Spaceship Game

Prerequisites for macOS

These installation instructions are specifically for macOS users. For other operating systems, please refer to the appropriate section below.

Required Libraries for macOS

# Install SDL2 and additional SDL2 libraries
brew install sdl2
brew install sdl2_image
brew install sdl2_ttf
brew install sdl2_mixer

Build Requirements for macOS

• clang++ compiler (included with macOS)
• make (included with macOS Command Line Tools)
• Homebrew package manager (for installing SDL2 libraries)

If you don't have Homebrew installed, install it first:

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

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Prerequisites for Linux/Ubuntu

Required Libraries for Linux/Ubuntu

Open a terminal and run:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install build-essential clang make libsdl2-dev libsdl2-image-dev libsdl2-ttf-dev libsdl2-mixer-dev

This installs:

• clang (C++ compiler)
• make (build tool)
• SDL2 libraries and development headers required to build and run the game

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Building the Game

To build the game, simply run:

make

To run the game:

make run

To clean build files:

make clean

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Development Notes

• The game is built using C++11 standard
• Compilation includes debug symbols (-g flag)
• All warning flags are enabled (-Wall -Wextra)

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Other Operating Systems

Windows

Installation instructions for Windows will be provided soon.

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License

MIT License