So Long

A basic 2D game where a character must collect all the collectibles and escape the map. The game uses the MiniLibX library for graphics.

📖 Description

You must create a basic 2D game in which a dolphin escapes Earth after eating some fish. Instead of a dolphin, fish, and the Earth, you can use any character, any collectible, and any place you want. Your project must comply with the following rules:

🎮 Game

• The player’s goal is to collect every collectible present on the map, then escape choosing the shortest possible route.
• The W, A, S, and D keys must be used to move the main character.
• The player should be able to move in these 4 directions: up, down, left, right.
• The player should not be able to move into walls.
• At every move, the current number of movements must be displayed in the shell.
• You have to use a 2D view (top-down or profile).
• The game doesn’t have to be real-time.
• Although the given examples show a dolphin theme, you can create the world you want.

🎨 Graphic Management

• Your program has to display the image in a window.
• The management of your window must remain smooth (changing to another window, minimizing, and so forth).
• Pressing ESC must close the window and quit the program in a clean way.
• Clicking on the cross on the window’s frame must close the window and quit the program in a clean way.
• The use of the images of the MiniLibX is mandatory.

🗺️ Map

• The map has to be constructed with 3 components: walls, collectibles, and free space.
• 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 contain at least 1 exit, 1 collectible, and 1 starting position.
• The map must contain only 1 starting position and 1 exit.
• The map must be rectangular.
• The map must be closed/surrounded by walls. If it’s not, the program must return an error.
• You don’t have to check if there’s a valid path in the map.
• You must be able to parse any kind of map, as long as it respects the above rules.
• If any misconfiguration of any kind is encountered in the file, the program must exit in a clean way, and return "Error\n" followed by an explicit error message of your choice.

🚀 Usage

To compile the game, navigate to the files/ directory and run the following command:

make

This will generate an executable named so_long.

To launch the game, use the following command:

./so_long map.ber

• map.ber is a map description file in the format *.ber.

✨ Features

• Basic 2D game with a character, collectibles, and a map.
• Player movement using W, A, S, D and arrow keys.
• Collectibles must be collected to win the game.
• Display of the current number of movements in the shell.
• Clean window management with ESC key and window close button.
• Map parsing and error handling.