Zombie Game Project

TODO to implement a style guide

This game is a 2D top-down zombie-survival game.

Although not yet implemented, the goal is to establish yourself in a procedurally-generated world filled with zombies. The game's intent is not to realistically simulate a zombie-apocalypse like Project Zomboid. Rather, its intent is to provide an amusing amount of action and progression, while challenging the player dynamically.

The goal of this project is to build a game in C++, and have it be as portable as possible (i.e. write once, compile anywhere). For this reason, I'm trying to stick to portable libraries like SDL2, SDL2_mixer, EnTT, etc.

I just recently moved the code from using SFML to using SDL2. Some of the gameplay elements I had before are no longer implemented. I've also implemented EnTT as an ECS instead of using my own custom ECS. EnTT is far superior and easier to use than the custom ECS I had before.

Screenshots

Current features

This project is still in the early stages of development, and has yet to reach a playable state. This is more of a placeholder section, but regardless, here's a list of the main gameplay elements:

• Movement
• Zombies
• Shooting
• Health
• Ammunition
• Scrolling view

Planned features

Here are some of the features I'd like to implement:

• Multiple enemy types
• Crafting
• Resource gathering
• Base building
• Weapon customization
• Procedurally-generated world
• Vehicles

Installation

As this project is still quite early in development, there are no binary releases. It must be built from source, using cmake.

First, install the game's dependencies:

• SDL2
• SDL_image
• SDL_ttf
• EnTT >= v3.12.0

Then, generate a makefile using cmake from the build directory:

mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..

Finally, you can build the project and run the resulting binary (sdl-app.out) using the following commands:

make
make run

Running cmake will generate the compile_commands.json file that your LSP needs for interpreting the project's translation units.

Contributing

Since this game is still in its infancy, contributions now will greatly shape the future of this game. Check out the issues tracker for programming tasks if it interests you.

I don't have a set workflow for this project, although I can say that I use git rebase over merging branches. If you wish to contribute, please just contact me privately or in one of the open issues.