I now have the kernel of the game prototyped.

watchgit.cpp

@@ -20,6 +20,31 @@ using namespace fmt;
 
 #define BUF_MAX 1024
 
+class GameEngine {
+  int hit_points = 0;
+
+  public:
+  GameEngine(int hp) : hit_points(hp) {};
+
+  bool hit(unsigned int damage) {
+    hit_points -= damage;
+
+    if(is_dead()) {
+      println("YOU DIED!");
+    } else {
+      println("DAMAGE {}, HP: {}", damage, hit_points);
+    }
+
+    // super dumb but I'll clean it up later
+    return is_dead();
+  }
+
+  bool is_dead() {
+    return hit_points <= 0;
+  }
+};
+
+
 /*
  * No idea what the semantics of this are.  Will need
  * to research git's dumb terminology to figure out why
@@ -109,7 +134,7 @@ class UpdateListener : public efsw::FileWatchListener {
     }
 };
 
-void run_build(const char* command) {
+void run_build(GameEngine &game, const char* command) {
   regex err_re("(.*?):([0-9]+):([0-9]+):\\s*(.*?):\\s*(.*)\n*");
 
   char buffer[BUF_MAX]; // BUF_MAX is a define already?
@@ -141,7 +166,14 @@ void run_build(const char* command) {
           lnumber, col, type, message);
 
       stats_out << result;
-      cout << "MATCHED: " << quoted(result);
+      println("{} @ {}:{}:{} {}", type, file_name, lnumber, col, message);
+
+
+      if(type == "error") {
+        game.hit(4);
+      } else {
+        game.hit(1);
+      }
     }
   }
 
@@ -149,7 +181,6 @@ void run_build(const char* command) {
   dbc::post("a post test", [&]() { return !stats_out.is_open(); });
 }
 
-
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
   git_repository* repo = nullptr;
@@ -174,6 +205,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     print("Watching directory {} for changes...\n", git_path);
     efsw::WatchID wid = fileWatcher->addWatch(git_path, listener, true);
 
+    GameEngine game{100};
+
     while(true) {
       print("WAITING...\r");
       fileWatcher->watch();
@@ -181,7 +214,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
       if(listener->changes) {
         sleep(1);
         println("CHANGES! Running build {}", build_cmd);
-        run_build(build_cmd);
+        run_build(game, build_cmd);
         listener->reset_state();
       }
       sleep(1);
@@ -191,8 +224,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
   } catch(dbc::Error &err) {
     print("ERROR: {}\n", err.message);
     if(repo != nullptr) git_repository_free(repo);
+    git_libgit2_shutdown();
     return 1;
   }
-
-  git_libgit2_shutdown();
 }