public static int GetUserInt(string prompt, int minNum, int maxNum, string tooLowMessage, string tooHighMessage)
{
int response = 0;
bool isValid = false;
Console.WriteLine(prompt);
do
{
try
{
Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Cyan;
response = int.Parse(Console.ReadLine());
Console.ResetColor();
if (response < minNum)
{
MethodLibrary.WriteInColour(tooLowMessage, ConsoleColor.Red, writeLine: true);
}
else if (response > maxNum)
{
MethodLibrary.WriteInColour(tooHighMessage, ConsoleColor.Red, writeLine: true);
}
else
{
isValid = true;
}
} // end try
catch (Exception)
{
MethodLibrary.WriteInColour("That's not a number. Please re-enter.", ConsoleColor.Red, writeLine: true);
} // end catch
} while (!isValid);
return(response);
} // end method
} // end method
static List <Player> InitializePlayers(int totalPlayers, int humanPlayers)
{
List <Player> players = new List <Player>();
Random random = new Random();
for (int i = 0; i < totalPlayers; i++)
{
// add specified number of Human players, in random order:
if (i < humanPlayers)
{
players.Insert(random.Next(players.Count + 1),
new Player(Player.PlayerType.Human, MethodLibrary.GetUserString("Human, what is your name?")));
}
// otherwise add Computer players, in random order:
else
{
players.Insert(random.Next(players.Count + 1), new Player());
}
} // end for
for (int i = 0; i < totalPlayers; i++)
{
Console.Write($"Player {i + 1}: ");
players[i].DisplayPlayer();
} // end for
return(players);
} // end InitializePlayers method
static void Main(string[] args)
{
const int MIN_PLAYERS = 2;
const int MAX_PLAYERS = 8;
string userResponse;
do
{
int numPlayers = MethodLibrary.GetUserInt("How many players?", MIN_PLAYERS, MAX_PLAYERS, "You need more friends. Please enter a larger number.", "That's too many friends. Please enter a smaller number.");
int humanPlayers = MethodLibrary.GetUserInt("And how many of those are human?", MIN_PLAYERS - 1, numPlayers, "You need at least one!", "That's more than the number of players. Please re-enter.");
InitializeDrawPile();
List <Player> players = InitializePlayers(numPlayers, humanPlayers);
// nursery list
// draw pile -- when empty, reshuffle discard, or end game?
// discard pile
for (int i = 0; i < players.Count; i++)
{
players[i].TakeTurn();
bool gameOver = CheckIfWinner(players);
} // end for
userResponse = MethodLibrary.GetUserChoice("\nWanna play again?", "y", "n");
} while (userResponse.ToLower() == "y");
Console.WriteLine("Goodbye forever.");
} // end method
} // end constructor
public void DisplayPlayer()
{
MethodLibrary.WriteInColour(this.Name, ConsoleColor.Magenta);
MethodLibrary.WriteInColour($" is a {Type} player. They have ", ConsoleColor.Yellow);
MethodLibrary.WriteInColour($"{Hand.Count}", ConsoleColor.Magenta);
MethodLibrary.WriteInColour(" cards in their hand and ", ConsoleColor.Yellow);
MethodLibrary.WriteInColour($"{Stable.Count}", ConsoleColor.Magenta);
MethodLibrary.WriteInColour(" in their stable.", ConsoleColor.Yellow, writeLine: true);
} // end DisplayPlayer
static void Main(string[] args)
{
string userResponse;
do
{
ExplodingUnicornsGame game = new ExplodingUnicornsGame();
game.PlayGame();
userResponse = MethodLibrary.GetUserChoice("\nWanna play again?", "y", "n");
} while (userResponse.ToLower() == "y");
Console.WriteLine("Goodbye forever.");
} // end method
} // end InitializeNursery()
private void CheckIfWinner(List <Player> player)
{
bool gameOver = false;
if (player.Count > 5)
{
unicornsToWin = 6;
}
for (int i = 0; i < player.Count; i++)
{
if (player[i].GetNumberOfUnicorns() >= unicornsToWin)
{
gameOver = true;
MethodLibrary.WriteInColour("THIS PLAYER HAS WON!", ConsoleColor.Magenta); // add player name.
} // end if
} // end for
} // end CheckIfWinner()
} // end method
public static string GetUserChoice(string prompt, string firstChoice, string secondChoice)
{
Console.WriteLine(prompt + $" ({firstChoice}/{secondChoice})");
Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Cyan;
string userResponse = Console.ReadLine();
Console.ResetColor();
while (userResponse.ToLower() != firstChoice && userResponse.ToLower() != secondChoice)
{
MethodLibrary.WriteInColour("That wasn't a valid choice. Please re-enter.", ConsoleColor.Red, writeLine: true);
Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Cyan;
userResponse = Console.ReadLine();
Console.ResetColor();
} // end while invalid entry
return(userResponse);
} // end GetUserChoice method
public void PlayGame()
{
const int MIN_PLAYERS = 2;
const int MAX_PLAYERS = 8;
int numPlayers = MethodLibrary.GetUserInt("How many players?", MIN_PLAYERS, MAX_PLAYERS, "You need more friends. Please enter a larger number.", "That's too many friends. Please enter a smaller number.");
int humanPlayers = MethodLibrary.GetUserInt("And how many of those are human?", MIN_PLAYERS - 1, numPlayers, "You need at least one!", "That's more than the number of players. Please re-enter.");
InitializeDrawPile();
InitializePlayers(numPlayers, humanPlayers);
// nursery list
// draw pile -- when empty, reshuffle discard, or end game?
// discard pile
for (int i = 0; i < players.Count; i++)
{
players[i].TakeTurn();
CheckIfWinner(players);
} // end for
} // end method