Snakes and Ladders

A graphical implementation of the classic Snakes and Ladders game written in Rust. Play with 2-4 players and enjoy the excitement of rolling dice, climbing ladders, and avoiding snakes as you race to the finish!

This game uses the eframe and egui libraries for a graphical user interface (GUI) and is available as a crate on crates.io.

Features

• 🎲 2-4 player gameplay: Supports up to 4 players, taking turns to roll the dice.
• 🐍 Snakes and Ladders mechanics: Roll the dice, land on snakes to slide back, or climb ladders to advance.
• 🏆 Winning Condition: The first player to reach the final square (100) wins the game.
• 🎮 Interactive UI: A colorful, grid-based visual game board with player positions, snakes, and ladders.
• 📜 Player status messages: Get real-time updates about your dice roll, movement, and interactions with snakes and ladders.
• 🔄 Player reset: If a player lands on the same position as another, the other player is sent back to the start.

Installation

Install the binary

To install the Snakes and Ladders game globally as a command-line binary, run:

cargo install snake_ladder

Once installed, you can run the game directly from the terminal.

Install as a library

To use the Snakes and Ladders game as a library in your own project, run the following command in your project directory:

cargo add snake_ladder

Or, manually add it to your Cargo.toml file:

[dependencies]
snake_ladder = "1.0.0"

Running the Game

After installing the binary with cargo install, you can run the game using:

snake_ladder

This will launch the Snakes and Ladders game with a graphical user interface (GUI).

Customization

You can customize the game by modifying the board size and the positions of snakes and ladders.

Example of Customizing Snakes and Ladders

You can modify the snakes and ladders positions by passing new values in the main.rs file where the game is initialized. Here's an example:

use snake_ladder::Game;
use std::collections::HashMap;

fn main() -> Result<(), eframe::Error> {
    let options = eframe::NativeOptions::default();
    
    // Custom Snakes and Ladders positions
    let snakes = HashMap::from([
        (16, 6),  // Snake from 16 to 6
        (47, 26), // Snake from 47 to 26
        (49, 11), // Snake from 49 to 11
        (56, 53), // Snake from 56 to 53
        (62, 19), // Snake from 62 to 19
        (64, 60), // Snake from 64 to 60
        (87, 24), // Snake from 87 to 24
        (93, 73), // Snake from 93 to 73
        (95, 75), // Snake from 95 to 75
        (98, 78), // Snake from 98 to 78
    ]);

    let ladders = HashMap::from([
        (1, 38),  // Ladder from 1 to 38
        (4, 14),  // Ladder from 4 to 14
        (9, 31),  // Ladder from 9 to 31
        (21, 42), // Ladder from 21 to 42
        (28, 84), // Ladder from 28 to 84
        (36, 44), // Ladder from 36 to 44
        (51, 67), // Ladder from 51 to 67
        (71, 91), // Ladder from 71 to 91
        (80, 100), // Ladder from 80 to 100
    ]);
    
    // Running the game with the custom snakes and ladders
    eframe::run_native(
        "Snakes and Ladders",
        options,
        Box::new(|_cc| Ok(Box::new(Game::new(snakes, ladders)))),
    )
}

In the above code:

• Snakes: If a player lands on a snake's head (e.g., 16), they will move to its tail (e.g., 6).
• Ladders: If a player lands at the bottom of a ladder (e.g., 1), they will climb up to the top (e.g., 38).