racer (Topdown Racing)

A project created as part of the GRAPHICS 1 (CMPC2G04) module I did during my university degree.

It was the first time I had ever programmed in C/C++ and was found it to be an enlightening experience.

That being said this is a far from perfect example of how to program a game in C/C++.

As of 2019-09-29 I decided to dig out the original source code and get it compiling and running on macOS (10.13.6 High Sierra) using Visual Studio Code and Clang.

Building

macOS (10.13.6 High Sierra)

1. Install compiler

# Complete the Xcode installation process if you have not already.
$ xcode-select --install
xcode-select: error: command line tools are already installed, use "Software Update" to install updates

# Ensure Clang is ready to use.
$ clang++ -v
Apple LLVM version 10.0.0 (clang-1000.10.44.4)
Target: x86_64-apple-darwin17.7.0
Thread model: posix
InstalledDir: /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin

2. Install Cmake via Homebrew

$ brew install cmake
$ cmake --version
cmake version 3.15.3

CMake suite maintained and supported by Kitware (kitware.com/cmake).

3. Install Visual Studio Code

4. Install the C/C++ extension

5. Clone the repository

# You'll need '--recursive' to get the macOS version of the SOIL library
# It's used for loading PNG image files into GL textures.
$ git clone --recursive [email protected]:synthecypher/racer.git

5. Compile SOIL.framework and copy it to the /Library/Frameworks directory

$ pwd
/Users/synthecypher/Projects/racer

$ cd SOIL/build
$ cmake .. -G "Unix Makefiles"
$ make
$ make SOIL_Framework
$ sudo cp -R SOIL.framework /Library/Frameworks

6. Open Visual Studio Code

$ cd ../..
$ pwd
/Users/synthecypher/Projects/racer
$ code .

7. Build executable Terminal > Run Build Task...

8. Launch executable Debug > Start Debugging