https://github.com/fiorix/cat-o-licious

Cat game written in Go
https://github.com/fiorix/cat-o-licious

game game-development go golang kids sdl2 webassembly

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Cat game written in Go

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/fiorix/cat-o-licious
• Owner: fiorix
• License: other
• Created: 2017-01-29T21:22:15.000Z (almost 8 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2021-07-15T09:59:18.000Z (over 3 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-16T11:21:54.582Z (2 months ago)
• Topics: game, game-development, go, golang, kids, sdl2, webassembly
• Language: Go
• Homepage:
• Size: 14.8 MB
• Stars: 104
• Watchers: 6
• Forks: 8
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE
  • Authors: AUTHORS

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# cat-o-licious

This is a simple cat game written in Go, inspired by [flappy](https://github.com/campoy/flappy/). My kids were too excited to see flappy's source code and wanted to design and code their own game, so that's what we did together on a rainy Sunday.

The original version uses SDL (like flappy) and works on MacOS, Linux and Windows.

In the `wasm` directory there's an experimental version in [WebAssembly](https://webassembly.org). Most of the code is copied from the SDL version, except for the media handling parts and lack of audio. This allow kids to play the game in a web browser.

Try [playing in browser](https://fiorix.github.io/cat-o-licious) now!

![cat-o-licious](assets/screenshot.png)

### Install

If you're not here for the code, and just want to play, you can download binary releases from https://github.com/fiorix/cat-o-licious/releases/.

### Keys

Arrows left and right, as well as A and D for lateral movement.

F for full screen, and Q to quit.

### Playing

You're the cat, and food falls from the top of the screen. The more good stuff you lick the more points you make. The more points you make the more food drops, and it gets really hard to get out of the way of the broccoli, tomatos and pineapples.

My kids love veggies btw, but they say that cats don't.

### Building from source

Tested on MacOS, Linux, and Windows. Requires cgo.

Install go-sdl2 bindings:

```

go get -v -d github.com/veandco/go-sdl2/{sdl,img,mix,ttf}

```

More information on [go-sdl2](https://github.com/veandco/go-sdl2#installation). go-sdl2 ships with static SDL2 in `.go-sdl2-libs/` so you don't have to install SDL for your OS.

Get the code, build static binary:

```

go get -v -d github.com/fiorix/cat-o-licious

cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/fiorix/cat-o-licious

go build -v -tags static

```

The assets directory must be relative to the path of the binary. Assets include fonts, images, and sounds used by the game. The font was copied from flappy, images randomly downloaded from the Internet, and the game soundtrack is my daughter's composition in Garage Band. Go figure.

Run:

```

./cat-o-licious

```

There's a minimal set of command line flags for things like screen resolution, player speed, and FPS.

### WebAssembly

This version has no external dependencies, but requires a web server.

```

cd wasm

make

```

Then use a web server to serve the wasm directory and point your browser there.

For local test/dev you can use server.go in the wasm directory.