What it does
      Terminal games
      Snake and Tetris
      Space Invaders
      Park sim
    Tech stack
      PHP
      Symfony
      Composer
    Use cases
      Learn TUI
      Play games
      Study code
    Audience
      PHP developers
      Terminal fans

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Why would anyone build with this?

REASON 1

Play terminal games like Snake, Tetris, and Space Invaders for fun.

REASON 2

Learn how to build interactive terminal interfaces with Symfony's TUI component.

REASON 3

Study reference code for real-time animation and keyboard input handling in a terminal app.

REASON 4

See how a more complex game manages layout and state in a text-based interface.

What's in the stack?

PHPSymfonyComposerTUI

How it stacks up

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Language—CSS—
Last pushed2026-04-012022-10-032020-05-03
MaintenanceMaintainedDormantDormant
Setup difficultymoderateeasyeasy
Complexity2/52/51/5
Audiencedevelopervibe coderops devops

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How do you spin it up?

Difficulty · moderate Time to first run · 30min

Requires PHP 8.4+ and pulling the in-development Symfony TUI component directly from GitHub.

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Prompt 1
Explain how the Snake game in symfony-tui-games uses Symfony's TUI component to handle real-time animation and keyboard input.
Prompt 2
Walk me through installing symfony-tui-games with PHP 8.4 and Composer, including pulling the experimental TUI dependency from GitHub.
Prompt 3
Show me how the park management game in this repo manages complex layouts and state using Symfony TUI.
Prompt 4
Help me build my own terminal game in PHP using patterns from this repo's Tetris implementation.

Frequently asked questions

wtf is symfony-tui-games?

A collection of playable terminal games (Snake, Tetris, Space Invaders, a park sim) that demonstrate Symfony's experimental TUI component for building terminal interfaces.

Is symfony-tui-games actively maintained?

Maintained — commit in last 6 months (last push 2026-04-01).

How hard is symfony-tui-games to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated moderate, with roughly 30min to a first successful run.

Who is symfony-tui-games for?

Mainly developer.

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