Pacman-Multiplayer

A multiplayer version of the classic game Pacman, built using SDL2 for graphics and asyncio for networking. Please see our slides here for a description of how the game works.

Instructions to run

1. Type make in the terminal to compile the files and generate two executables namely game and server.
2. Run the server executable using command ./server in the terminal.
3. Open a new terminal and run the game executable using ./game, this is the terminal for player 1.
4. Repeat step 3 to get a player 2 terminal.
5. Once game is over, make sure you close the server and restart it (using ./server) before running your game again.

Instructions to install asio

1. Download asio from the link https://think-async.com/Asio/ based on your OS. Extract it in a folder of your choice.
2. Change the path ~/software/asio/asio-1.18.1/include in makefile according to your asio location. Make sure you enter the path correctly.

Instructions to install SDL 2 and other libraries

1. Use the command sudo apt-get install libsdl2-dev to install SDL 2.
2. In order to run the game successfully, the following extra libraries are needed: SDL_image, SDL_ttf and SDL_mixer.
3. To install SDL_image, use sudo apt-get install libsdl2-image-dev.
4. Install SDL_ttf using sudo apt-get install libsdl2-ttf-dev.
5. Use sudo apt-get install libsdl2-mixer-dev to install SDL_mixer.

The instructions mentioned above for various installations were used on Ubuntu 20.04 and are meant only for such an OS.

References

1. https://lazyfoo.net/tutorials/SDL/index.php
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Dllu/Maze
3. https://github.com/DarkMuffinJoe/Pacman
4. https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1264257/Socket-Programming-in-Cplusplus-using-boost-asio-T