Tycoon Game

Resource-management and business simulation game built with C++, Win32, DirectX11, and Dear ImGui.

Overview

The player builds an industrial economy by:

• purchasing and upgrading buildings,
• managing production investments,
• trading resources in a dynamic market,
• growing reputation to unlock stronger opportunities.

Project Structure

• include/: public headers
• src/: implementation files
• tests/: Catch2 unit tests for core simulation modules
• lib/: third-party dependencies (Dear ImGui)

Build (Visual Studio)

1. Open Tycoon.sln.
2. Retarget toolset if prompted.
3. Build and run Tycoon from Visual Studio.

Notes:

• The project is configured for C++20.
• Warning level is set to strict (/W4 and /WX).

Build and Test (CMake)

This path builds the core simulation library and unit tests.

cmake -S . -B build -DTYCOON_BUILD_TESTS=ON
cmake --build build --config Debug
ctest --test-dir build -C Debug --output-on-failure

Quality Checks

Format code:

clang-format -i include/**/*.h src/**/*.cpp tests/**/*.cpp

Run static analysis:

clang-tidy src/*.cpp src/**/*.cpp -- -Iinclude -Isrc -std=c++20