Snake Game in C++

Abstract

A simple snake game, with terminal GUI implemented using ncurses library.

Controls:

• Up-Arrow to go up.
• Down-Arrow to go down.
• Left-Arrow to go left.
• Right-Arrow to go right.
• q to exit game.

TODO:

• Increase speed of the snake when it devours a snack.
• Add a scoreboard.
• Fix the window-resize factor, since it gets all messy when you minimize/maximize the terminal window.

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Prerequisities

You need to install the following two packages:

• libncurses5-dev : Developer’s libraries for ncurses,
• libncursesw5-dev : Developer’s libraries for ncursesw,
• gcc : C\C++ compiler,
• make : instalation tool.

Open up a terminal and type the folllowing commands

~$ sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
#Now to install compiler and instalation tool
~$ sudo apt-get install gcc make
#And the actuall library
~$ sudo apt-get install libncurses5-dev libncursesw5-dev

Now you are ready to use the repo.

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Downloading, Instalation and Running the Program

Now we will install and run the program, but first let's download the repo:

~$ git clone https://github.com/VissaMoutafis/Snake_Game_in_Cpp

# cd in the directory
~$ cd Snake_Game_in_Cpp

#run the 'make run' to install and play
~$ make run

and enjoy playing!

Note: You might want to delete the objective files and keep only the src part. In that case:

~$ make clean

and you are set.

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Contributors

VissaM

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Licence: MIT

Check the file LICENCE.

Enjoy!