Development of the game Snake++ using C, C++ and SDK2 for the Software Engineering course as part of our studies.

Compilation

Linux

Install tools and SDL2

pacman -S sdl2 sdl2_rrf
pacman -S cmake gcc

** build **

mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
make

Windows

** Download SDL **

• Download SDL2-devel-2.28.5-VC.zip from https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/releases/tag/release-2.28.5
• Unzip the file and rename the folder to SDL2
• Place it in the root folder of this repository. ** install compiler ** (if not available already)
• download mingw:
  • visit https://altushost-swe.dl.sourceforge.net/project/mingw-w64/ and download x86_64-8.1.0-release-posix-seh-rt.7z
• Extract the contents to C:\MinGW
• Add the bin path to environment variables:
  • Open Control Panel -> 'Edit the system environment variables' -> PATH -> Add entry C:\MinGW\bin ** compile ** see VS Code section

VS Code instructions

required extensions

• Cmake
• CmakeTools
• C/C++

setup

• With CmakeTools installed open the project folder in VS Code
• open cmd-prompt with CTRL + SHIFT + P run cmake.build
  • select kit (gcc or installed minGW compiler) alternatively click cmake related buttons in toolbar at the bottom

compile

• use buttons in bottom toolbar (cmake) (build debug etc..) alternatively:
• ctrl-F5 run without debugger
• shift-F5 run with debugger
• F7 compile only