I'd like to talk a bit about this a game I made, all done in plain C, using only single header libraries, and it runs in the browser too.

It's called "Neon Lies" and it's a retro-futuristic cyberpunk story in a William Gibson style setting.


You can play it for free here:

I think it's one of the best games I've ever made 😀mattiasgustavsson.itch.io/neon-lies

"dos-like" is a mini-engine/framework I made a couple of years ago. It makes it easy to make games and other things with a 90s MS-DOS look and feel, but using a modern C compiler and running on Windows, Linux, macOS and in the browser using WebAssembler. It is very easy to start using. If you are on Windows, all you need to do is download the zip file from my itch page, unpack the contents, and you have everything ready to make standalone executables - there's no setup, nothing to install, no dependencies. It is all ready to go🙂

Have you ever thought about playing around with the original DOOM source code? I'd recommend it, it is really nice.

But if you grab the original source code release, it is not very easy to get it to build.

So I wanted to share this quick fix-up for it, making it easy to build The repo is here:


and to build it, you just go:

cl doom.c

or

tcc doom.c

no need to install any dependencies or use any build systems.

This version is for windows and wasm, but might not be too difficult to port to mac/linuxgithub.com/mattiasgustavs…

A quick and easy way to start making something fun in C.

1. Clone this repo:

2. Download tcc and unzip it

3. Execute `tcc\tcc source\main.c`

You now have window that you can plot pixels in - all you need to get started :) github.com/mattiasgustavs…
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Want to run it in a browser?

4. Download and unzip the wasm build tools:

5. Execute `wasm\node wasm\wajicup.js source/main.c main.html`

You know have the same code built into a stand-alone html file, that runs in the browser github.com/mattiasgustavs…

I’m going to do a 🧵 about making retro-style games in C/C++, and also about getting them to run in a browser. So, for a good few years now, I’ve been working on various game projects and jam entries, all in a retro style, using C/C++. All the while, I’ve been looking to simplify things - fewer dependencies, simpler code, simpler build process, etc