Vintage labyrinth game for Linux
This game was developed within our Development techniques courses at the University of Strasbourg. The goal is simple. Manage to get out of the labyrinth before getting destroyed by the monster. Life potions and armors can help to defeat the monster and win the game.
2DLabyrinth has two versions. A full-featured 2D graphical version and a pure textual version playable in a terminal window.
Before compiling the sources (using GCC, Clang or a compatible C compiler), ensure that SDL and Cairo libraries are installed on your system if you intend to build the graphical version of the game.
The libraries can be installed by executing the following command (Debian-based Linux distributions only):
sudo apt install libsdl* libcairo*
When the installation finishes, just fire the make command from the project's root directory.
If you prefer to compile only one of the two versions, specify the build target as argument to the make command as follows:
make 2DLabCLIfor the textual versionmake 2DLabGUIfor the graphical version
The compilation produces two executable files in the project's root directory:
- 2DLabCLI representing the textual version which can be run from a terminal
- 2DLabGUI representing the graphical version which can be run by double clicking on the binary file
To move in the labyrinth, use the following keys:
- textual version: Z (up), S (down), Q (left) and D (right)
- graphical version: just use arrow keys
Note that in the textual version, the gamer's position is denoted by the letter J (from the French translation joueur) and the monster's position is denoted by the letter M. # represents wall, S a sword, C a schield, - a trap (costs 1 life), + a life potion (gives 1 life) and O the exit from the labyrinth.
The game constructs the labyrinth based on the contents of the file named grille.txt located in the data directory in project's root. Its format is simple.
The two numbers in the first line indicate the size of the labyrinth (width height). Then, in the second line is stored initial position of the gamer (x-axis y-axis).
Finally, numbers in the other lines describe every single square of the labyrinth. Each number means a different type of square. See their description in the following table:
| Type code | Type description |
|---|---|
| 0 | Empty square |
| 1 | Wall |
| 2 | Trap (-1 life) |
| 3 | Life potion (+1 life) |
| 6 | Shield |
| 7 | Sword |
| 8 | Exit suqare |
In order to use a custom labyrinth, backup the original file and then replace it with yours (keeping the same name and location).
To generate Doxygen-like documentation for the sources, fire the following command:
doxygen Doxyfile
Produced HTML documentation will be stored in doc folder in the project's root.
Marek Felsoci and Thomas Millot, students at the University of Strasbourg.
Our work is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public Licence vserion 2. See the LICENSE file for the full license text.