README.md

CPPND: Capstone Snake Game Example

This is improved version of Snake Game.

Dependencies for Running Locally

• cmake >= 3.7
  • All OSes: click here for installation instructions
• make >= 4.1 (Linux, Mac), 3.81 (Windows)
  • Linux: make is installed by default on most Linux distros
  • Mac: install Xcode command line tools to get make
  • Windows: Click here for installation instructions
• SDL2 >= 2.0
  • All installation instructions can be found here

  Note that for Linux, an apt or apt-get installation is preferred to building from source.

• gcc/g++ >= 5.4
  • Linux: gcc / g++ is installed by default on most Linux distros
  • Mac: same deal as make - install Xcode command line tools
  • Windows: recommend using MinGW

Basic Build Instructions

1. Clone this repo.
2. Make a build directory in the top level directory: mkdir build && cd build
3. Compile: cmake .. && make
4. Run it: ./SnakeGame.

What have been included:

1. created readParameter class to read and extract numMountains from a .txt file
2. created Mountain class to place mountain icon in the game
3. created boundary in the game, if snake hit the boundary the game will stop

Loop, Function, I/O

• The project reads data from a file and process the data, or the program writes data to a file.

• The project uses data structures and immutable variables.

Object Oriented Programming

• One or more classes are added to the project with appropriate access specifiers for class members.

• Class constructors utilize member initialization lists.
• Classes abstract implementation details from their interfaces.

Memory Management

• The project makes use of references in function declarations.

• The project uses destructors appropriately.
• The project uses smart pointers instead of raw pointers.

Concurrency

• The project uses multithreading.

• A promise and future is used in the project.

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