🧱 Brick Breaker Game (C++ Console Edition) A simple and fun Brick Breaker game built entirely using C++ and Windows Console API. This project demonstrates console-based animation, keyboard input handling, and game logic implementation using basic C++.

🎮 Game Overview In this game, you control a paddle (slider) at the bottom of the screen to bounce a ball upwards and break all the bricks arranged at the top. objective: Break all the bricks without letting the ball touch the bottom boundary. The game ends when you either break all the bricks (WIN) or miss the ball (LOSE).

🧩 Features 🧱 24 visible bricks arranged in 3 rows 🎚️ Multiple difficulty levels: Easy – Large paddle, slow ball Medium – Normal paddle, regular speed Hard – Small paddle, fast ball 🎨 Colored graphics using console text colors ⚡ Real-time movement and keyboard controls 🧠 Simple but effective game logic using loops, conditionals, and enums 🏆 Score tracking system

🎮 Controls Key Action A / Left Arrow Move paddle left D / Right Arrow Move paddle right Space Launch the ball Esc Pause / Exit the game

📈 Scoring System Breaking a brick = +10 points Total bricks = 24 Maximum possible score = 240 points

🧠 Game Logic Summary Bricks are drawn in fixed positions and stored in an array. Paddle position is updated using keyboard input (A / D). Ball movement is based on a direction system:

Direction codes: 1 = up-right, 2 = up-left, 3 = down-left, 4 = down-right

The ball bounces off: Screen borders Paddle (reverses direction) Bricks (removes brick + adds score)

The game loop continues until: All bricks are destroyed (You Win) Ball crosses bottom line (You Lose)

💡 Difficulty Settings Difficulty Paddle Length Ball Speed Movement Step Easy 13 50 ms 5 Medium 9 30 ms 7 Hard 5 15 ms 9