Space Invaders

This is a simple Space Invaders game written in C++ using the SFML library, including possibility of saving to JSON.

• Dependencies
• Screenshots
• Installing Dependencies
• How to Play
• UML Documentation

Dependencies

Before building and running the game, make sure you have the following dependencies installed:

• CMake (Minimum version 3.12)
• C++ Compiler (g++ or clang++)
• SFML Library (Minimum version 2.5)
• nlohmann/json (3.2.0)

Screenshots

Main Menu

In-Game

Endgame Menu

Installing Dependencies

For starter:

sudo apt-get update

CMake

Install CMake using the package manager for your system. On Debian-based systems, you can use:

apt-get install cmake

C++ Compiler

Make sure you have a C++ compiler installed. On Debian-based systems, you can install g++ with:

apt-get install g++

SFML Library

Install the SFML library. Below are the commands for Debian-based systems:

apt-get install libsfml-dev

JSON for Modern C++

Install nlohmann/json. To be able to save whole game in JSON file

apt install nlohmann-json3-dev

How to Play

• Move the player spaceship using the left and right arrow keys.
• Press the space bar to shoot bullets.
• Aim to shoot down the moving enemies.
• Press the P key to save whole game, to be able to resume to it later.

UML Documentation