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R-Type Networked

Overview

R-Type is a horizontally scrolling shooter arcade video game developed and released by Irem in 1987 and the first game in the R-Type series. The player controls a star ship, the R-9 "Arrowhead", in its efforts to destroy the Bydo, a powerful alien race bent on wiping out all of mankind.

Source: Wikipedia

Installation

Installation process uses vcpkg to install its depedencies.

We provided Installation scripts to help you install everything.

Simply run install.sh on Linux or install.bat on Windows.

To compile the programs r-type_client and r-type_server:

cmake -S . -B Build/
make -C Build/ -j
Note: Make sure you are under the root directory before running the compilation commands.

Tech Stack

Both programs use C++

Client: SFML

Server: Asio

Note: Has it is required to communicate with the server, the client also uses Asio.

License

MIT License

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