Who
I wanted Flappy Bird that lives in the TTY, and I kept a pure-bash platformer under the same repo name because the first instinct was bash + former, then an Ink clone later.
For people who install Bun and still respect a 300-line bash game that only needs Nerd Fonts.
What
I built bashformer, public https://github.com/michaelmonetized/bashformer. HEAD 541d2bc. 21 commits. 0 stars. Default master. Version Unreleased. CLI/TTY only.
Product A (README): index.tsx (~263 LOC). Bun + React 19 + Ink 7. CONFIG: FPS 30, GRAVITY 0.32, FLAP_VY -1.7, PIPE_SPEED 3.1, PIPE_GAP 8. Space flaps/restarts; Q quits. Pipe.scored prevents double-count (d1fa8d0, #7). Terminal <40x10 exits (6678fda).
Product B (in-tree): bashformer.sh (~314 LOC). Pure bash Nerd Font side-scroller with coins/spikes/goal and camera follow. A/D move, W/Space jump, Q quit.
Feb 21 cleanup: CONFIG extract (6b9eead), PLAN rewrite (e27c79b), bun tests (810e5f4), remove vex_sdl (#14) and C/SDL (5a840cf), CHANGELOG (#11), README match, scored flag, term size.
Residue: PLAN still lists deleted C experiments; sitrep says Unknown tool / PROTOTYPE; CHANGELOG [Unreleased]; package.json private.
Where
Code: github.com/michaelmonetized/bashformer, public. No live web app.
bun install && bun run index.tsx
# or
./bashformer.sh
When
2025-12-21 to 12-27. init, kong/baddies/tools, zoom/png, story cleanup.
2026-01-31. chore sync.
2026-02-21. CONFIG to tests to delete C/SDL to scored flag to term size.
2026-06-22. nightly x2 to HEAD 541d2bc.
Why
Deleting the C/SDL pile was a product decision. Pipe.scored is more honest than "score feels off." Unreleased with empty Phase 1 checkboxes beats inventing a 1.0 tag.
Engagement Q: Keep the pure-bash platformer beside Ink Flappy, or split so the README stops lying by omission?