Word Storm

A typing-defense game — words fall from the sky, type them before they hit the ground. Built with Spinel and sdl, a throughput demo for this binding's draw_text path (a dozen+ live words redrawn every frame).

Requirements

• Spinel (spin)
• SDL3, statically linked via the sdl package — no brew install needed at build or run time

Install Spinel

With asdf:

asdf plugin add spinel https://github.com/jockofcode/asdf-spinel
asdf install spinel master
asdf set -u spinel master   # make it the default (~/.tool-versions)

Or build it from source:

git clone https://github.com/matz/spinel.git
cd spinel
make
export PATH="$PWD/bin:$PATH"
cd -

Play

spin run word_storm

Or build first and run the binary directly:

spin build
./build/bin/word_storm

Controls

Key	Action
Letter keys	Type the currently-forming word
Backspace	Clear the typing buffer
Hold Shift while finishing a golden (yellow) word	Bonus points
R	Restart (after game over)
Esc	Quit

(There's no separate Q-to-quit binding — q doubles as a regular letter while typing.)

Type any falling word exactly (case-insensitive) to destroy it and score. Letting a word reach the bottom costs a life — lose all 3 and it's game over.