đŽ Episode 7 âĸ Series Finale âĸ Tower Defence Part 2 of 2
Wave After Wave! Tower Defence Part 2
The grand finale: towers open fire with homing bullets, enemies arrive in escalating waves, kills pay bounties, towers upgrade, and a boss leads the final assault. Ship your biggest C++ project.
Build it in our C++ Studio too: lay out a level on a grid, tick the SFML features and download a real main.cpp plus a build file, right in the browser with no install. Open the C++ Mod Studio →
How to run: Save, compile and run: g++ game.cpp -o game -lsfml-graphics -lsfml-window -lsfml-system && ./game
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Heads up: SFML 3 renamed a few things. The install step gives you SFML 3 today, but the short snippets in the steps below are written in the classic SFML 2 style. The differences are small and mechanical: sf::VideoMode({800, 500})sf::VideoMode({800, 500}) (curly braces), the new event loop while (const std::optional e = window.pollEvent())while (const std::optional e = window.pollEvent()) with e->is<sf::Event::Closed>()e->is<sf::Event::Closed>(), sf::Keyboard::Key::Leftsf::Keyboard::Key::Left (add ::Key::Key), and setPosition({x, y})setPosition({x, y}) / move({dx, dy})move({dx, dy}) (curly braces). The ? complete finished code at the bottom of this page is full SFML 3 and compiles on a fresh install, use it as your reference.
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Need the game so far? This episode continues Tower Defence Part 1, so it assumes you already have that project. Open your Part 1 file to keep building, or revisit it here: Tower Defence Part 1 ? âĸ C++ Cheatsheet ?
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How it works: write the code in each step, and the canvas on the right shows what your code does. It is a live preview that builds the game as you go. Type to see it update, or press Apply to Canvas to test it straight away.
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Lumo says: every step adds one feature to the same game. Type a little, click Apply to Canvas, and test it straight away. There is no wrong answer you can't undo.
Build Tower Defence Part 2 Step by Step
Each step adds one feature. Write the code, watch it come alive in the canvas, then make it your own.
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Upgraded towers and tougher waves
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Workshop Complete!
Seven episodes of C++: Pong to a full tower defence with waves, upgrades and a boss. You are a C++ game programmer now. Go build YOUR game. đŽđŽ
