Football Running Challenge Game

A 3D OpenGL game featuring a football player running through obstacles, collecting coins, and scoring goals. Built for Mac and Windows platforms.

Quick Start

Mac

./build_mac.sh
./football_game

Windows

build_windows.bat
football_game.exe

Game Features

• 🎮 Two Levels: Complete Level 1 to automatically advance to Level 2
• 📹 Dual Camera Views: Switch between first-person and third-person perspectives
• 🎯 Scoring System: Collect coins (+10/+20/+30) and score goals (+100)
• 🚧 Obstacles: Avoid traffic cones with collision detection
• ⚽ Ball Physics: Shoot the ball with realistic physics
• ✨ Animations: Player running, jumping, sliding; coin rotation; net shake on goal
• 💡 Dynamic Lighting: Animated stadium lights with color and intensity changes

Controls

Action	Keyboard	Mouse
Move Left	A / Left Arrow	-
Move Right	D / Right Arrow	-
Jump	Space / Up Arrow	Left Click
Slide	S / Down Arrow	-
Shoot Ball	F	Middle Click
Switch Camera	C	Right Click
Exit	ESC	-

Building from Source

See BUILD_INSTRUCTIONS.md for detailed build instructions.

Quick Build Commands

Mac (using Makefile):

make
make run

Windows (MinGW):

g++ -std=c++11 project/*.cpp -o football_game.exe -lopengl32 -lglu32 -lfreeglut

Using CMake (All Platforms):

mkdir build && cd build
cmake ..
cmake --build .

Project Structure

project/
├── main.cpp          # Main game loop
├── Player.cpp/h      # Player character
├── Cone.cpp/h        # Obstacles
├── Net.cpp/h         # Goal net
├── Ball.cpp/h        # Football
├── Coin.cpp/h        # Collectibles
├── GameManager.cpp/h # Game state & levels
├── Vector3f.h        # Math utilities
└── Platform.h        # Cross-platform support

Requirements

• Mac: Xcode Command Line Tools (OpenGL/GLUT included)
• Windows: MinGW or Visual Studio + FreeGLUT
• OpenGL 2.0 or higher

License

Educational project for DMET 502 Computer Graphics course.