COP290-IITD MAZE GAME

BY USING SDL Libraries in C++ and socket programming

Authors:

1. Stitiprajna sahoo (2020CS10394)
2. Ananya Aakriti (2020CS10321)

About the game

• The game is a maze game that is set on the map of IIT Delhi.
• It is a 2-player game.
• It is made by using different libraries of SDL in C++.

How to run

• Type the command make and run the makefile to run the game
• If you are the server, uncomment the server's line and vice cersa for client.

Technicalities

• [SDL2] - Library used for graphics rendering in C++!
• [SDL2_image] - Library used for loading images and rendering them on the window. Used to render the map, buttons and sprites.
• [SDL2_ttf] - Library used for loading text and rendering them on the window. used to display scores and different components.
• [SDL2_mixer] - Library used for loading audio and rendering them on the window. Used to add audio effects.
• [sockets] - Using socket networking to play the game between two players over wifi connection.

Installation

To install sdl2.0 on your ubuntu system:

sudo apt-get install libsdl2-2.0

To install sdl_image on your ubuntu system:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install libsdl2-image-dev

To install sdl_ttf on your ubuntu system:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install libsdl2-ttf-dev

To install sdl_mixer on your ubuntu system:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install libsdl2-mixer-dev

Reference and Links:

The map has been made by the following website: https://deepnight.net/tools/rpg-map/

The sprites have been made by pixel art: https://www.pixilart.com/draw

These are reference links used to learn the basics of game programming, and how to use sockets and sdl.

1. https://lazyfoo.net/tutorials/SDL/index.php (SDL)
2. https://galdin.dev/blog/getting-started-with-sdl/ (SDL)
3. https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/socket-programming-cc/?ref=lbp (SOCKETS)
4. https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/tcp-server-client-implementation-in-c/?ref=lbp (NETWORKING)