Compiling Notes:

Compiled and tested with:
gcc 3.2.2
SDL 1.2.7 [http://www.libsdl.org]
SDL_image 1.2.3 [http://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_image] SDL_mixer 1.2.5 [http://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_mixer]

General

Deadly Cobra is an SDL-based game similar in gameplay to the classic Nibbles or snake game. Basically the point of the game is to eat as many pebbles (in our case "Men") as possible without eating yourself or hitting a wall. Features include both single and multiplayer modes, cool 2-D graphics and energizing music for each level.

This project was originally designed to compete in No Starch Press's game cometition, but has continued to evolve and grow beyond the December 1st 2001 deadline.

From its conception DeadlyCobra has been designed with simplicity and size in mind. We have kept the design simple, so it should never have to be much larger than 1 MB.

If you would like to join our developement team or you just wish to contribute to the project, just send us an email with your code changes, suggestions,etc.

Play Notes:

Controls:

        Arrows move snake 1
        ASDF move snake 2
        Escape ends the game
        F12 takes a screen shot
        "m" toggles the sound
        "P" pauses the game
        "r" resumes the game
Points: 
        Fat Men = 4 
        Random Confused Men = 3
        Skinny Men = 2
        Sentry Targets = 1

Adventure Mode 1P
50 points needed to advance to the next level. 3 lives per game, +1 for every 3 levels completed (max 9 lives). Difficulty is increased by +1 for every 3 levels completed (max difficulty 9). Difficulty levels affect speed, obstacles, quantity of men & length of snake. *Beating Adventure Mode is possible.

Longest Snake Mode 1P
Only sentries appear.
1 life per game.
*Difficulty levels only affect speed.

H2H Delayed Respawn 2P
2 player simultaneous mode.
When a player dies, he will not respawn until the next level or when the other snake dies. 3 lives per game.
Difficulty levels affect speed, obstacles, quantity of men & length of snake.

H2H Instant Respawn 2P
2 player simultaneous mode.
When a player dies, he will respawn immediatly. 3 lives per game.
Difficulty levels affect speed, obstacles, quantity of men & length of snake.

Install Notes:

Just run configure/make in root-project directory, cd to src and run ./deadlycobra Note: make install doesn't work.