🐍 SFML Snake Game

A polished, modern take on the classic Snake game, built with C++ and the SFML multimedia library. Featuring multiple difficulty levels, dynamic obstacles, bonus food, and robust, modular game logic.

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🚀 Overview

This project is a clean, expandable implementation of Snake, ideal for both players and developers looking to learn or extend a C++/SFML game. All core mechanics are encapsulated in a SnakeGame class, making the codebase easy to understand and maintain.

Food spawning is carefully handled so that new food never appears on the snake, obstacles, or UI elements, ensuring frustration-free gameplay.

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🕹️ Features

• Multiple Difficulty Levels: Choose from Easy, Medium, or Hard
• Dynamic Obstacles: Obstacle number and placement scale with difficulty
• Bonus Food: Special timed food items for extra points
• Smart Spawning Logic: Food and bonuses never spawn in invalid locations
• Clean UI: Score panel at the top of the screen

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🎮 Controls

• Arrow Keys: Move the snake
• ESC: Pause or exit

Goal: Eat as much food as possible to grow your snake and increase your score. Avoid colliding with walls, obstacles, or your own tail.

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🛠️ Getting Started

Prerequisites

• C++17 compatible compiler (e.g., MinGW GCC)
• CMake (3.10+)
• CLion or your favorite C++ IDE
• SFML Library

Installation

1. Clone the repository

   git clone https://github.com/loopholend/snake.git

2. Install SFML

   • Download the version matching your compiler (e.g. GCC for MinGW-w64, 64-bit) from SFML Downloads
   • Extract it to a stable location (e.g. C:/dev/SFML-2.6.2)

3. Configure CMake

   • Open the project in your IDE.
   • Edit CMakeLists.txt: Update the set(SFML_DIR ...) line to your SFML installation path.

   set(SFML_DIR "C:/dev/SFML-2.6.2/lib/cmake/SFML")

   • Ensure the following lines appear:

   find_package(SFML 2.6 COMPONENTS graphics window system REQUIRED)
   target_link_libraries(snake PRIVATE sfml-graphics sfml-window sfml-system)

4. Copy SFML DLLs (Windows only)

   • Copy all .dll files from C:/dev/SFML-2.6.2/bin to your project's build output folder (typically cmake-build-debug/)

5. Build and Run

   • Reload the CMake project in your IDE
   • Build and run – the game should launch!

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🩹 Troubleshooting

• 0xc000007b Error: 32/64-bit mismatch. Ensure both compiler and SFML are 64-bit.
• Missing DLLs: Copy all SFML .dll files to your build output folder.
• CMake can't find SFML: Make sure SFML_DIR in CMakeLists.txt is correct and points to the folder containing SFMLConfig.cmake.

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📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE.txt for details.

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🙏 Acknowledgments

• Built using the amazing SFML library