public int makeMove(GameButton[,] b, char color)
{
//updating the gameboard
buttons = b;
color = 'b';
//1st level of moves
GameButton[,] moves = legalMoves('b');
//for each move in moves, get legal moves, get the score and find the min, and set the score
for(int i = 0; i<7;i++)
for(int j = 0; j<7;j++)
if(moves[i,j] != null){
//add moves i j to b
buttons[i,j].color = 'b';
GameButton[,] move2 = legalMoves('w');
//getting the move score
for(int x = 0; x < 7;x++)
for(int y = 0; y < 7;y++)
if(move2[x,y] != null)
move2[x,y].score = moveScore(move2[i,j] , 'w');
moves[i,j].score = minMove(move2).score;
buttons[i,j].color = 'n';
}
//find the max of the min moves and return it
GameButton temp = maxMove(moves);
return temp.x + temp.y*7;
}
//takes in a theoretical move and determines the score
//each button counts as 1
private int moveScore(GameButton move)
{
//starts off at one because the move made counts as 1
int score = 1;
char color = move.color;
for(int i = 0; i < 7; i++)
for(int j = 0; j < 7; j++)
if(buttons[i,j].color == color)
score++;
return score;
}
public GameButton[,] legalMoves(char color)
{
//making a place to store the moves
GameButton[,] moves = new GameButton[7,7];
int count = 0;
//check each location to see if it is a move
for(int i = 0; i < 7; i++){
for(int j = 0; j < 7; j++)
{
//if there is a button of the same color, you can have moves around it: left, upperLeft, uppper, upperRight, right,
//lowerRight, lower, lowerLeft
if(buttons[i,j].color == color)
{
//left
if(i - 1 >= 0 && buttons[i-1,j].color == 'n')
{
moves[i-1,j] = buttons[i-1,j];
count++;
}
//upperLeft
if(i - 1 >= 0 && j - 1 >= 0 && buttons[i-1,j-1].color == 'n')
{
moves[i-1,j-1] = buttons[i-1,j-1];
count++;
}
//upper
if(j - 1 >= 0 && buttons[i,j-1].color == 'n')
{
moves[i,j-1] = buttons[i,j-1];
count++;
}
//upperRight
if(i + 1 < 7 && j - 1 >= 0 && buttons[i+1,j-1].color == 'n')
{
moves[i+1,j-1] = buttons[i+1,j-1];
count++;
}
//right
if(i + 1 < 7 && buttons[i+1,j].color == 'n')
{
moves[i+1,j] = buttons[i+1,j];
count++;
}
//lowerRight
if(i + 1 < 7 && j + 1 < 7 && buttons[i+1,j+1].color == 'n')
{
moves[i+1,j+1] = buttons[i+1,j+1];
count++;
}
//lower
if(j + 1 < 7 && buttons[i,j+1].color == 'n')
{
moves[i,j+1] = buttons[i,j+1];
count++;
}
//lowerLeft
if(i - 1 >= 0 && j + 1 < 7 && buttons[i-1,j+1].color == 'n')
{
if(moves[i-1,j+1] != null)
{
moves[i-1,j+1] = buttons[i-1,j+1];
count++;
}
}
}
}
}//end for loops
return moves;
}
//takes in a button array and finds the one with the min score and returns it
private GameButton minMove(GameButton[,] b)
{
GameButton temp = null;
for(int i = 0; i < 7; i++)
for(int j = 0; j < 7; j++)
if (b[i,j] != null)
temp = b[i,j];
for(int i = 0; i < 7; i++)
for(int j = 0; j < 7; j++)
if(b[i,j] != null && (b[i,j].score < temp.score))
{
temp = b[i,j];
}
return temp;
}