MonsterWar

MonsterWar is a cross-platform tower defense game developed in C++ with Entt, SFML3, ImGui, nlohmann-json and Tiled.

This is a learning project based on the 4th episode of the tutorial series "C++ 游戏开发之旅".

Control

Mouse left - select a unit from UI portrait / place a unit on map;
S - Skill active shortcut;
R - Retreat shortcut;
U - Upgrade shortcut;
P - pause or resume;
A,D / left,right - to move UI portrait panel;

• Note: The game uses ImGui for temporary UI, so you need to resize the webpage size to fit the screen. Otherwise some UI elements may not be visible.

ScreenShot

Third-party libraries

• SFML3
• ImGui
• EnTT
• nlohmann-json
• spdlog

How to build

Dependencies will be automatically downloaded by Git FetchContent to make building quite easy:

git clone https://github.com/Mistakesos/monster_war.git
cd monster_war
cmake -S . -B build
cmake --build build

Credits

• sprite
  • https://pixelfrog-assets.itch.io/tiny-swords
  • https://pipoya.itch.io/pipoya-free-2d-game-character-sprites
  • https://htmljsgit.itch.io/magic-area
• portrait
  • https://blog.goo.ne.jp/akarise
  • https://roughsketch.en-grey.com/
• FX
  • https://bdragon1727.itch.io/750-effect-and-fx-pixel-all
  • https://sentient-dream-games.itch.io/pixel-vfx-level-up-effect
• font
  • https://timothyqiu.itch.io/vonwaon-bitmap
• UI
  • https://ludicarts.itch.io/free-rpg-icon-set-i
  • https://clockworkraven.itch.io/free-rpg-icon-pack-100-weapons-and-po-clockwork-raven-studios
  • https://kenney.nl/assets/emotes-pack
  • https://bdragon1727.itch.io/custom-border-and-panels-menu-all-part
• sound
  • https://ateliermagicae.itch.io/fantasy-ui-sound-effects
  • https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/violin-lose-4-185125/
  • https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/level-win-6416/
  • https://freesound.org/people/SilverIllusionist/sounds/664265/ (Healing (Balm).wav by Dylan Kelk)
  • https://freesound.org/people/DWOBoyle/sounds/136696/
• music
  • https://tommusic.itch.io/free-fantasy-sfx-and-music-bundle
  • https://www.chosic.com/download-audio/45301/