Plants vs. Zombies

The original student project, with its menus, bitmap font, seed-selection grid and lawn HUD. The native example keeps the platform adapter needed outside Minix.

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Run it

Build examples with devenv shell -- lcom-ng-build, then:

lcom-ng run -- build/examples/pvz

Controls

• Use the Start Game button, or Enter twice, to open plant selection.
• Pick six plants with arrows and Enter, or drag seeds into deck slots. Space starts the lawn.
• 1 to 6 selects a seed; arrows move the target; Enter or Space plants. Mouse selection and placement also work.
• Click suns to collect them. S selects the shovel; Escape or right click cancels a held action.
• Escape pauses. Enter resumes; Q returns to the menu while paused; Escape quits from pause.

In the app

Original title screenThe original project menu, colors and bitmap font.

Choose your plantsThe original inventory grid and six deck slots.

A complete deckSix chosen plants enable the original Start Game button.

A fresh lawnThe selected deck is ready, with a starting budget of 50 sun.

Choose a cellKeyboard targeting previews a sunflower before spending sun.

Growing under pressureA real planted sunflower, falling sun, and incoming zombies.

Pause the gardenThe original pause screen: Enter resumes, Q returns to the menu and Escape quits.

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Original title screen · The original project menu, colors and bitmap font.

What it demonstrates

Mouse targets, keyboard menus, sprite rendering, resource costs, timed enemies, projectiles and application state. The demo keeps the original art and supported plant set.

Source: examples/pvz/.

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