NetWarsGL

The source code

• There are no generic build scripts for autotools, scons or other build systems. The included Makefile.manual (and probably the Makefile.bak) was what I worked with. Looks like I've tried setting up a CMake environment a few years ago, but it doesn't look anything like finished, or even working.
• Dependencies: glut for the graphics; ClanLib for sound output, but that should be easy to remove. Should probably be replaced by SDL or something else. It actually looks like the ClanLib stuff is commented in most places, probably because I've never had the lib on MacOS X.
• Apart from the dependencies, the game is pretty much portable. I've had it compile and run on Windows, Linux and MacOS X. Unfortunately I don't have a complete tool chain on my current machine and couldn't test whether it compiles flawlessly with current compilers.
• The code is quite messy in some places.
• The code is quite clean in some places and even contains some comments.
• The collision detection is really really bad (brute force checks with slow math). This is probably one of the first things that should be changed.
• There are a few places where the code is much more C than C++. In general, there are too many pointers and arrays.
• The graphics rendering code is mixed in with various other parts of the game, like the actual game controlling code and the space objects.
• You might want to grep the code for "TODO" or "todo" to find other places that might be good starting points for refactoring or re-implementation.
• There is not even a shred of multi-player code. Sorry. I know that this was the most interesting and fun part of the whole game.

The game

The editor