Minesweeper

Overview

Minesweeper game in C with a GUI. The main.c file is the Minesweeper game played in the terminal and the main_Graphic.c includes a GUI using GTK. This is the first assignment of the MECHTRON 2MP3 course at McMaster University. To play with the GUI, compile main_Graphic.c. To play without the GUI, compile main.c

Terminal Command to Run main_Graphic.c

gcc -o main_Graphic main_Graphic.c $(pkg-config --cflags --libs gtk+-3.0)
./main_Graphic

Terminal Command to Run main.c

gcc -o main main.c
./main

Video Demo

Check out the video demonstration to see the Minesweeper app in action!

GTK 3 Install

In order to run the version of the game with the GUI (main_Graphic.c), you must have GTK 3 installed. The shell game (main.c) requires no previous installations other than the C compiler. The installation steps are listed below for Windows and Mac.

Mac Install

If you are running on a macOS, run the following commands in the terminal if you do not already have GTK 3 installed on your system:

1. Install Homebrew
   /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
2. Install GTK and pkg-config via Homebrew
   brew install gtk+3 pkg-config
3. Compile the Program
   gcc -o main_Graphic main_Graphic.c $(pkg-config --cflags --libs gtk+-3.0)
./main_Graphic

Windows Install

If you are running on a Windows operating system, run the following commands in the PowerShell if you do not already have GTK 3 installed on your system:

1. Install Development Tools
   sudo apt update
sudo apt install libgtk-3-dev build-essential
   
2. Compile the Program
   gcc -o main_Graphic main_Graphic.c $(pkg-config --cflags --libs gtk+-3.0)
./main_Graphic