https://github.com/chriskempson/cpp-connect-four
A game of Connect Four created in C++ with (SDL) Simple DirectMedia Layer.
https://github.com/chriskempson/cpp-connect-four
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A game of Connect Four created in C++ with (SDL) Simple DirectMedia Layer.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/chriskempson/cpp-connect-four
- Owner: chriskempson
- License: other
- Created: 2017-05-15T21:20:27.000Z (almost 9 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2017-11-10T19:40:26.000Z (over 8 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-07-19T06:40:53.707Z (9 months ago)
- Topics: cpp, game, sdl2
- Language: C++
- Size: 163 KB
- Stars: 6
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 2
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Changelog: CHANGELOG.md
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README
# Connect Four
## About
A game of [Connect Four](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connect_Four) created by [Chris Kempson](http://chriskempson.com/) in C++ with [Simple DirectMedia Layer version 2](https://www.libsdl.org/).
This code in this game is largely identical to my previous project [Tic-tac-toe](https://github.com/chriskempson/cpp-tic-tac-toe) due to the similarity of the two games and the fact that I had Connect Four in mind when I was building Tic-tac-toe as the next project I'd like to complete.
## How to Play
This is a two player game. Clicking the mouse on the title screen will advance to the play screen. To place a piece on the grid click the mouse in the desired grid area. Once a win or draw message is display, clicking again will return to the title screen.
## Compiling
### Windows (Visual Studio)
Download [SDL2-devel-2.0.4-VC.zip](https://www.libsdl.org/release/SDL2-devel-2.0.4-VC.zip) and [SDL2_mixer-devel-2.0.1-VC.zip](https://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_mixer/release/SDL2_mixer-devel-2.0.1-VC.zip) and extract both to a location on your computer you'll use for storing libraries.
Setup an environment variable called `CPP_LIBS` and enter the location where you extracted SDL2 and SDL2_mixer.
Finally, copy `SDL.dll` from `SDL2-2.0.4\lib\x86` and from `SDL2_mixer-2.0.1\lib\x86` to the `Debug` and/or `Release` folders (created after you try to compile a debug or release version respectively.
### Linux
Use your package manager to install SDL2 and SDL2mixer e.g. `apt-get install libsdl2-dev libsdl2-mixer-dev` for Ubuntu/Debian or `yum install SDL2-devel SDL2_mixer-devel` for Fedora/CentOS.
Next run `make` to compile. Once finished you can run `make run` to start the application. If you would like to install the application, run `make install` with elevated privileges e.g. `sudo make install`. Finally, running `make uninstall` with elevated privileges can be used to uninstall the application.
## Assets
All sounds were created with [DefleMask Tracker](http://deflemask.com/) using Nintendo Game boy sound chip emulation. All images were created with the venerable [Microsoft Paint](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Paint).
## Change Log
Please see [CHANGELOG.md](CHANGELOG.md).
## Licences
Please see [LICENCE.md](LICENCE.md).