NXTetris 🕹️

‍Cross-platform, over-engineered XTetris written in C

Features

[x] Single-player game mode
[x] Two-players game mode
[x] Player vs. AI game mode _(AI algorithm is still really basic)_
[x] Piece control with keyboard and mouse
[x] 2D CLI graphics abstraction
[x] Audio output support

Controls

Menu(s)

KB_RIGHT - Confirm
KB_LEFT - Exit / Back
KB_UP, KB_DOWN - Menu navigation

Game

KB_LEFT, KB_RIGHT - Rotate the tetromino
KB_UP, KB_DOWN - Change tetromino
MOUSE_X - Position the tetromino in the x-axis
MOUSE_LEFT - Drop the current tetromino in the board

Build

Requirements:

cmake
make
pkg-config _(macOS/Linux only)_

Building the program is done by running the following commands:

git clone --recursive https://github.com/sonodima/nxtetris
cd nxtetris
 
mkdir -p build/release
cd build/release
 
cmake ../.. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
make

The output executable will be named nxtetris and will be placed in build/release.

NOTE: The binary needs to be shipped with the resources folder _(which is copied to the build directory at compile time)_ in order to work properly. _(without it the audio won't play)_

Windows Compilation

Due to ncurses limitations, on Windows MinGW is required to compile the program.
You can use the following command to generate the Makefile for MinGW:

cmake ../.. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -G "MinGW Makefiles"

Libraries

ncurses: terminal control library, enabling the construction of text user interface (TUI) applications.
portaudio: cross-platform audio I/O library.
libsndfile: audio file I/O library.

All the libraries are managed by vcpkg and are automatically obtained during the build process.

NOTE: The first build will take a while since all the libraries need to be downloaded and built.