raylib-game

A collection of small C++ games and exercises built with the raylib library — likely written while following a raylib/C++ game-dev course (the -gdtv suffix on project names is consistent with GameDev.tv's C++ raylib course structure, though this hasn't been confirmed).

Status: Collection of learning projects / exercises, not a single unified game. Each subfolder is an independent, self-contained mini-project.

Projects

🪓 axe-gdtv

A minimal collision-detection demo: a falling axe vs. a stationary circle, ending in a "Game Over" message on impact. Good first exercise for learning raylib's window loop and AABB collision math.

🏃 Dapper-gdtv — Dapper Dasher

A side-scrolling endless-runner style game. Features:

• Sprite-sheet animation via AnimData struct (frame stepping, running time)
• Gravity and ground detection (isOnGround)
• Parallax-style background layers (back-buildings.png, far-buildings.png, foreground.png)
• Obstacle sprite (nebula spritesheet)

⚔️ ClassyClash-gdtv — Classy Clash

A top-down action game with a small object-oriented structure:

• Character / BaseCharacter — player (knight) with movement and animation
• Enemy — goblin and slime enemies that target the player
• Prop — static world objects (rock, log)
• Tilemap-based world (nature_tileset/OpenWorldMap24x24.png)

🧰 vscode-template

An empty raylib + VS Code project scaffold (Makefile, .vscode build/debug configs, no game code) — used as a starting point for new exercises rather than a game itself.

Tech Stack

• Language: C++14
• Library: raylib (Makefile references raylib 3.0.0)
• Build system: GNU Make (mingw32-make on Windows), via the standard raylib project Makefile template
• IDE: Visual Studio Code (.vscode/ configs included per project: tasks.json, launch.json, c_cpp_properties.json)
• Platform: Windows-targeted as committed (.dll files — libgcc_s_dw2-1.dll, libstdc++-6.dll — and MinGW toolchain paths in the Makefiles); the raylib Makefile itself also supports Linux, macOS, Raspberry Pi, and Web (Emscripten) targets.

Getting Started

Each subfolder builds independently. To run one, e.g. Dapper Dasher:

cd Dapper-gdtv
make PLATFORM=PLATFORM_DESKTOP
./game     # or game.exe on Windows

Requires raylib installed/available at the path expected by the Makefile (RAYLIB_PATH) — see comments inside each Makefile for platform-specific setup (Windows via w64devkit, Linux via system install, etc).

Assets

Character sprites, tilesets, and textures (e.g. characters/, nature_tileset/, textures/) are not original artwork created for this repo — they appear to be sourced from third-party asset packs, likely provided alongside whatever course or tutorial these exercises follow. Before treating this repo as freely reusable/forkable in full:

• Confirm the license terms of whichever course/asset source these sprites came from (similar caution as with the DungeonMobile repo's Filebase assets) — course-provided asset packs often restrict redistribution of the raw files outside the course context.
• The C++ source code you wrote yourself (.cpp/.h files) is a separate matter from the bundled art/texture files — the two should be treated under different terms if you formalize licensing further.

License

This repository already includes a root-level LICENSE file (GNU GPL v3.0). Note this applies to the source code; see the "Assets" section above regarding the bundled sprites/textures.