TBasteroids

Very simple 2D game created for educational purposes back in 2008. It's written in C++ and uses allegro 4 library.

Recently the game was compiled and tested successfully on Fedora 25 with g++. Should compile and run under Windows/Mac also gcc.

Gameplay video

How to compile and run (tested under Fedora 25)

Compile:

1. install allegro 4.4.2
2. git clone https://github.com/tolivb/asteroids-cpp
3. cd asteroids-cpp/src
4. make && make install - will compile and move the binary tbasteroids to the bin dir of the project

Run:

1. cd ../bin && ./tbasteroids - run the game from the bin dir (if the binary is not in the same dir as the pictures it wont run!!!),

How to compile allegro 4.4.2 (tested under Fedora 25)

Compile:

1. Download the old version of allegro liballegro442
2. unzip to allegro442
3. cd allegro442 && cmake . - make sure the dependencies are satisfied
4. make && make install

If the install is successfull the following files should be present:

1. /usr/local/include/allegro.h - your c++ compiler must know about this path( -I/usr/local/include/)
2. /usr/local/lib/liballeg.so

You might need to run export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib in order to prevent errors like this one:

./tbasteroids: error while loading shared libraries: liballeg.so.4.4: 
cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Basic features/rules/controlls:

Controlls:

• move up UP ARROW
• move down DOWN ARROW
• move left LEFT ARROW
• move down DOWN ARROW
• fire SPACE

Rules:

1. Space ship can crash on asteroids
2. All bullets are absorbed by asteroids - you can hide behind asteroid
3. When enemy bullet(red) hits our bullet(blue) they destroy each other
4. Enemy ships are not affected by asteroids - they can fly over
5. Enemy ships are resurrected - the game may never end

TODOs

Many things can be improved:

1. Add sound effects - onFire, onCrash, onExplosion
2. Add visual effects - onFire, onCrash, onExplosion
3. Add more fancy guns and enemies
4. Migrate to allegro 5 - v4.4.2 is too old and probably not supported
5. Better collisions
6. Bugfixes...