ZRacer

The first project on my university was to draw a simple shape with Borland C++ and conio or GCC and ncurses. I got a bit more ambitious (it paid) and written this little cool game.

Features

Screenshot

ZRacer screenshot

Development state

v.1.0 - complete

If I receive any encouraging feedback (mail anyone?) I’ll probably fix any bugs or implement a few more features. Note that Windows port below is based on a much older version.

Instructions

Player 1 controls his car with arrow keys, and player 2 does it with wsad. The higher the car is on the screen, the faster it moves. Game time is measured with turns, where 1 turn is the time needed to move the car when it’s at the top verge of the screen. The track has two kerbs and occasional rocks are generated. When a car hits a rock or a kerb, it explodes. Your goal is to get to the finish line, without exploding and within shortest possible time. Have fun.

Remarks

When running on Windows, you can experience unexplained lags. You should also change the terminal resolution to something much bigger. Generally the Windows standard terminal is quite weak, don’t blame me. To compile it under Windows you need Dev-C++ and pdcurses module (from the updates downloader).

License

ZRacer is distributed under the terms of GNU General Public License (GPL), which can be found at http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html. Additionally you are encouraged to mail me any feedback about my software.

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