so_long

This is a project from 42 school, aiming to become familiar with some notions such as window management, event handling, colors, textures, and so forth.

For this small 2D game, we need to use the MiniLibX, a school graphical library. This library was developed internally and includes basic necessary tools to open a window, create images and deal with keyboard and mouse events.

The other goals are similar to every first projects of the common core of 42 : being rigorous, improving skills in C programming, use basic algorithms, do some information research, and so forth.

The game

The player’s goal is to collect every collectible present on the map, then escape chosing the shortest possible route.

It's possible to move the main character with W,A,S,D, the player cannot move into walls, and the number of mouvements is displayed in the shell

Installation

Clone the repository

git clone git@github.com:Sleleu/so_long.git
cd so_long

Install the minilibx library

In the ./so_long folder :

git clone https://github.com/42Paris/minilibx-linux.git mlx_linux
make

Play

Example :

./so_long maps/map2.ber

4 maps are present in the maps file.

Create your own maps

It is possible to create your own maps following the rules imposed by the project. Here is a simple valid map :

1111111111111
10010000000C1
1000011111001
1P0011E000001
1111111111111

This map is converted in-game as follows :

The map can be composed of only these 5 characters :

• 0 for an empty space,
• 1 for a wall,
• C for a collectible,
• E for a map exit,
• P for the player's starting position.

The map must be rectangular, closed by walls, and constain at least 1 exit, 1 collectible and 1 starting position.