Need help properly installing PDCurses for C++ on Windows 10

Hello to whoever can help me,

I am making a game using C++ and I came across this console library called PDCurses that is supposed to help with writing console programs. The thing is, I just cannot find the right way to include it in my project. I looked up many various tutorials, which most were very outdated (I even searched through StackOverflow here). The ones that were somewhat current did not match my issue. I pasted my code below if it helps any. Whatever help I can get I would appreciate very much. Thanks!

The Infinitide.cpp:

// The Infinitide.cpp : Defines the entry point for the console application.
//

#include "stdafx.h"
#include "InfinitideResources.h"


// Current console instance
//HANDLE hConsole = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
//HWND hInstance = GetConsoleWindow();
//
//TCHAR screenCache[75][45];
//int screenWidth = 45, screenHeight = 75;
//
//int oldCurrentPercLoaded;

xml_node<> * baseData;

WINDOW *initscr(void);

int flash(void);

int updateConsoleColor(int clr) {
    if (clr > 15 || clr < 0) {
        return 1; // clrIndex is out of range
    }

    //SetConsoleTextAttribute(hConsole, clr);

    return 0;
}

int setConsoleColor(int clrIndex, COLORREF rgb) {
    if (clrIndex > 15 || clrIndex < 0) {
        return 1; // clrIndex is out of range
    }

    CONSOLE_SCREEN_BUFFER_INFOEX info;
    info.cbSize = sizeof(CONSOLE_SCREEN_BUFFER_INFOEX);

    //GetConsoleScreenBufferInfoEx(hConsole, &info);

    info.ColorTable[clrIndex] = rgb;

    //SetConsoleScreenBufferInfoEx(hConsole, &info);

    return 0;
}

int setConsoleColors() {
    int ii = 0;
    for (COLORREF i : colors) {
        setConsoleColor(ii, i);

        ii++;
    }

    updateConsoleColor(3);

    return 0;
}

int clearConsole() {
    /*for (int i = 0; i < screenHeight; i++) {
        cout << '\n';
    }*/

    return 0;
}

int initWindow() {
    //setConsoleColors();

    /*RECT r;

    GetWindowRect(hInstance, &r);
    MoveWindow(hInstance, r.left, r.top, DEFAULT_WND_WIDTH, DEFAULT_WND_HEIGHT, true);*/

    return 0;
}

int loadBaseData() {
    //initWindow();

    xml_document<> doc;
    xml_node<> * root_node;
    ifstream baseDataFile("TheInfinitideBaseData.xml");

    vector<char> buffer((istreambuf_iterator<char>(baseDataFile)), istreambuf_iterator<char>());
    buffer.push_back('\0');

    doc.parse<0>(&buffer[0]);

    root_node = doc.first_node("root");

    baseData = root_node;

    return 0;
}

int loadingBar(int percLoaded, int size, string msg) {
    //clear();

    // Loading title
    cout << msg << endl;

    cout << "[";
    for (int i = 0; i < floor(percLoaded / 100 * size); i++) {
        cout << "|";
    }
    for (int i = 0; i < floor((100 - percLoaded) / 100 * size); i++) {
        cout << " ";
    }
    cout << "]" << endl;

    return 0;
}

int loadScreen() {
    

    return 0;
}

int load() {
    int stepsCompleted = 0;
    const int stepsTotal = 1;
    int currentPercLoaded;
    //oldCurrentPercLoaded = -1;

    /*while (stepsCompleted < stepsTotal) {
        currentPercLoaded = stepsCompleted / stepsTotal * 100;
        loadingBar(currentPercLoaded, DEFAULT_LOAD_BAR_SIZE, DEFAULT_LOAD_MSG);
    }*/
    
    return 0;
}

int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
    // Setup
    load();

    return 0;
}

InfinitideResources.h:

#include "stdafx.h"

#define DEFAULT_DATA string = ""

const int DEFAULT_WND_WIDTH = 800;
const int DEFAULT_WND_HEIGHT = 500;

const COLORREF colors[] = {
    RGB(0, 0, 0),       // Black       (0)
    RGB(77, 77, 77),    // Dark Gray   (1)
    RGB(179, 179, 179), // Light Gray  (2)
    RGB(255, 255, 255), // White       (3)
    RGB(255, 0, 0),     // Red         (4)
    RGB(128, 0, 0),     // Dark Red    (5)
    RGB(0, 255, 0),     // Green       (6)
    RGB(0, 128, 0),     // Dark Green  (7)
    RGB(0, 128, 255),   // Blue        (8)
    RGB(0, 64, 128),    // Dark Blue   (9)
    RGB(255, 255, 0),   // Yellow      (10)
    RGB(128, 128, 0),   // Dark Yellow (11)
    RGB(255, 0, 255),   // Purple      (12)
    RGB(128, 0, 128),   // Dark Purple (13)
    RGB(255, 191, 0),   // Orange      (14)
    RGB(128, 94, 0)     // Brown       (15)
};

string DEFAULT_LOAD_MSG = "Loading...";
const int DEFAULT_LOAD_BAR_SIZE = 20;

stdafx.h:

// stdafx.h : include file for standard system include files,
// or project specific include files that are used frequently, but
// are changed infrequently
//

#pragma once

#include "targetver.h"

#include <stdio.h>
#include <tchar.h>



// TODO: reference additional headers your program requires here
#include <fstream>
#include <vector>
#include <Windows.h>
#include <utility>
#include <consoleapi.h>
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <curses.h>
#include <curspriv.h>
#include <panel.h>
#include <term.h>
#include <pdcwin.h>
#include <rapidxml\rapidxml.hpp>
using namespace rapidxml;
using namespace std;

Note: I am using Visual Studio 2013 on Windows 10.