/// <summary>
/// Takes an array of enemies, a game area and a Random class instance as arguments, and moves the enemies’ coordinates
/// depending on their EmergingSide. Returns void.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="enemies"></param>
/// <param name="area"></param>
/// <param name="rnd"></param>
public static void MoveEnemies(Enemy[] enemies, GameArea area, Random rnd)
{
if (CheckIfAtEnd(enemies, area))
{
DeleteWaveAtEnd(enemies, area);
ChangeSide(enemies, area, rnd);
}
else
{
for (int i = 0; i < enemies.Length; i++)
{
switch (enemies[0].EmergingSide)
{
case Sides.Top:
enemies[i].EnemyYPos++;
break;
case Sides.Right:
enemies[i].EnemyXPos--;
break;
case Sides.Bottom:
enemies[i].EnemyYPos--;
break;
case Sides.Left:
enemies[i].EnemyXPos++;
break;
} //end of switch
} //end of loop
}
} //end of method
/// <summary>
/// Takes an array of enemies, a game area and a Random class instance as arguments, and changes the emerging side of the
/// enemies once its wave is complete by setting its initial position to a randomly generated side. Returns void.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="enemies"></param>
/// <param name="area"></param>
/// <param name="rnd"></param>
public static void ChangeSide(Enemy[] enemies, GameArea area, Random rnd)
{
enemies[0].EmergingSide = (Sides)rnd.Next((int)Sides.Top, (int)Sides.Left + 1); //Generates a number from 1-4 representing the side the enemies will scroll across the screen from
for (int i = 0; i < enemies.Length; i++)
{
switch (enemies[0].EmergingSide)
{
case Sides.Top:
enemies[i].EnemyXPos = rnd.Next(area.BorderWidth, area.Width + area.BorderWidth);
enemies[i].EnemyYPos = 1;
break;
case Sides.Right:
enemies[i].EnemyXPos = area.Width + area.BorderWidth - 1;
enemies[i].EnemyYPos = rnd.Next(1, area.Height - 1);
break;
case Sides.Bottom:
enemies[i].EnemyXPos = rnd.Next(area.BorderWidth, area.Width + area.BorderWidth);
enemies[i].EnemyYPos = area.Height - 2;
break;
case Sides.Left:
enemies[i].EnemyXPos = area.BorderWidth;
enemies[i].EnemyYPos = rnd.Next(1, area.Height - 1);
break;
}
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Overload takes the number of coins, a Random class instance, the game’s play area and the player object,
/// a coin character along with a coin foreground and background color. Generates an array of coins of the
/// specified size numberOfCoins. All of the coins are initialized using the triple-parameter constructor.
/// Ensures no coins spawn on top of the player. Returns the array.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="numberOfCoins"></param>
/// <param name="rnd"></param>
/// <param name="area"></param>
/// <param name="player"></param>
/// <param name="coinChar"></param>
/// <param name="coinForeColor"></param>
/// <param name="coinBackColor"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static Coin[] GenerateCoinArray(int numberOfCoins, Random rnd, GameArea area, Player player, char coinChar, ConsoleColor coinForeColor, ConsoleColor coinBackColor)
{
Coin[] coins = new Coin[numberOfCoins];
int tempX;
int tempY;
for (int i = 0; i < coins.Length; i++)
{
coins[i] = new Coin(coinChar, coinForeColor, coinBackColor);
}
coins[0].CoinXPos = rnd.Next(area.LeftLimit, area.RightLimit + 1);
coins[0].CoinYPos = rnd.Next(area.UpLimit, area.DownLimit + 1);
for (int i = 0; i < coins.Length; i++)
{
tempX = rnd.Next(area.LeftLimit, area.RightLimit + 1);
tempY = rnd.Next(area.UpLimit, area.DownLimit + 1);
for (int j = 0; j < i; j++)
{ //ensures coins dont spawn on top of each other //ensures coins dont spawn on top of the player
if ((tempX != coins[j].CoinXPos && tempY != coins[j].CoinYPos) && (tempY != player.XPos && tempY != player.YPos))
{
coins[i].CoinXPos = tempX;
coins[i].CoinYPos = tempY;
}
else
{
i--;
}
}
}
return(coins);
}
/// <summary>
/// Takes the user’s key press and the current game area as arguments, and moves the player by its
/// speed in the direction corresponding to the key press. Collision with the outer game area limits
/// is checked here too. Returns void.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="userKeyPress"></param>
/// <param name="area"></param>
public void Move(ConsoleKey userKeyPress, GameArea area)
{
OldXPos = XPos;
OldYPos = YPos;
//move player up
if (userKeyPress == KeyUp && YPos != area.UpLimit) //up = decrease Y coord
{
YPos -= Speed;
}
//move player down
if (userKeyPress == KeyDown && YPos != area.DownLimit) //down = increase Y coord
{
YPos += Speed;
}
//move player left
if (userKeyPress == KeyLeft && XPos != area.LeftLimit) //left = decrease X coord
{
XPos -= Speed;
}
//move player right
if (userKeyPress == KeyRight && XPos != area.RightLimit) //right = increase X coord
{
XPos += Speed;
}
}
} //end of method
/// <summary>
/// Takes an array of enemies, a Player object instance, a GameArea instance, a Coin array and a Random
/// class instance as arguments. Erases previous enemy icons after the enemies have moved and re-draws them as well as
/// the coins so their icons do not disappear. Returns void.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="enemies"></param>
/// <param name="player"></param>
/// <param name="area"></param>
/// <param name="coins"></param>
/// <param name="rnd"></param>
public static void Render(Enemy[] enemies, Player player, GameArea area, Coin[] coins, Random rnd)
{
for (int i = 0; i < enemies.Length; i++)
{
ForegroundColor = area.ScreengrassForeColor;
BackgroundColor = area.ScreengrassBackColor;
switch (enemies[0].EmergingSide)
{
case Sides.Top:
if (enemies[i].EnemyYPos != 1) //if the enemies were not just drawn, erase their previous instance before drawing them in their new position
{
SetCursorPosition(enemies[i].EnemyXPos, enemies[i].EnemyYPos - 1);
WriteLine(area.ScreengrassChar);
}
break;
case Sides.Right:
if (enemies[i].EnemyXPos != area.Width + area.BorderWidth - 1)
{
SetCursorPosition(enemies[i].EnemyXPos + 1, enemies[i].EnemyYPos);
WriteLine(area.ScreengrassChar);
}
break;
case Sides.Bottom:
if (enemies[i].EnemyYPos != area.Height - 2)
{
SetCursorPosition(enemies[i].EnemyXPos, enemies[i].EnemyYPos + 1);
WriteLine(area.ScreengrassChar);
}
break;
case Sides.Left:
if (enemies[i].EnemyXPos != area.BorderWidth)
{
SetCursorPosition(enemies[i].EnemyXPos - 1, enemies[i].EnemyYPos);
WriteLine(area.ScreengrassChar);
}
break;
}
}
foreach (Coin c in coins)
{
c.WriteOnScreen();
}
foreach (Enemy e in enemies)
{
ForegroundColor = e.EnemyForeColor;
BackgroundColor = e.EnemyBackColor;
SetCursorPosition(e.EnemyXPos, e.EnemyYPos);
WriteLine(e.EnemyChar);
}
player.Draw(area);
ResetColor();
}
/// <summary>
/// Initializes Rnd and Player1 with their default constructors, initializes Area with its dual-parameter/simple
/// editor constructor (see GameArea.cs). Generates the number of coins and enemies based on the parameters provided
/// (both using their initializer overloads that use default constructors for each object). Difficulty is set using
/// the argument provided and Music.SoundLocation is set to its default value. Used only with Simple Editor Mode in the
/// Custom Level Editor
/// </summary>
/// <param name="width_"></param>
/// <param name="height_"></param>
/// <param name="numberOfCoins_"></param>
/// <param name="numberOfEnemies_"></param>
/// <param name="difficulty_"></param>
public Level(int width_, int height_, int numberOfCoins_, int numberOfEnemies_, int difficulty_) //Simple editor
{
Rnd = new Random();
Player1 = new Player();
Area = new GameArea(width_, height_);
Coins = Coin.GenerateCoinArray(numberOfCoins_, Rnd, Area, Player1);
Enemies = Enemy.GetArrayOfEnemies(numberOfEnemies_, Area);
Difficulty = difficulty_;
Music.SoundLocation = DEFAULT_SOUNDLOCATION;
}
private int _difficulty; //The amount of times the game loop needs to run before moving enemies.
#region //CONSTRUCTORS
/// <summary>
/// Takes no arguments. Initializes Rnd, Player1, and Area with their default constructors. Coins and
/// Enemies are initialized using their initializer method (GenerateCoinArray, GetArrayOfEnemies) overloads
/// that use the default contructor for both objects. Difficulty and Music.SoundLocation are defined using their public constants.
/// </summary>
public Level() //default settings
{
Rnd = new Random();
Player1 = new Player();
Area = new GameArea();
Coins = Coin.GenerateCoinArray(DEFAULT_NUMBER_OF_COINS, Rnd, Area, Player1);
Enemies = Enemy.GetArrayOfEnemies(DEFAULT_NUMBER_OF_ENEMIES, Area);
Difficulty = DEFAULT_DIFFICULTY;
Music.SoundLocation = DEFAULT_SOUNDLOCATION;
}
/// <summary>
/// Takes an array of enemies and a GameArea instance as arguments, and erases all of the enemies once they’ve reached
/// the end of their wave and replaces their icons with the screengrass of the GameArea instance passed to it. Returns void.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="enemies"></param>
/// <param name="area"></param>
private static void DeleteWaveAtEnd(Enemy[] enemies, GameArea area)
{
foreach (Enemy e in enemies)
{
SetCursorPosition(e.EnemyXPos, e.EnemyYPos);
ForegroundColor = area.ScreengrassForeColor;
BackgroundColor = area.ScreengrassBackColor;
WriteLine(area.ScreengrassChar);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Overload takes an integer representing the amount of enemies to be generated, the game area, an enemy character, and enemy
/// foreground/background colors. Creates a new Enemy array and initializes each element with its Advanced Editor Constructor.
/// Returns the array.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="numberOfEnemies"></param>
/// <param name="area"></param>
/// <param name="enemyChar"></param>
/// <param name="enemyForeColor"></param>
/// <param name="enemyBackColor"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static Enemy[] GetArrayOfEnemies(int numberOfEnemies, GameArea area, char enemyChar, ConsoleColor enemyForeColor, ConsoleColor enemyBackColor)
{
Enemy[] enemies = new Enemy[numberOfEnemies];
for (int i = 0; i < enemies.Length; i++)
{
enemies[i] = new Enemy(enemyChar, enemyForeColor, enemyBackColor);
}
return(enemies);
}
/// <summary>
/// Overload takes an integer representing the amount of enemies to be generated and the GameArea they will be used on. Creates a new Enemy
/// array and initializes each element with its default constructor. Returns the array.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="numberOfEnemies"></param>
/// <param name="area"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static Enemy[] GetArrayOfEnemies(int numberOfEnemies, GameArea area)
{
Enemy[] enemies = new Enemy[numberOfEnemies];
for (int i = 0; i < enemies.Length; i++)
{
enemies[i] = new Enemy();
}
return(enemies);
}
/// <summary>
/// Initializes Rnd with its default constructor. Initializes Player1 and Area using their Advanced Editor
/// Constructors. Initializes Coins and Enemies using their initializer overloads that use their advanced editor
/// constructors as well. Difficulty and Music.SoundLocation are set to their provided parameters.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="playerChar_"></param>
/// <param name="playerStartingLives_"></param>
/// <param name="playerForeColor_"></param>
/// <param name="playerBackColor_"></param>
/// <param name="screengrassChar_"></param>
/// <param name="borderChar_"></param>
/// <param name="screengrassForeColor_"></param>
/// <param name="screengrassBackColor_"></param>
/// <param name="borderForeColor_"></param>
/// <param name="borderBackColor_"></param>
/// <param name="width_"></param>
/// <param name="height_"></param>
/// <param name="borderWidth_"></param>
/// <param name="coinChar_"></param>
/// <param name="coinForeColor_"></param>
/// <param name="coinBackColor_"></param>
/// <param name="numberOfCoins"></param>
/// <param name="numberOfEnemies_"></param>
/// <param name="enemyChar_"></param>
/// <param name="enemyForeColor_"></param>
/// <param name="enemyBackColor_"></param>
/// <param name="difficulty_"></param>
/// <param name="soundLocation_"></param>
public Level(char playerChar_, int playerStartingLives_, ConsoleColor playerForeColor_, ConsoleColor playerBackColor_, //Advanced editor //Player parameters
char screengrassChar_, char borderChar_, ConsoleColor screengrassForeColor_, ConsoleColor screengrassBackColor_, ConsoleColor borderForeColor_, ConsoleColor borderBackColor_, int width_, int height_, int borderWidth_, //Game area parameters
char coinChar_, ConsoleColor coinForeColor_, ConsoleColor coinBackColor_, int numberOfCoins, //Coin parameters
int numberOfEnemies_, char enemyChar_, ConsoleColor enemyForeColor_, ConsoleColor enemyBackColor_, //enemy parameters
int difficulty_, string soundLocation_)
{
Rnd = new Random();
Player1 = new Player(playerChar_, playerStartingLives_, playerForeColor_, playerBackColor_);
Area = new GameArea(screengrassChar_, borderChar_, screengrassForeColor_, screengrassBackColor_, borderForeColor_, borderBackColor_, width_, height_, borderWidth_);
Coins = Coin.GenerateCoinArray(numberOfCoins, Rnd, Area, Player1, coinChar_, coinForeColor_, coinBackColor_);
Enemies = Enemy.GetArrayOfEnemies(numberOfEnemies_, Area, enemyChar_, enemyForeColor_, enemyBackColor_);
Difficulty = difficulty_;
Music.SoundLocation = soundLocation_;
}
/// <summary>
/// Takes the current game area as an argument. Erases the old player icon after moving and
/// draws the new one with its current X and Y positions. Returns void.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="area"></param>
public void Draw(GameArea area)
{
if (OldXPos != XPos || OldYPos != YPos)
{
if (OldXPos != 0 && OldYPos != 0)
{
SetCursorPosition(OldXPos, OldYPos);
ForegroundColor = area.ScreengrassForeColor;
BackgroundColor = area.ScreengrassBackColor;
WriteLine(area.ScreengrassChar);
}
SetCursorPosition(XPos, YPos);
ForegroundColor = ForeColor;
BackgroundColor = BackColor;
WriteLine(PlayerChar);
ResetColor();
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Takes an array of enemies and a GameArea instance as arguments, and utilizes a checksum to see if all of the
/// enemies have reached their ending position for that specific wave. Returns true if the enemies are at the end of
/// the wave, returns false if not.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="enemies"></param>
/// <param name="area"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
private static bool CheckIfAtEnd(Enemy[] enemies, GameArea area)
{
int checksum = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < enemies.Length; i++)
{
switch (enemies[0].EmergingSide)
{
case Sides.Top:
if (enemies[i].EnemyYPos == area.Height - 2)
{
checksum++;
}
break;
case Sides.Right:
if (enemies[i].EnemyXPos == area.BorderWidth)
{
checksum++;
}
break;
case Sides.Bottom:
if (enemies[i].EnemyYPos == 1)
{
checksum++;
}
break;
case Sides.Left:
if (enemies[i].EnemyXPos == area.Width + area.BorderWidth - 1)
{
checksum++;
}
break;
}
}
return(checksum == enemies.Length);
}
/// <summary>
/// Takes current game area as an argument and uses its dimensions to initialize the player’s
/// position in the center of the play area. Returns void.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="area"></param>
public void InitializePosition(GameArea area)
{
XPos = (area.BorderWidth * 2 + area.Width) / 2;
YPos = area.Height / 2;
DrawDirectly();
}