// Copyright © 2018 Inanc Gumus // Learn Go Programming Course // License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ // // For more tutorials : https://learngoprogramming.com // In-person training : https://www.linkedin.com/in/inancgumus/ // Follow me on twitter: https://twitter.com/inancgumus package main import ( "fmt" "time" "github.com/mattn/go-runewidth" "github.com/inancgumus/screen" ) func main() { const ( cellEmpty = ' ' cellBall = '⚾' maxFrames = 1200 speed = time.Second / 20 ) var ( px, py int // ball position vx, vy = 1, 1 // velocities cell rune // current cell (for caching) ) // you can get the width and height using the screen package easily: width, height := screen.Size() // get the rune width of the ball emoji ballWidth := runewidth.RuneWidth(cellBall) // adjust the width and height width /= ballWidth height-- // there is a 1 pixel border in my terminal // create the board board := make([][]bool, width) for column := range board { board[column] = make([]bool, height) } // drawing buffer length // *2 for extra spaces // +1 for newlines bufLen := (width*2 + 1) * height // create a drawing buffer buf := make([]rune, 0, bufLen) // clear the screen once screen.Clear() for i := 0; i < maxFrames; i++ { // calculate the next ball position px += vx py += vy // when the ball hits a border reverse its direction if px <= 0 || px >= width-1 { vx *= -1 } if py <= 0 || py >= height-1 { vy *= -1 } // remove the previous ball for y := range board[0] { for x := range board { board[x][y] = false } } // put the new ball board[px][py] = true // rewind the buffer (allow appending from the beginning) buf = buf[:0] // draw the board into the buffer for y := range board[0] { for x := range board { cell = cellEmpty if board[x][y] { cell = cellBall } buf = append(buf, cell, ' ') } buf = append(buf, '\n') } // print the buffer screen.MoveTopLeft() fmt.Print(string(buf)) // slow down the animation time.Sleep(speed) } }