public virtual bool Contains(PlayingCard card)
{
return(Cards.Contains(card));
}
/// <summary>
/// PlayGame - The flow of the game, which cycles through each player, shows them a list of their current cards, and then prompts them to make their move
/// </summary>
/// <returns></returns>
public int PlayGame()
{
// Only play if players exist.
if (players == null)
{
return(-1);
}
// Deal initial hands.
DealHands();
// Initialize game vars, including an initial card to place on the
// table: playCard.
bool GameWon = false;
int currentPlayer;
PlayingCard playCard = playDeck.GetCard(currentCard++);
discardedCards.Add(playCard);
// Main game loop, continues until GameWon == true.
do
{
// Loop through players in each game round.
for (currentPlayer = 0; currentPlayer < players.Length;
currentPlayer++)
{
// Draw starting trump card
PlayingCard initialCardDrawn = playDeck.GetCard(currentCard++);
CardSuit trumpSuit = initialCardDrawn.Suit;
Console.WriteLine("\nThe starting trump suit is {0}.\n", trumpSuit);
// Write out current player, player hand, and the card on the
// table.
Console.WriteLine("\n{0}'s turn.", players[currentPlayer].Name);
Console.WriteLine("********************");
Console.WriteLine("Current hand:");
foreach (PlayingCard card in players[currentPlayer].PlayHand)
{
Console.WriteLine(card);
}
Console.WriteLine("Initial card drawn from top of the deck: {0}", initialCardDrawn);
// Prompt player to pick up card on table or draw a new one.
bool inputOK = false;
do
{
Console.WriteLine("Press T to throw card or S to skip");
string input = Console.ReadLine();
if (input.ToLower() == "t")
{
// Add card from table to player hand.
Console.WriteLine("Thrown: {0}", playCard);
//// Remove from discarded cards if possible (if deck
//// is reshuffled it won't be there any more)
//if (discardedCards.Contains(playCard))
//{
// discardedCards.Remove(playCard);
//}
players[currentPlayer].PlayHand.Remove(playCard);
inputOK = true;
}
if (input.ToLower() == "s")
{
// Add new card from deck to player hand.
PlayingCard newCard;
// Only add card if it isn't already in a player hand
// or in the discard pile
bool cardIsAvailable;
do
{
newCard = playDeck.GetCard(currentCard++);
// Check if card is in discard pile
cardIsAvailable = !discardedCards.Contains(newCard);
if (cardIsAvailable)
{
// Loop through all player hands to see if newCard
// is already in a hand.
foreach (Player testPlayer in players)
{
if (testPlayer.PlayHand.Contains(newCard))
{
cardIsAvailable = false;
break;
}
}
}
} while (!cardIsAvailable);
// Add the card found to player hand.
Console.WriteLine("Drawn: {0}", newCard);
players[currentPlayer].PlayHand.Add(newCard);
inputOK = true;
}
} while (inputOK == false);
// Display new hand with cards numbered.
Console.WriteLine("New hand:");
for (int i = 0; i < players[currentPlayer].PlayHand.Count; i++)
{
Console.WriteLine("{0}: {1}", i + 1,
players[currentPlayer].PlayHand[i]);
}
// Prompt player for a card to discard.
inputOK = false;
int choice = -1;
do
{
Console.WriteLine("Choose card to discard:");
string input = Console.ReadLine();
try
{
// Attempt to convert input into a valid card number.
choice = Convert.ToInt32(input);
if ((choice > 0) && (choice <= 8))
{
inputOK = true;
}
}
catch
{
// Ignore failed conversions, just continue prompting.
}
} while (inputOK == false);
// Place reference to removed card in playCard (place the card
// on the table), then remove card from player hand and add
// to discarded card pile.
playCard = players[currentPlayer].PlayHand[choice - 1];
players[currentPlayer].PlayHand.RemoveAt(choice - 1);
discardedCards.Add(playCard);
Console.WriteLine("Discarding: {0}", playCard);
// Space out text for players
Console.WriteLine();
// Check to see if player has won the game, and exit the player
// loop if so.
GameWon = players[currentPlayer].HasWon();
if (GameWon == true)
{
break;
}
}
} while (GameWon == false);
// End game, noting the winning player.
return(currentPlayer);
}