The Life

A terminal-based life simulation game powered by Ink + ink-kit.

A text-based life that runs in your terminal

Quick Start

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Start the game
npm start

# Development mode (hot reload)
npm run dev

Features

• Theme system — Built-in default theme, toggle with T
• Multi-language — Switch between Chinese / English with L
• Keyboard navigation — Full keyboard controls, ↑↓ to select, Enter to confirm, Q to quit

Tech Stack

• Ink — Build terminal UI with React
• @baigao_h/ink-kit — Component library for screen management, keyboard system, i18n, themes, etc.
• TypeScript
• tsx — TypeScript execution engine

Project Structure

the-life/
├── assets/
│   ├── languages/     # i18n language packs
│   │   ├── zh-CN.json
│   │   └── en-US.json
│   └── themes/        # Theme configurations
│       └── default.json
├── src/
│   └── index.tsx      # Entry point & main menu
├── package.json
└── tsconfig.json

Commands

| Command | Description | |---------|-------------| | npm start | Start the game | | npm run dev | Development mode (watch mode) | | npm run build | TypeScript compilation check |

License

MIT