Draughts Project

February 11th, 2009

As I mentioned in my last blog post the first project that I plan to share is a draughts game. The aim of this project is to give myself some practice with SDL and an idea at the sort of time frame I can produce small games in. Below is a rundown of the current specifications and milestones of the project.

Programming Language: C++

Libraries: SDL, SDL_image, SDL_ttf

Baseline Functionality:

• Human Controlled Game of Draughts for two players
• Piece Movement and capture
• Piece advancement
• Graphics Blitting
• Background Music and Sound Effects
• Simplistic Game Configuration

Advanced Functionality:

• AI based Opponent
• In Game Configuration
• Game Menus and Restarts
• Move Count
• Match Timer

Time Frame: Baseline Functionality 10 days – 21st February

Advanced Functionality 15 days – 26th February

Over the development period I will post some details about how things pan out. Hopefully I can finish everything well before the expected time frame.