README.md

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   3
   4 # Nothing
   5
   6 ![](https://i.imgur.com/7mECYKU.gif)
   7 ![](https://i.imgur.com/ABcJqB5.gif)
   8
   9 ## Dependencies
  10
  11 - [gcc]
  12 - [cmake]
  13 - [libsdl2-dev]
  14 - [inotify-tools]
  15
  16 ### Ubuntu
  17
  18 ```console
  19 $ sudo apt-get install gcc cmake libsdl2-dev inotify-tools libxml2-dev
  20 ```
  21
  22 ### MacOS
  23
  24 ```console
  25 $ brew install gcc cmake sdl2
  26 ```
  27
  28 ### NixOS
  29
  30 For [NixOS] we have a development environment defined in [default.nix]
  31 with all of the required dependencies. You can enter the environment
  32 with `nix-shell` command:
  33
  34 ```console
  35 $ nix-shell
  36 ```
  37
  38 ### Arch Linux
  39
  40 ```console
  41 $ sudo pacman -S gcc cmake sdl2 inotify-tools libxml2
  42 ```
  43
  44 ### Windows
  45
  46 - [Visual Studio 2015+](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/)
  47 - [SDL2 VC Development Libraries](https://www.libsdl.org/release/SDL2-devel-2.0.9-VC.zip)
  48
  49 ## Quick Start
  50
  51 ### Linux
  52
  53 ```console
  54 $ mkdir build
  55 $ cd build/
  56 $ cmake ..
  57 $ make
  58 $ cd ../data/
  59 $ ../build/nothing
  60 ```
  61
  62 ### Windows
  63
  64 - Enter the Visual Studio Command Line Development Environment https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/build/building-on-the-command-line
  65   - Basically just find `vcvarsall.bat` and run `vcvarsall.bat x64` inside of cmd
  66 - Download [SDL2 VC Development Libraries](https://www.libsdl.org/release/SDL2-devel-2.0.9-VC.zip) and copy it to `path\to\nothing`
  67
  68 ```console
  69 > cd path\to\nothing
  70 > 7z x SDL2-devel-2.0.9-VC.zip
  71 > move SDL2-2.0.9 SDL2
  72 > mkdir build
  73 > cmake ..
  74 > cmake --build .
  75 > cd ../data/
  76 > ..\build\nothing
  77 ```
  78
  79 ## Controls
  80
  81 ### Game
  82
  83 #### Keyboard
  84
  85 | Key     | Action                                                      |
  86 |---------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
  87 | `d`     | Move to the right                                           |
  88 | `a`     | Move to the left                                            |
  89 | `SPACE` | Jump                                                        |
  90 | `c`     | Open debug console                                          |
  91 | `r`     | Reload the current level including the Player's position    |
  92 | `q`     | Reload the current level preserving the Player's position   |
  93 | `p`     | Toggle game pause                                           |
  94 | `l`     | Toggle transparency on objects. Useful for debugging levels |
  95
  96 #### Gamepad
  97
  98 | Button       | Action                 |
  99 |--------------|------------------------|
 100 | `Left Stick` | Movement of the Player |
 101 | `1`          | Jump                   |
 102
 103 ### Consolé
 104
 105 | Key       | Action                   |
 106 |-----------|--------------------------|
 107 | `ESC`     | Exit console             |
 108 | `Enter`   | Evaluate the expression  |
 109 | `Up/Down` | Traverse console history |
 110
 111 ## Editing Levels
 112
 113 Generally creating a level looks like:
 114
 115 ```
 116 SVG File -> Custom Level File -> Game
 117 ```
 118
 119 To convert SVG to the level file and run svg2level program:
 120
 121 ```console
 122 $ ./build/svg2level compile <svg-file> <level-file>
 123 ```
 124
 125 All of the levels reside in the [./levels/] folder. Use
 126 [./levels/Makefile] to automatically rebuild all levels:
 127
 128 ```console
 129 $ cd levels/     # you must be inside of the `levels/` folder
 130 $ make
 131 ```
 132
 133 ### Level Editing Workflow
 134
 135 1. `$ inkscape ./levels/level.svg &`
 136 2. `$ ./build/nothing ./levels/level.txt &`
 137 3. `$ cd ./levels/`
 138 4. `$ make watch`
 139 5. Edit Level in Inkscape and Save
 140 6. Switch to the Game and reload level by pressing Q
 141 7. Go to 5
 142
 143 ### Objects Reference
 144
 145 #### SVG rect node
 146
 147 | Regex of id  | Description                                                                                                       |
 148 |--------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 149 | `player`     | Defines the **position** of the Player. **Size is ignored**.                                                      |
 150 | `rect.*`     | Defines the **size** and **position** of an impenetrable platform block                                           |
 151 | `box.*`      | Defines the **size** and **position** of a rigid box that obeys the physics of the game                           |
 152 | `region(.*)` | Defines the **size** and **position** of a region that hides the Goals. `\1` defines the id of the Goal to hide.  |
 153 | `goal(.*)`   | Defines the **position** of the goal. **Size is ignored**. `\1` defines the id of the region that hides the goal. |
 154 | `lava.*`     | Defines the **position** and **size** of a lava block.                                                            |
 155 | `background` | Defines the **color** of the background. **Position and size are ignored**.                                       |
 156 | `backrect.*` | Defines the **size** and **position** of a solid block in the background.                                         |
 157
 158 #### SVG text node
 159
 160 | Regex of id | Description                                                                |
 161 |-------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 162 | `label.*`   | Defines **position** and **text** of a in-game label. **Size is ignored**. |
 163
 164 ## Support
 165
 166 You can support my work via
 167
 168 - Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/subs/tsoding
 169 - Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tsoding
 170
 171 [visual-studio]: https://www.visualstudio.com/
 172 [svg2rects.py]: ./devtools/svg2rects.py
 173 [./levels/]: ./levels/
 174 [./levels/Makefile]: ./levels/Makefile
 175 [gcc]: https://gcc.gnu.org/
 176 [cmake]: https://cmake.org/
 177 [libsdl2-dev]: https://www.libsdl.org/
 178 [NixOS]: https://nixos.org/
 179 [default.nix]: ./default.nix
 180 [inotify-tools]: https://github.com/rvoicilas/inotify-tools