//Returns a new Zone placed randomly on the map
protected Zone GetNewZone(GraphicsDevice device, Color zoneColor, Tile selectedTile = null)
{
Tile tile = (selectedTile == null) ? tiles[AlgorithmHelper.BiasedRandom(0, tiles.Count - 1, 1.3)] : selectedTile;
int xblocks = tile.Coords.Width / Block.Width;
int yblocks = tile.Coords.Height / Block.Height;
List <int> valX = new List <int>();
List <int> valY = new List <int>();
for (int x = 1; x < xblocks; ++x)
{
for (int y = 1; y < tile.GroundLevel + 1; ++y)
{
int rand = AlgorithmHelper.GetRandom(0, (xblocks * yblocks) / 20);
if (rand % 24 <= 3 && tile.Blocks[x, y] != null && x + 1 < tile.Blocks.GetLength(0) && y + 1 < tile.Blocks.GetLength(1))
{
rand = AlgorithmHelper.GetRandom(0, 5);
//Allways check whether adjacent tiles are empty -> whether the the Zone is to be created is not completely enclosed by blocks
if (rand == 1 && tile.Blocks[x, y - 1] == null && tile.Blocks[x, y] != null && (tile.Blocks[x - 1, y - 1] == null || tile.Blocks [x + 1, y - 1] == null))
{
valX.Add(x);
valY.Add(y - 1);
}
else if (rand == 2 && tile.Blocks[x, y + 1] == null && tile.Blocks.GetLength(1) > y + 2 && tile.Blocks[x, y + 2] != null && (tile.Blocks[x - 1, y + 1] == null || tile.Blocks[x + 1, y + 1] == null))
{
valX.Add(x);
valY.Add(y + 1);
}
else if (rand == 3 && tile.Blocks[x - 1, y] == null && tile.Blocks[x - 1, y + 1] != null && tile.Blocks[x - 2, y] == null)
{
valX.Add(x - 1);
valY.Add(y);
}
else if (rand == 4 && tile.Blocks[x + 1, y] == null && tile.Blocks[x + 1, y + 1] != null && tile.Blocks.GetLength(0) > x + 2 && tile.Blocks[x + 2, y] == null)
{
valX.Add(x + 1);
valY.Add(y);
}
}
}
}
if (valX.Count == 0)
{
return(GetNewZone(device, zoneColor));
}
int rnd = AlgorithmHelper.GetRandom(0, valX.Count);
return(new Zone(device, new Rectangle(tile.Coords.X + valX[rnd] * Block.Width, tile.Coords.Y + valY[rnd] * Block.Height, Block.Width, Block.Height), zoneColor));
}
//Generates a word of a given length with the use of some basic linguistic rules
public static string GenerateWord(int len)
{
string result = "";
string[] syllables = new string[] { "e", "a", "o", "i", "u", "y", "r", "l" };
string[] consonants = new string[] { "t", "n", "s", "h", "r", "d", "l", "c", "m", "f", "g", "p", "b", "v", "w", "k", "j", "x", "z", "qu" };
string disabled = "";
bool lastType = AlgorithmHelper.GetRandom(0, 2) == 0;
string next = "?";
for (int i = 0; i < len; ++i)
{
lastType = !lastType;
string last = next;
if (lastType)
{
do
{
next = syllables[AlgorithmHelper.BiasedRandom(0, syllables.Length - 1, 1.7)];
}while (disabled.Contains(next));
//prevent weird sounding combinations
if (next == "r" || next == "l")
{
disabled = "gxzqusj";
}
else
{
disabled = "";
}
if ((last == "r" || last == "l") && (next == "r" || next == "l"))
{
disabled += "rl";
}
if (next == "l")
{
disabled += "r";
}
}
else
{
do
{
next = consonants[AlgorithmHelper.BiasedRandom(0, consonants.Length - 1, 1.6)];
}while (disabled.Contains(next));
if (next == "r")
{
disabled = "rl";
}
else if (next == "l")
{
disabled = "r";
}
else if (next == "w")
{
disabled = "l";
}
else
{
disabled = "";
}
if (i == len - 2) //last letter
{
disabled += "w";
}
}
result += next;
//keep the correct length even when adding multiple letters
if (next.Length > 1)
{
i += next.Length - 1;
}
}
return(result);
}
