R-Type (Multiplayer Variant)

Project Description

This is a C++ school project in which we recreate the classic R-Type game with a multiplayer twist. This project is available and run on Windows and Linux.

You can now play together on different computers with your friends to the best game ever ! Go destroy the Bydo together !

Installation

To play our game, follow these steps:

1. Download the archive

On the release page, download the files corresponding to your operating system :

• Windows : r-type_windows_x64.zip
• Linux :
  • Debian distributions : r-type_debian-based_x64.tar
  • RedHat distributions : r-type_redhat-based_x64.tar

2. Extract the Binaries

Once you have downloaded the archive, you will need to extract the binaries from it :

• Windows : You can either do it via :
  • Windows Graphical User Interface (GUI) : In the File Explorer navigate to the folder where the r-type_windows_x64.zip is. Right click on it and select the option Extract all.  
  • Powershell : (We will consider that the archive is in the Download folder of the user)

  cd ~\Downloads
  Expand-Archive -Path ".\r-type_windows_x64.zip" -DestinationPath ".\rtype"

• Linux : (Once again, we will consider that the archive is in the Download folder of the user)

  cd ~/Downloads
  mkdir ./rtype
  tar -xf "./r-type_debian-based_x64.tar" --directory "./rtype"

  (replace debian-based by redhat-based if you have the redhat archive)

3. Check Binaries

You should now have a rtype directory, in this folder you will find on :

• Windows : r-type_server.exe, r-type_client.exe and a bunch of .dll and .pdb files

• Linux : r-type_server.sh, r-type_client.sh and a bunch of .so files

Running the Game

1. Start the Server

To start the game, first go into the rtype directory, then, run the server:

• Windows :

.\r-type_server.exe -p 4242

• Linux :

./r-type_server.sh -p 4242

2. Start the Client

• Windows :

.\r-type_client.exe -h 127.0.0.0 -p 4242

• Linux :

./r-type_client.sh -h 127.0.0.0 -p 4242

Replace the 127.0.0.0 by the ip adress of the machine on which you launched the server. If you launched the server on the machine from where you are launching the client, you can leave 127.0.0.0.

Here you go, you can now enjoy playing our game !