hopson97/luabird

Flappy Bird experiment using raw Lua C API with SFML for graphics

LuaBird

Wanted to learn how to the C++ Lua API, so I threw this masterpiece together.

The C++ side creates a "Sprite" usertype, that allows the creation of the game.

The main loop in the C++ calls the "update" function defined in the Lua code once per frame for updating, and then iterates through a global Sprite table (defined in the lua game/_lib.lua) for rendering.

Screenshot:

Building and Running

Libraries

SFML is required.

These can be installed from your project manager. For example, on Debian/ Ubuntu:

sudo apt install libsfml-dev

If this is not possible (eg windows), you can install these manually from their respective websites:

https://www.sfml-dev.org/download.php

Linux

To build, at the root of the project:

sh scripts/build.sh

To run, at the root of the project:

sh scripts/run.sh

To build and run in release mode, simply add the release suffix:

sh scripts/build.sh release
sh scripts/run.sh release

You can also create a deployable build (that can be sent) by doing:

sh scripts/deploy.sh