🎨 Palette: [UX improvement] Enhance SPEED CLICKER terminal UI

.github/workflows/rust.yml → .github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -1,22 +1,20 @@
-name: Rust
+name: C++ CI
 
 on:
   push:
     branches: [ "main" ]
   pull_request:
     branches: [ "main" ]
 
-env:
-  CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
-
 jobs:
   build:
-
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
     - name: Build
-      run: cargo build --verbose
+      run: make
+
     - name: Run tests
-      run: cargo test --verbose
+      run: make test

Makefile

@@ -21,9 +21,13 @@ $(TARGET): $(SRCS)
 run: $(TARGET)
 	./$(TARGET)
 
+# Test the game
+test: $(TARGET)
+	echo 'q' | ./$(TARGET) | grep "Thanks for playing!"
+
 # Clean up build artifacts
 clean:
 	rm -f $(TARGET)
 
 # Phony targets
-.PHONY: all run clean
+.PHONY: all run test clean

src/main.cpp

@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@
 #include <poll.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <termios.h>
+#include <algorithm>
+
+#define RESET       "\033[0m"
+#define BOLD_GREEN   "\033[1;32m"
+#define BOLD_RED     "\033[1;31m"
+#define BOLD_BLUE    "\033[1;34m"
+#define BOLD_YELLOW  "\033[1;33m"
 
 int main() {
     struct termios oldt, newt;
@@ -13,29 +20,47 @@ int main() {
     tcsetattr(STDIN_FILENO, TCSANOW, &newt);
 
     int score = 0; bool hardMode = false; char input;
-    std::cout << "==========================\n      SPEED CLICKER\n==========================\n"
-              << "Controls:\n [h] Toggle Hard Mode (10x Speed!)\n [q] Quit Game\n [Any key] Click!\n\n";
+    std::cout << BOLD_YELLOW << "==========================\n      SPEED CLICKER\n==========================\n" << RESET
+              << "Controls:\n"
+              << BOLD_YELLOW << " [h] " << RESET << "Toggle Hard Mode (10x Speed!)\n"
+              << BOLD_YELLOW << " [q] " << RESET << "Quit Game\n"
+              << BOLD_YELLOW << " [Any key] " << RESET << "Click!\n\n";
 
     struct pollfd fds[1] = {{STDIN_FILENO, POLLIN, 0}};
     auto last_tick = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
+    bool updateUI = true;
     while (true) {
-        int timeout = hardMode ? 100 : 1000;
-        if (poll(fds, 1, 0) > 0) {
-            if (read(STDIN_FILENO, &input, 1) <= 0 || input == 'q') break;
-            if (input == 'h') {
-                hardMode = !hardMode;
-                std::cout << (hardMode ? "\n[HARD MODE] Speed x10!\n" : "\n[NORMAL MODE]\n");
-            } else score++;
+        if (updateUI) {
+            std::cout << "\r" << BOLD_GREEN << "Score: " << score << RESET << "  "
+                      << (hardMode ? BOLD_RED "[HARD MODE] " : BOLD_BLUE "[NORMAL]    ") << RESET
+                      << "  (Press 'q' to quit)      " << std::flush;
+            updateUI = false;
         }
+
         auto now = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
         auto elapsed = std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::milliseconds>(now - last_tick).count();
-        if (elapsed >= timeout) {
-            score++; last_tick = now;
-            std::cout << "Score: " << score << (hardMode ? " [FAST]  " : " [NORMAL]  ") << "\r" << std::flush;
+        int timeout = hardMode ? 100 : 1000;
+        int remaining = std::max(0, timeout - static_cast<int>(elapsed));
+
+        if (poll(fds, 1, remaining) > 0) {
+            if (read(STDIN_FILENO, &input, 1) <= 0 || input == 'q') break;
+            if (input == 'h') hardMode = !hardMode;
+            else score++;
+            updateUI = true;
+        }
+
+        now = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
+        elapsed = std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::milliseconds>(now - last_tick).count();
+        if (elapsed >= (hardMode ? 100 : 1000)) {
+            score++;
+            last_tick = now;
+            updateUI = true;
         }
-        std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(10));
     }
     tcsetattr(STDIN_FILENO, TCSANOW, &oldt);
-    std::cout << "\nFinal Score: " << score << "\nThanks for playing!\n";
+    std::cout << "\n\n" << BOLD_YELLOW << "==========================\n" << RESET
+              << BOLD_GREEN << "  FINAL SCORE: " << score << RESET << "\n"
+              << BOLD_YELLOW << "==========================\n" << RESET
+              << "  Thanks for playing!\n\n";
     return 0;
 }