Multithreading Typing Game in C

Server-Client Multiplayer based game in C

Project Details

• Project Type: Programmation in C
• Tools: C, Debian, git
• Duration: 1 week
• Team: Duo project with Antoine Banchet
• Code: Github noebackert/ProjetPSE
• Report: Download report

Introduction

The goal of this project was to understand the basis of sockets, fork and threads in C programming.
The project aims to design, simulate, and test a simple console game to work with threads and sockets.

Project Overview

The project involves:

• Understanding the concept of forks and threads
• Understanding sockets and multiplayer management
• Designing a Server-Client application
• Using the GCC flags -ansi -pedantic -Wall to write standard-compliant code

General Description of the Project

Multiplayer Client/Server Typing Speed Game

• The player who types the most words correctly wins
• Originality:
  • Ability to start the game with a variable number of users (from 1 to NB_CLIENT_MAX players, as long as everyone is ready)
  • Time management handled in a separate thread
  • Score and ranking management with a variable number of clients

Code Structure

To maintain clarity in digital system design projects, it is essential to separate source code from test benches and compiled files:

Figure 3: Project directory structure

• appli: contains client.c, serveur.c, and liste_francais.txt (word list)
• include: contains the headers of the modules
• modules: contains the PSE modules used plus words.c
• lib: contains libpse.a, the static library of the PSE modules

Server

The server is the central element of the game. It manages the game, the players, and the game statistics.

Figure 2: Server Flowchart

Client

The client is the player. It connects to the server and plays the game.

Figure 3: Client Flowchart