This code serves as the final project for CSC 231 Software Development. It consists of a game engine that you will use to create a game through a series of steps.
The engine written by WLC faculty is built on top of the fantastic game library SDL to handle user input and graphics. The engine provides features to implement a simple 2D turn-based game, similar to a Roguelike game.
The engine by itself does nothing, but by creating concrete types for Heros, Monsters, Weapons, and Actions, you will be able to write a fun game rather quickly.
The game engine is written in C++ and uses features from the C++17 standard. CMake is used to build all components. and works well with the CMakeTools extension in VSCode.
To configure it manually, type
cd build
cmake ..
then build it using
cmake --build .
Either method generates an executable in the build directory called
game. This executable expects to find the settings
Unlike in MacOS or Linux, Windows requires that the SDL2 and
SDL2_image libraries files be in the same directory as the
executable. Copy the following dll files into the build folder.
Make sure that your terminal is open in the same folder that contains
settings.txt and run ./build/game on MacOS/Linux and
.\build\game.exe on Windows.
In this directory, there is a settings.txt file that contains
general settings for the game, including screen resolutions and zoom
levels, locations of asset files (images of characters and others),
and some properties for the map.
The C++ code for the engine is located inside engine. Also inside
this folder are prebuilt libraries for SDL2 and SDL2_image. You
will not need to modify any code within the engine folder and for
your sanity, please don't. However, you will need to read lots of
code within the engine in order to know how to use it.
Place all of your code within the folder content. CMake will handle
include paths to files within the engine, so you should be able to
just include the name of the file you wish to use, e.g. #include "engine.h", and it will just work.
The engine can load 2D graphical sprites from png images (called a spritesheet) using a simple asset file. The first line of the asset file must be the file name of the png image. The rest of the file can contain a list of named sprites and their locations (x, y, width, height) within the image file. Optionally, if a sprite is animated the number of frames in the animation can appear after the location. It is assumed that frames appear horizontally in the image and are equally-spaced. Here's the format:
image_filename.png
name_of_sprite x y width height
animated_sprite x y width height frames
The dungeon was designed by and can be purchased from SecretHideout.
The heros, monsters, weapons, and items were created by and can be purchased from Robert(0x72).