swrh / marius

Marius

The simplest platform game that could be possibly made.

Building

$ sudo apt install -y libsdl2-dev libsdl2-image-dev libboost-all-dev
$ mkdir build
$ cd build
$ cmake ..
$ make

In MacOS:

$ brew install cmake boost sdl2 sdl2_image binutils
$ mkdir build
$ cd build
$ cmake ..
$ make

Running

$ ./marius

Assets

The assets were downloaded from the following places:

• https://grafxkid.itch.io/
• https://opengameart.org/content/ascii-bitmap-font-oldschool

Resources

Here are links to some resourceful materials that can be used to improve the game.

• Arbitrary Rectangle Collision Detection & Resolution
• Building a Physics Engine with C++ and Simulating Machines
• Learning the Runge-Kutta Method 1. Basic Runge-Kutta
• Essential Mathematics For Aspiring Game Developers
• Math for Game Developers - Jumping and Gravity (Time Delta, Game Loop)