space.exe 🛸

space invaders demake written in c++ with opengl and glfw. based on the excellent tutorial by Nick Tasios.

what's in the box 📦

spaceInvaders/
├── include/        # headers (GL/, GLFW/, KHR/) - all the good stuff
├── lib/            # static libs (glew32.lib, glew32s.lib, libglfw3dll.a)
├── src/            # source code (main.cpp) + runtime dlls
├── .vscode/        # vs code config (tasks.json, c_cpp_properties.json)
├── glew32.dll      # runtime dependency 1
├── glfw3.dll       # runtime dependency 2
├── space.exe       # the final boss (appears after build)
└── README.md       # you are here

build instructions 🛠

prerequisites

• g++ compiler with c++11 support
• vs code with c++ extension (recommended but not mandatory)
• windows (sorry linux users)
• support for openGL 3.3+

vs code build (easy mode)

1. open folder in vs code
2. hit ctrl+shift+bto build
3. run space.exe

manual build

g++ -g -std=c++11 -Iinclude -Llib src/*.cpp -lglfw3dll -lopengl32 -lglew32 -o space.exe

controls 🎮

• ← → : move (left/right, obviously)
• space : pew pew
• esc : quit (easier than alt+f4)

notes 📝

• sprites are literally just byte arrays in the code
• framerate independent? we don't do that here