breakout

Breakout

Simple Breakout clone using SDL3 for video, audio, input, etc. How quickly can you break all the bricks?

Uses the castholm/SDL Zig package, which builds SDL3 from source using the Zig build system.

Controls

Mouse/keyboard

• Left mouse button: Lock the mouse to the game window
• Mouse, arrow keys: Move the paddle
• Left shift: Hold to slow the paddle movement
• Left mouse button, space: Launch the ball
• R: Restart
• Esc: Unlock the mouse

Gamepad

• D-pad, left stick: Move the paddle
• LB, RB, LT, RT: Hold to slow the paddle movement
• A, B: Launch the ball
• Start, back: Restart

Building

Requires Zig 0.12.1, 0.13.0 or 0.14.0-dev (master).

# Run the game
zig build run

# Cross-compile for Windows
zig build -Dtarget=x86_64-windows-gnu -Doptimize=ReleaseFast

# Cross-compile for Linux
zig build -Dtarget=x86_64-linux-gnu -Doptimize=ReleaseFast

Additional credits

• Sprites: Puzzle Pack 1.0 by Kenney, licensed under CC0
• Sounds: Interface Sounds 1.0 by Kenney, licensed under CC0