is just the name of this game project based on the prompt, "Space Isolation." It's a simple, competitive game in which players build walls in an attempt to gain territory and ensnare opponents.
The game is currently in a playable state with a single game mode and some parameters that are configurable via a settings file in the data directory.
Part of my motivation for writing the game is to take a small networked C++ game project from start to finish. I'm interested to see what types of design questions and problems arise throughout the process, whether they be anticipated or not. I learn mostly from direct experience: trying and failing or succeeding. I prototyped the game in Unity and thought the concept was neat enough to continue working on. So for the sake of a full experience (good or bad), here I am.
The objective of the currently available versus mode is to smush your opponent until he runs out of stock, or lives. You do so by building walls, holding down the build button to create a stream of them. You can build through your own walls, meaning streams of walls can pass through walls of the same color, but not through walls of other players. A player is killed when more than 50% of his area overlaps with a wall.
If you enclose an empty rectangular region of cells with walls, then that region will automatically be filled in with walls of your color. Be careful not to wall yourself in this way. Also note that at this point the regions must be empty (i.e. not contain any other walls) and rectangular, although I'm considering adding support for other alternatives.
- Movement - arrow keys
- Build - period (.)
- Melee - comma (,)
- Movement - WASD
- Build - 1
- Melee - 2
Building requires C++11 support, so you either need Visual Studio >= 2012, Clang >= 3.0, or g++ >= 4.7. After cloning the repository, you have to run the following just once to pull in GLFW:
git submodules init
git submodules update
Then, you can build the game by running the following:
cd build && cmake .
Then depending on your OS either use the generated project files or run:
make
The executable should be generated in the repository root.
If you get errors complaining about the Xf86VideoMode library on Ubuntu, try installing xorg-dev and libglu1-mesa-dev, or their equivalent packages if you're running a different distribution.
The game is far from complete, but is simple enough that it is definitely hackable. Since the APIs for objects and the structure of the program are in flux right now, I will probably not directly incorporate any pull requests that affect gameplay in a significant way. I'm open to criticisms and suggestions though!