Building¶

Building from source gives you the terminal game and the Python module the agent trains with. Both come from the same CMake project.

Requirements¶

Build the game¶

Clone the repository and build in release mode:

git clone https://github.com/Partha11/hatchling.git
cd hatchling
cmake -S . -B build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
cmake --build build --config Release

Then start the game:

./build/snake

.\build\Release\snake.exe

Build the Python module¶

The agent talks to the engine through a Python module called snake_cpp, built with pybind11. Build it with its own target:

cmake --build build --target snake_cpp

Build it inside the Python environment you will use for training, so that CMake finds the right Python version. The AI setup walks through the full order of steps.

Build targets¶