Help! Create a game with ncurses

Question

I have to make a game from the console with ncurses, first I have to read from a text file a map with structure and color. Then I have to convert the map to a circular list of double lists, but I still do not know how to start

Answer 1

I started reading the first line of the file by the rows and columns, but I don't know how to convert the datas to a circle list whose nodes has double list

Answer 2

What kind of data are you working with and what is the use of it?

Answer 3

They are Chars and their use is to draw the console, something like the Google dinosaur when you don't have internet