Checkers

Project is programmed by:

• JackyChiu (https://github.com/JackyChiu)
• VikramBombhi (https://github.com/VikramBombhi)
• BenEmdon (https://github.com/BenEmdon)

A simple checkers game created in C++ using SDL2's frameworks. That is planned to have a single player mode that challenges our AI checkers player and to have multiplayer mode so you can play with a friend beside you.

Current Features

• Movable pieces, along with being able to kill an opponents piece
• AI Player to play against
• AI vs AI mode (Must keep moving mouse as game loop depends on mouse movement)
• Scalability with code structure
• Local Multiplayer
• Menu

Missing Features

• Different levels to the AI
• Double moves made by AI
• End game screen

Installation (Linux) Simplest

[1] Download the dependencies

sudo apt-get update
apt-cache search libsdl2
sudo apt-get install libsdl2-dev
sudo apt-get install libsdl2-image-dev
sudo apt-get install libsdl2-ttf-dev

[2] Change directory to where you want the project to be

git clone https://github.com/VikramBombhi/Checkers.git
cd Checkers
make all
bin/Checkers

Installation (OS X & Windows)

• Download the following libraries and extract them in the same directory (Make sure you codesign frameworks if on Mac -> refer to reference)
  • SDL2
  • SDL2_image
  • SDL2_tff
• Clone the repo
• Create project in IDE of choice
• Add the files from the repo into the project
• Add reference to libraries where you extracted them
• Change the working directory of the project to the folder that contains the src, include and data folders
• Run project!

Reference for help: http://lazyfoo.net/tutorials/SDL/01_hello_SDL/index.php

SDL2 Library: https://www.libsdl.org/download-2.0.php

SDL2 Image: https://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_image/

SDL2 TFF: https://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_ttf/