Pipeline Tycoon (CLI)

The idle data-pipeline game from ry-mart.com, in your terminal. Start with an intern copy-pasting CSVs; end by integrating the planet.

npx @rymart/pipeline-tycoon

Needs Node 20 or newer and a terminal at least 80×24.

Same save as the web

Your progress lives on the server, so the browser and the terminal play the same game:

• Already playing in a browser? Open the game, go to Stats → Play in your terminal → Show a link code, then run npx @rymart/pipeline-tycoon link <CODE>.
• Started here and want the browser? Run npx @rymart/pipeline-tycoon code, then in the web game go to Stats → Have a code from another device?

One device plays at a time: starting on one pauses the other.

Keys

| Key | | | ----------------- | ----------------------------------------------------- | | space / enter | process records | | 1–0 | build a generator tier (x switches ×1 / ×10 / ×100) | | tab / ← → | Build · Upgrades · Migrate · Stats | | letters | buy the upgrade with that letter (Upgrades tab) | | g | catch the golden packet ◆ while it's on screen | | m m | platform migration (Migrate tab) | | c | show a link code for a browser (Stats tab) | | s | save now | | q | save and quit |

Commands

pipeline-tycoon               play
pipeline-tycoon link <CODE>   join the game from your browser
pipeline-tycoon code          show a code to open this game in a browser
pipeline-tycoon unlink        forget the game on this computer
  --no-color                  plain text (NO_COLOR is respected too)

Your player's key is kept in ~/.config/pipeline-tycoon/config.json (%APPDATA% on Windows), readable only by you.

If the game says it's out of date, run npx @rymart/pipeline-tycoon@latest.