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So I am preparing a presentation of the new SDL perl for February's Toronto Perl Mongers meeting. What better way to so off SDL perl then with a game?
I started hacking a small point an click game a few days back. I really didn't have a idea in mind, but I did have a goal. I wanted to make a game that shows the basics of a game in SDL. Drawing to screen, game loops, physics and so on. I think I have accomplished it so far.
Take a look at it here. Download that and call it[Shooter.pl]. To win click the balls.
To play this game you need the following:
- Only for Linux) sudo apt-get install libsdl-dev libsdl_gfx-dev
- cpan Alien::SDL
- Click Download Source http://github.com/kthakore/SDL_perl/tree/redesign
- Extract it
- perl Build.PL; perl Build; perl Build install
- perl Shooter.pl
I will put up binaries soon-ish.
It is a playable (albeit hard) game right now. All 7 seven levels of it. The purpose of the game is simple click the balls to win. Sounds easy but it isn't. You also get a time in milliseconds after each level. Share your scores on here! I will leave it up to you guys to be honest.
I do have to tidy it up and right documentation for it. This way I will be able to present it clearly to my fellow mongers. I am also still looking for ideas to make this a more polished game. FROGGS recommend I make it a classic NES duck hunt game. I thought since I am using gravity I could do a UFO game out of it where you shoot the UFOs. I am open to your ideas.
