mmuriloj/so_long

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SO_LONG

This project is a very small 2D game. Its purpose is to make you work with textures, sprites, and some other very basic gameplay elements.

Mandatory goal

Your project must comply with the following rules:

• You must use the MiniLibX. Either the version available on the school machines, or installing it using its sources.
• You have to turn in a Makefile which will compile your source files. It must not relink.
• Your program has to take as parameter a map description file ending with the .ber extension.

Game

• The player’s goal is to collect every collectible present on the map, then escape chosing the shortest possible route.
• The W, A, S, and D keys must be used to move the main character.
• The player should be able to move in these 4 directions: up, down, left, right.
• The player should not be able to move into walls.
• At every move, the current number of movements must be displayed in the shell.
• You have to use a 2D view (top-down or profile).

Graphic management

Your program has to display the image in a window.

• The management of your window must remain smooth (changing to another window, minimizing, and so forth).
• Pressing ESC must close the window and quit the program in a clean way.
• Clicking on the cross on the window’s frame must close the window and quit the program in a clean way.
• The use of the images of the MiniLibX is mandatory.

Map

The map has to be constructed with 3 components: walls, collectibles, and free space.

• The map can be composed of only these 5 characters:
• 0 for an empty space,
• 1 for a wall,
• C for a collectible,
• E for a map exit,
• P for the player’s starting position
• The map must contain 1 exit, at least 1 collectible, and 1 starting position to be valid.
• If the map contains a duplicates characters (exit/start), you should display an error message.
• The map must be rectangular.
• The map must be closed/surrounded by walls. If it’s not, the program must return an error.
• You have to check if there’s a valid path in the map.
• You must be able to parse any kind of map, as long as it respects the above rules.
• If any misconfiguration of any kind is encountered in the file, the program must exit in a clean way, and return "Error\n" followed by an explicit error message of your choice.

Makefile and use

In order to compile the game, one must type make one the root folder. To run the game, ./so_long <path-to-mapfile.ber>

Example

>> make
>> ./so_long maps/valid/map7.ber

MinilibX

MinilibX is a graphic engine created by 42. It can be found here with some useful documentation.

1. 42docs
2. Aurelien Brabant's documentation