shellquest.sh

↑ this is not a video — it's the game's renderer running live on a WebGL2 terminal grid. Click it to boot the real game, entirely in your browser.

works with bunx or npx · needs a 270×70 truecolor terminal · or just play hosted

STRAIGHT FROM THE ENGINE

Captured from the browser build — the same opentui renderable tree the terminal draws, painted cell-for-cell by the web engine.

Half-block pixel rendering at a rock-steady tick — real games, drawn in cells.

30, 60, or 120 second dungeons. Grab the keys, find the exit, beat the clock.

Every layout is generated fresh and verified beatable before you spawn.

Hourly, daily, weekly and monthly leaderboards. Server-verified runs.

Every run records a replay you can share and scrub through.

Wizard slings spells, Fighter swings steel. Both die in the dark equally well.

1 · LAUNCH
bunx shellquest in any modern terminal — or click the splash above and play right here.
2 · ROLL A HERO
Wizard or Fighter. Name them something you won't mind seeing on a leaderboard.
3 · CONTROLS
WASD / Arrows move
Space attack
Shift run
Tab swap weapon
4 · BEAT THE CLOCK
Collect every key, reach the exit before the timer dies, and climb the ladder.

READY TO QUEST?

Thirty seconds is all a run takes. Your build isn't done compiling anyway.