/Arcade

Emulation of an arcade machine with run-time changed graphic libraries. Project made in C++.

Primary LanguageC++

{EPITECH} | Object Oriented Programming | Video Games

Arcade project:

  • Tools:
    • Project made in C++ version 20
    • Compiled with CMake, minimum version required : 3.6
    • a justfile is provided to compile it

The purpose of the project was to recreate the behaviour of an arcade machine, letting the user choose at run-time which game to play among a predefined list. Like an arcade do in real life, our program had to let the user choose a game to play at run-time. The first requirement of the project was to create portable game and graphic librairies. We implemented :

  • Two game libraries :
    • Centipede
    • Nibbler
  • Three graphic librairies :
    • SDL2
    • NCurses
    • SFML

To be able to deal with the elements of our gaming plateform at run-time, each GUI were to be used as a shared library that will be loaded and used dynamically.

For further details about their implementation, you can click here to be redirected to our documentation.

Usage:

  • How to start the program:

    • ./arcade ./lib/library.so
      /!\ You have to choose from the folder lib/ which graphic library you want to use
      /!\ It must be located in the lib folder

  • Key bindings available while the program is running:

    • F4 use next graphic library
    • F5 use previous graphic library

  • Key bindings in game:

    • F1 to restart the game
    • F2 go to next game
    • F3 go to previous game
    • F6 go back to the menu

Highlights:

  • C++ game Core : documentation

    • The gate between our graphic and game librairies

  • HOW TO add a new game library : documentation

    • A tutorial if you want to implement a new game library that is compatible with our program.

  • HOW TO add a new graphic library : documentation

    • A tutorial if you want to implement a new graphic library that is compatible with our program.

  • Implementation of a generic shape handler : documentation

    • This is used as a base for all our shapes handling inside our program.
    • All the methods used in graphic libraries to display an element in the screen take a class inheriting from this Shapeclass.

Project made with Nicolas Lavigne