hvlds / kurve

Remake of the classic game "Achtung, die Kurve!" in C++ using OpenGL and GLFW

Kurve is a remake of the popular game "Achtung, die Kurve!" using C++ and OpenGL.

Table of contents

• Getting Started
  • Install using snap
  • Install (Source)
  • Debug
• Roadmap
• Built With
• License and Authors
• Screenshots

Getting Started

Install using snap

Kurve is available in the Snap Store under the name "kurve".

$ sudo snap install kurve

To get kurve as a rolling release

$ sudo snap install kurve --edge

Install from the source

Clone this project

$ git clone https://github.com/h-valdes/kurve.git

Install all the dependencies:

• GLFW
• FreeType2
• json

In Ubuntu 20.04

$ sudo apt install libglfw3-dev libfreetype-dev nlohmann-json3-dev cmake

In archlinux or Manjaro

$ sudo pacman -Syu glfw-x11 freetype2 nlohmann-json 

In Fedora

$ sudo dnf install glfw-devel freetype-devel json-devel mesa-libGLw mesa-libGLU-devel

Build and install the project

Install from the bash script (default on /usr/local)

$ sudo sh scripts/install.sh

Build and install manually:

$ cd kurve
$ mkdir Release
$ cd Release
$ cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ..
$ sudo make install

Enjoy

$ kurve

Debug

To play without installing the game in your computer (you still need to install the dependencies):

$ cd kurve
$ mkdir Debug
$ cd Debug
$ cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug ..
$ make
$ ./kurve

Or from the script:

$ sh scripts/debug.sh

Roadmap

• v0.1-alpha
  • Minimal working implementation of "Achtung, die Kurve". It has all the features from the 1995 DOS version
  • Random start position of the players
  • Random length of lines (defined in a specific range)
  • Menu to select the players
  • Game Over screen
• v0.2-alpha
  • Sort the name of the players in the Game Over screen depending on the number of points
  • Make the terminal output less verbose when the build type is release
  • Read the configuration of the players from a json file
  • Generate a snap package (.snap) with snapcraft
  • End the game when pressing Escape in the Menu
  • Full Screen support
  • Generate a debian package (.deb) with cmake
  • Migrate from the self built classes Point and Vector to GLM
• v0.3-alpha
  • Use a constant or max. fps. In Manjaro was unplayable, because the fps were too high
  • Add a starting direction arrow in the transition zone (before starting)
  • Improve the scoring system and add a minimum differences to win
  • Reorganize the static files and structure of the repository
  • Improve the font rendering and the class Font in general. Add blinking text throught the class, different types of font (bold, italic, etc) and different sizes
  • Create an AI to play against
  • Add a new general Menu (to choose between different options: config, exit the game, etc)
  • Create an abstraction for the Scenes and a SceneManager replacing the changes in the class Game
  • Change the style to differ with the Flash Remake of "Achtung, die Kurve"
  • Generate an AppImage package
  • Generate a Flatpak package
  • Render textures (images) for example the logo of kurve in the main Menu

License and Authors

This Project started as a final project for the class Multimedia at the TU Bergakademie Freiberg by Simon Al Nomer and Hernán Valdés. The final version for the class corresponds the Release v0.1-alpha.

The class was taught by Jonas Treumer and Ben Lorenz and inside of the project are still traces of the C code programmed by them as an example of the functionality of OpenGL and GLFW.

Screenshots