intelligent-snake/README.md

Intelligent Snake

Intelligent Snake is a simple clone of the famous snake-style games. It's meant both as a fun time waster as well as a simple working SDL program to learn from and use as a reference.

Compile

Linux

Requirements

• make
• gcc
• SDL (version 1.2)
• SDL_ttf

Build

• make: Build Intelligent Snake and copy required files to ./bin/
• make clean: Remove build directories

Windows

Requirements

• make
• mingw-w64
• mingw-w64-sdl (version 1.2)
• mingw-w64-sdl_ttf

Build

• make windows: Build Intelligent Snake for Windows and copy required files to ./windows-bin/
• make clean: Remove build directories

Note: The Makefile assumes mingw32 is installed to /usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/, and you should edit MINGW and MINGWPATH if your system installs it elsewhere.

Commands

Usage: ./isnake [options]

Options

• ./isnake: Start the game with the default options
• ./isnake -g [width] [height]: Set the grid size: between [30]x[20] and [80]x[50] (DEFAULT: [50]x[30])
• ./isnake -b [blocks]: Set the number of blocks: between [0] and [40] (DEFAULT: [20])
• ./isnake -l [length]: Set the snake's starting length: between [3] and [35] (DEFAULT: [3])
• ./isnake -s [speed]: Set the snake's starting speed: between [1] and [9] (DEFAULT: [1])
• ./isnake -2: Double the size the game renders at
• ./isnake -h: Display help information

Controls

• Movement
  • FPS Keys: w, a, s and d
  • Vim Keys: k, h, j and l
  • Arrow Keys: up, left, down and right
• Quit: Escape and q
• Restart (after death): Space and Return

Credits

• Written by Kevin MacMartin: GitHub Projects | Arch Linux AUR Packages

License

• Intelligent Snake: The MIT License
• Font (DroidSans-Bold.ttf): Apache License, version 2.0