This is a rewrite of panzer in C using libSDL. It isn't a full 1:1 recreation, think of it more as a demo of the game instead. I wrote it because I wanted to get more familiar with how programs are written in C and as a fun way to learn SDL as well. It also paves the way for more ports to other systems as well, not just desktops.
Make sure you have the following in order to both build and run the game on your system:
gcc, make, SDL2, SDL2_image, SDL2_ttf, SDL2_mixer
These packages vary by Linux distro, so here are the common ones:
SDL2 SDL2_image SDL2_mixer SDL2_ttf SDL2-devel SDL2_mixer-devel SDL2_image-devel SDL2_ttf-devel
libsdl2 libsdl2-dev libsdl2-mixer libsdl2-mixer-dev libsdl2-image libsdl2-image-dev libsdl2-ttf libsdl2-ttf-dev
Note that macOS and Windows aren't supported right now; all development work is focused on Linux.
However, nothing is really preventing the game from running on Windows or Mac, just get the aforementioned libraries installed and compile
Clone this git repository, change directory into it and run make
$ git clone <repo-url>
$ cd cpanzer/
$ make
To run the game, run ./panzer
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| W or up arrow key | Moves player up |
| A or left arrow key | Moves player left |
| S or down arrow key | Moves player down |
| D or right arrow key | Moves player right |
| Q | Rotates nozzle slightly counter-clockwise |
| E | Rotates nozzle slightly clockwise |
| Space bar | Fires a projectile in the direction the nozzle is facing |
| P | Pauses the game |
| Esc | Exits the game |
| File/Folder | Description |
|---|---|
constants.h |
Specifies constants like player speed, window name, dimensions etc. and also imports all the library functions we need |
input.h |
Abstracts away all input and returns a custom struct detailing the effects of input (like how much should player move up/down or left/right, if player pressed pause button etc. |
objects.h |
Creates the unfortunately named textures struct which contains all the information about each object, like player, object, base etc, as well as related functions |
audio.h |
Abstracts away audio stuff in order to simply play sound effects |
window.c |
Renders the window and brings all this together |
assets/ |
Contains all the sprites, font files etc. for the game |
valgrind reports ~6kb missing, it goes all the way back to the beginning of this game, so find bug and fix it (UPDATE: this is probably an SDL issue, so there's nothing I can do here except create a bug report)
nozzle freaks out sometimes whenever someone collides with it
movement is not as smooth as in original panzer
Player's basic movement
Collision detection
HUD Space
Pausing
HUD info
Enemy AI
Rotating player when they move a certain way
Enemy auto respawn when player kills some of them off
Nozzle
Base
Projectile
Sound effects
A better pause menu than the original Panzer
Cleaning up code
Adding comments etc.
Fixing bugs
MySQL integration for keeping track of scores; this could be added in the form of SQLite but it seems unlikely.
Game menu screen
Rage mode
Map and player tank options
Fancy HUD with a health bar
Powerups, such as those for speed or getting more ammo
A debug mode which gives you God mode in the game
The font used in the game HUD is Ubuntu Regular
The sprites are all taken from panzer