QIX Style Line Drawing Game

Introduction

This project is a QIX-style line drawing game implemented using C and GTK 4 on Debian Linux. The game features a moving line that bounces around within the window boundaries, leaving trails as it moves. The player, represented as a movable dot cloud, can move around the edges of the window and can move off the border when the control key is held.

More to follow as game is completed.

Dependencies

Linux

These are the requirements for Linux but also tested configurations

• Operating System:
  • Debian-based Linux distribution (developed on Debian Sid Trixie)
• Compiler:
  • GCC 13 (GNU Compiler Collection)
• Libraries:
  • GTK 4
  • Cairo
  • GLib 2

To install the required dependencies on a Debian-based system, you can use the following command:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install build-essential autoconf automake libgtk-4-dev libcairo2-dev libglib2.0-dev

Game Instructions

Game Controls

• Arrow Keys: Move the player around the edges of the window.
• Shift Key: Allow the player to move off the border in one direction.

Rules

TBD

Install and Build Instructions

Clone the Repository

git clone [email protected]:Augmentedjs/gtk-qix-like-game.git
cd gtk-qix-like-game

Generate the Build System Files

Run the autogen.sh script to generate the configure script and other necessary build files:

./autogen.sh

Configure the Project

Run the configure script to set up the project for your system:

./configure

Build the Project

Use make to compile the project:

make

Clean Up

You can clean up the build artifacts using the following commands:

make clean

Removes the compiled object files and the executable.

make distclean

Removes all files generated by the build system, including Makefile, config.status, config.log, configure, aclocal.m4, compile, depcomp, install-sh, Makefile.in, missing, and the autom4te.cache and .deps directories.

Run the Game

After building the project, you can run the game using the following command:

./qix_line

TODO

Stuff to work on with QIX

• Shapes only fill away from QIX location
  • Defect on some cases filling over the monster
• Shapes should use area fill to close
• Shape fills happen when touching a wall
• Shapes should calculate area
• Player should be able to move on borders of drawn shapes
• Player doesn't look correct, should be a diamond shape
  • Maybe
• Player can change speed for drawing
• QIX Monster doesn't move correctly, needs face/movement algorithm
• QIX Monster trails are too close and mirror direction vs a 'tail'
• QIX Monster doesn't bounce off walls
• QIX Monster doesn't kill player if touched
• Need a title area on field
  • lives
  • area
  • time
  • level
  • score
• Size of playfield should be a param (default to 640x480)
  • Maybe not, but perhaps a zoom? Or aspect change?
• Player animations
  • start
  • explode
  • complete
• Sparks on higher levels (post level 3)
• Multiple QIX Monsters (level 3 on)
• Sounds
  • Moving
  • QIX
  • Fill
  • Explode
  • Moving
  • Drawing
• Implement rules of game - time limit
• Implement rules of game - lives
• Implement rules of game - area score
• Implement rules of game - win from 75% or higher area captured
• Implement rules of game - Levels

License

This project is licensed under the Apache 2.0 License. See the LICENSE file for details.