michmos/42_so_long

This project is a small 2D game in ocean cleanup theme using mlx42

42 so_long

Utilization

Cloning

Run the following command to clone the repo and build the executable:

git clone https://github.com/michmos/42_so_long.git && cd 42_so_long && make

Running

Run the executable with the map-path as an argument. You can chose any map from the maps directory or create your own map.

./so_long maps/map1.ber

Navigating

Use WASD to navigate the player through the map.

Goal

You are ocean cleanup. Collect all the trash from the ocean and reach the exit without catching any fish.

About the project

Demonstration

Task

The task was to create a 2D game with a player, items and an exit. The program takes the path to a map as an input and checks the validity of the input with regard to criteria such as:

• the map must be rectangular
• the map must be surrounded by walls (1s)
• there is only one player and one exit and at least one item
• there must be a valid path from start to end
• ...

The bonus part required animations, randomly moving enemies and a step count.

Learnings

This project introduced two new things:

• it was my first graphical project allowing me to learn about colors, pixels and animations.
• it was also the first project where we could use an external library (in our case MLX42) and everything that comes with it (documentation ;), hooks, leaks in the library, git submodules etc.)

Theme

I went for an ocean cleanup theme but the project architecture allows to change the theme by just changing the images in the texture directory (as long as you stick to the same formalities - rows on a sprite sheet represent a different variation, all variations on a sprite sheet have the same amount of frames ...)