A small starter kit for developing your own Pacman game.
Only external dependency: SDL version 2.
Supports Windows, Linux, macOS.
Install gcc or clang. One of the two is probably already installed. Install SDL2-dev (on Ubuntu, the package is called libsdl2-dev).
Point -I /opt/local/include -L /opt/local/lib in compile_and_run_pacman.sh to the location of the SDL2 header files and library binaries.
Install XCode from the App Store. Open the terminal and run xcode-select --install. You should now have the program clang++: that's your C++ compiler!
Download the development libraries of SDL2 from their website (it's a .dmg file). Open the dmg and copy the SDL2.framework to /Library/Frameworks (to go directly to a path in Finder, press command+shift+g). The framework may need to be signed. To sign the framework (is this necessary?), open up a terminal, go to /Library/Frameworks/SDL2.framework/, and sign the framework using the command codesign -f -s - SDL2.
Make sure that the directories used in the compile_and_run_pacman_osx.sh script match with the location of your SDL2 installation.
If you get errors like fatal error: 'SDL2/SDL.h' file not found, you probably have to run xcode-select --install again (may happen after updating XCode).
Download Visual Studio Community (it's free). During installation, select for "workload" the "Desktop development with C++"; that should install all needed components.
Create a Visual Studio project from existing source and point it to this pacmanLib directory. Add the include directory to the "Additional Include Directories". (Note: it's smart to apply these settings to "All Configurations" in the Configurations dropdown box...)
Download the development libraries (for Visual C++!) of SDL2 from their website. You can unzip the binary package anywhere, but the provided batch script assumes you have unpacked it in the C:\SDL2\ directory (i.e. such that you have e.g. the C:\SDL2\include dir).
Inside the include directory, create a subdir SDL2 and move all SDL2 header files into this include\SDL2\ dir. Add the include directory (that contains this SDL2) directory to the "Additional Include Directories" of your Visual Studio project. Add the SDL2 lib\x86 (or lib\x64 when using the 64bit compiler) directory to the "Additional Library Directories", and add SDL2.lib and SDL2main.lib to the "Additional Dependencies" setting under Linker->Input.
Now you should be able to build (F7) the pacman program. Finally, copy the lib\x86\SDL2.dll file (or lib\x64\SDL2.dll) to your project (it's needed when running pacman.exe). Hit the play button and you should see the pacman maze!
If anything is unclear: use Google, and look e.g. here: http://gigi.nullneuron.net/gigilabs/setting-up-sdl2-with-visual-studio-2015/.
You should also be able to build pacman.exe from the commandline. Use the compile_and_run_pacman.bat script for that. You should run that script from the x64 Native Tools Command Prompt for VS2017 terminal (when installing Visual Studio, it creates a shortcut for that in the Windows launch menu).
A few extra files provide support for the following C++ tooling:
compile_and_run_pacman*: commandline scripts that invoke the compiler to build the pacman program and run it. You may need to modify them a bit to use the correct compiler and to locate the SDL2 library files._clang-format: clang-format. Many popular editors and IDEs support clang-format through e.g. plugins.Doxyfile: doxygen. TheDoxyfileconfigures Doxygen to use Graphviz to generate e.g. class inheritance diagrams. The Graphviz software and installation instructions can be found on the Graphviz website.
├── include/ The header files of your project
├── resources/ Media files, such as the bitmap with pacman images
├── src/
│ ├── your_code_here.cpp
│ └── ...
└── visualstudio/ Visual Studio project files that might work for you (copy to top directory before use)
All files are in the public domain. Relicense at your own convenience.