This Game was developed in my first semester. The intention was to get to know the programming language C++.

I decided to make a platformer game like Super Mario Bros. Though I also wanted to be able to use a sword. Those ideas combined created Stab Mario.

The first hinderance to getting everything to work was to instantaneously react to buttonpresses. That problem was quickly solved with the '_kbhit()'-Function.

Setting up the main menu, the cursor started to be annoying. Therefore I got rid of it.

Inside the actual game the player is a blue ASCII symbol. The player is able to jump and move left and right. After picking up the sword (┼) the player can also stab left and right

On contact with the enemy or a bullet the player loses health. How much health is left is portrait in the left bottom corner. More can be collected by picking up the hearts on the map.

Next to the health is the score which increases with every enemy that is killed. If everyone except the boss is killed the player receives another health point.

The biggest problem within this scene was the update rate. Since the console isn't able to refresh the ASCIIs fast enough I had to manage two maps.

One that is displayed and another one that manages changes by the player. They then are compared and only the difference is changed in the displayed map.

Asside from the gameplay there is also some guidance for the player and the possibility for customization