public static void Play()
{
TicTacToe game = new TicTacToe();
Console.WriteLine("Welcome to Tic Tac Toe Game!");
Console.WriteLine("Enter the first player's name:");
game.PlayerOne = Console.ReadLine();
Console.WriteLine("Enter the second player's name:");
game.PlayerTwo = Console.ReadLine();
bool markerValid = false;
while (!markerValid)
{
Console.WriteLine("Select a letter as " + game.PlayerOne + "'s marker:");
string marker = Console.ReadLine();
if (marker.Length == 1 && char.IsLetter(marker.ToCharArray()[0]))
{
markerValid = true;
game.Marker1 = marker.ToCharArray()[0];
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine("Invalid marker, try again with another character");
}
}
markerValid = false;
while (!markerValid)
{
Console.WriteLine("Select any letter as " + game.PlayerTwo + "'s marker: ");
string marker = Console.ReadLine();
if (marker.Length == 1 && char.IsLetter(marker.ToCharArray()[0]))
{
markerValid = true;
game.Marker2 = marker.ToCharArray()[0];
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine("Invalid marker, try again with another character");
}
}
bool continuePlaying = true;
while (continuePlaying)
{
// Initializing the board
game.Init();
Console.WriteLine("The rules are well known. Or you will figure it out along the way :)");
// Draw the board with current state
Console.WriteLine(game.DrawBoard());
// initializing the player's name to none
string player = null;
while (!game.Winner() && game.Plays < 9)
{
// setting the current player's name
player = game.CurrentPlayer == 1 ? game.PlayerOne : game.PlayerTwo;
bool validPick = false;
while (!validPick)
{
Console.WriteLine("It is " + player + "'s turn. Pick a square/box:");
string square = Console.ReadLine();
if (square.Length == 1 && char.IsDigit(square.ToCharArray()[0]))
{
int pick = 0;
try
{
pick = int.Parse(square);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
}
validPick = game.PlaceMarker(pick);
}
if (!validPick)
{
Console.WriteLine("This Square can not be selected... Please Try again");
}
}
// Current player market a square -> switch to the other player
game.SwitchPlayers();
Console.WriteLine(game.DrawBoard());
}
if (game.Winner())
{
Console.WriteLine("Congrats! " + player + " wins the game!");
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine("Tada! Game Over - It's a Draw");
}
Console.WriteLine("Want to Play again? Type (Y/N)");
string choice = Console.ReadLine();
if (!(choice.ToUpper() == "Y"))
{
continuePlaying = false;
}
}
}
