public void StartGame(Snake snake, Board board)
{
// Customize Snake
snake = CustomizeSnake();
// set the snake in the middle of the board
snake.XPosition = board.Boardwidth / 2;
snake.YPosition = board.Boardheight / 2;
// set defaults
//game is in play, no history of moves, snake length is 1 and game speed is 75
IsGameOver = false;
DidHitWall = false;
Eaten = new Dictionary <string, bool>();
int GameSpeed = 75;
snake.Length = 1;
//do not show the cursor and initialize a variable for key input
Console.CursorVisible = false;
ConsoleKeyInfo command;
while (!IsGameOver)
{
// clear the console, set the title bar, and draw the board
outputProvider.Clear();
outputProvider.CreateTitle(Message.Instructions);
board.DrawBoard();
//clear move history, and add current position, then draw the snake
Eaten.Clear();
Eaten.Add(snake.XPosition.ToString() + snake.YPosition.ToString(), true);
snake.DrawSnake();
//wait for the player to move
WaitForMove();
//set the speed by checking for keystrokes at the gamespeed in miliseconds
DateTime nextCheck = DateTime.Now.AddMilliseconds(GameSpeed);
while (!IsGameOver && !DidHitWall)
{
//Display the length at the top of the screen
outputProvider.CreateTitle(Message.Score + snake.Length.ToString());
//wait for the next time you can check for keys
while (nextCheck > DateTime.Now)
{
// see if the player has changed direction
if (Console.KeyAvailable)
{
//read the key and map it to a direction
command = Console.ReadKey(true);
MapCommandToDirection(command);
}
}
if (!IsGameOver)
{
ChangeDirection(snake, board);
if (!DidHitWall)
{
//format the current positions to two rounded digits
string positions = snake.XPosition.ToString("00") + snake.YPosition.ToString("00");
//if the snake hasn't been to the current positions, add the length and keep going
if (!Eaten.ContainsKey(positions))
{
snake.Length++;
Eaten.Add(positions, true);
snake.DrawSnake();
}
//otherwise say they hit the wall
else
{
DidHitWall = true;
}
}
nextCheck = DateTime.Now.AddMilliseconds(GameSpeed);
}
}
if (DidHitWall)
{
outputProvider.CreateTitle(Message.You_Died + snake.Length.ToString());
SetConsoleToDefault();
outputProvider.WriteLine(Message.SkullArt);
JustWait();
IsGameOver = true;
}
}
if (IsGameOver)
{
SetConsoleToDefault();
outputProvider.CreateTitle(Message.Youre_Done + snake.Length.ToString());
outputProvider.Write(Message.SnakeArt);
JustWait();
}
}
