This repo contains the implementation of a game inspired by the classic game Tetris using the Raylib library, the goal of the project was to learn/practice the basics of game programming and the Odin language.
This project does not follow best practices and is not intended to be a production ready game, but rather a simple project to learn the basics of game development and Odin.
Odin was chosen for its simplicity, performance and control of low level details. Another reason is that Odin has a list of features that are very useful for game development, and most of the third party libraries I need come vendored in. Other languages considered were C, C++, Rust and Zig, all of which I will be trying next.
First, you need to install the Raylib library. You can download it from the official website: https://www.raylib.com/ Second, you need to install the Odin compiler. You can download it from the official website: https://odin-lang.org/
Lastly, you can run the game by running the following command in the terminal:
mkdir -p bin
odin run . --out:bin/gameAlternatively, the provided run.sh script can be used to run the game.
./run.sh