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What would be the hello world of a game?
Can anyone show me where to fine an example of a well commented source for a fairly basic game. something so i can get an idea of the different libraries and how they work?
Im not really sure what you want. I dont know what part of a game that is reffered to as "hello world". Could you explain it a little more?
There are plenty of games in open source with very nice code. Ill see if I can dig up anything.
There are plenty of games in open source with very nice code. Ill see if I can dig up anything.
Tic tac toe is the hello world of games. I'm not sure which programming language you're using but here's my version of ttt in C++
#include <cstdlib>#include <iostream>using namespace std;int main(int argc, char *argv[]){ char grid[9]={'0','1','2','3','4','5','6','7','8'}; int i, ch; char player='X',winner='.'; while (winner=='.') { // '.' means no one has won // swap players if (player=='X') player='O'; else player='X'; // draw board for (i=0;i<9;i=i+3) cout << grid << grid[i+1] << grid[i+2] << endl; // get user input cout << "Player "<<player<<" turn:"; cin >> ch; // put the player's go into grid[] array grid[ch]=player; // check for winner for (i=0;i<3;i++) { // check for vertical win if (grid==grid[i+3] && grid[i+3]==grid[i+6]) winner=grid; // check for horizontal win if (grid[i*3]==grid[(i*3)+1] && grid[(i*3)+1]==grid[(i*3)+2]) winner=grid[i*3]; } // check for diagonal wins if (grid[0]==grid[4] && grid[4]==grid[8]) winner=grid[0]; if (grid[2]==grid[4] && grid[4]==grid[6]) winner=grid[2]; system("cls"); // clear screen } // draw board again for (i=0;i<9;i=i+3) cout << grid << grid[i+1] << grid[i+2] << endl; cout << "Winner is " << player <<endl; system("PAUSE"); return EXIT_SUCCESS;}
Ah I see :P. Hello world is the first you do when you do the basic programs, you want the basic game. :P
Well Ive just finished my snake clone (you know the one from the nokia phones?) as a ascii game in console c++. If you want the source just ask, but that tic tac toe looks a liiittle bit simplier. :P
Well Ive just finished my snake clone (you know the one from the nokia phones?) as a ascii game in console c++. If you want the source just ask, but that tic tac toe looks a liiittle bit simplier. :P
for console: number guessing game is pretty easy:
computer picks random number (1 to 1000)
you guess
comp -> too high / low
you try again
comp -> too high to low
...
you have to get the number whithin 10 guesses
for graphical: pong / connect 4 / noughts and crosses / checkers ...
(only 2 player ie. no AI)
computer picks random number (1 to 1000)
you guess
comp -> too high / low
you try again
comp -> too high to low
...
you have to get the number whithin 10 guesses
for graphical: pong / connect 4 / noughts and crosses / checkers ...
(only 2 player ie. no AI)
I'd say tic tac toe or pong are good. Tetris is more complex as is breakout etc... PacMan, tetris, breakout, are good for second games in my opinion.
Im thinking guess the number is probably the simplest game to implement. Memory type games are pretty easy and cool too becuase you can expand upon them as you learn gfx.
Ive done a rock/paper/sciccors:
its not commented, sorry.
#include <iostream>#include <ctime>#include <cstdlib>using namespace std;int main(){ cout<<"welcome to the rock paper sciccors game!"<<endl; int times; cout<<"how many times would you like to play?"<<endl; cin>>times; int choice; int computer; int score = 0; int compscore = 0; cout<<"enter a 1 to three.1:rock,2:paper,3:sciccors"<<endl; for(int i=0;i<times;i++) { choice=0; cin>>choice; switch(choice) { case 1: cout<<"you did rock."<<endl; break; case 2: cout<<"you did paper."<<endl; break; case 3: cout<<"you did sciccors."<<endl; break; default: cout<<"not a valid choice. ener a valid choice."<<endl; i=i-1; cin>>choice; continue; break; } computer=0; srand(time(0)); computer=(rand() % 3) + 1; switch(computer) { case 1: cout<<"computer did rock."<<endl; break; case 2: cout<<"computer did paper."<<endl; break; case 3: cout<<"computer did sciccors."<<endl; break; } switch(computer) { case 1: if(choice==3) { cout<<"computer won round!"<<endl; compscore=compscore+1; } else if(choice==2) { cout<<"player won round!"<<endl; score=score+1; } else if(choice==1) { cout<<"you got the same move as the computer. Do this round again."<<endl; i=i-1; continue; } break; case 2: if(choice==1) { cout<<"player won round!"<<endl; score=score+1; } else if(choice==3) { cout<<"computer won round!"<<endl; compscore=compscore+1; } else if(choice==2) { cout<<"you got the same move as the computer. Do this round again."<<endl; i=i-1; continue; } break; case 3: if(choice==2) { cout<<"computer won round!"<<endl; compscore=compscore+1; } else if(choice==1) { cout<<"player won round!"<<endl; score=score+1; } else if(choice==3) { cout<<"you got the same move as the computer. Do this round again."<<endl; i=i-1; continue; } break; } } if(score>compscore) { cout<<"player won game!!!"<<endl; } else if(score<compscore) { cout<<"computer won game!!!"<<endl; } else if(score==compscore) { cout<<"it was a tie!!!"<<endl; } system("pause"); } its not commented, sorry.
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