/// <summary>
/// Method <c> RestartGame</c> Restarts the game, setting all state to default,
/// and clears all items that would be bound to the gui.
/// </summary>
public void RestartGame()
{
// reset game variables
_timeInterval = 500;
_gameOver = false;
_paused = false;
PauseMessage = "";
Score = 0;
Level = 1;
// clear collections
Blocks.Clear();
NextBlock.Clear();
HeldBlock.Clear();
GameBoard.ClearGrid();
_timer.Interval = new TimeSpan(0, 0, 0, 0, _timeInterval);
// create shapes
_shape = _shapeFactory.BuildRandomShape();
_nextShape = _shapeFactory.BuildRandomShape();
NextBlock.AddRange(_nextShape.ShapeBlocks);
Blocks.AddRange(_shape.ShapeBlocks);
_timer.Start();
}
/// <summary>
/// Constructor <c> Tetris</c> instantiates tetris with all the default conditions
/// </summary>
public Tetris()
{
_shapeFactory = new ShapeFactory(GameBoard.Grid);
Blocks = new ObservableCollection <BlockModel>();
NextBlock = new ObservableCollection <BlockModel>();
HeldBlock = new ObservableCollection <BlockModel>();
_timer = new DispatcherTimer();
_timer.Interval = new TimeSpan(0, 0, 0, 0, _timeInterval);
_timer.Tick += GameTimer_Tick;
_shape = _shapeFactory.BuildRandomShape();
_shape.CenterShape();
_nextShape = _shapeFactory.BuildRandomShape();
NextBlock.AddRange(_nextShape.ShapeBlocks);
Blocks.AddRange(_shape.ShapeBlocks);
Score = 0;
Level = 1;
_timer.Start();
}