private static void DisplayScreen(WordGrid grid, string nextLetterPair, int nextLetterPairIndex, bool nextLetterPairHorizontal, bool stillAlive, int score, int scoringAnimationFrame = 0)
{
if (!stillAlive)
{
Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Red;
}
if (nextLetterPairHorizontal)
{
Console.WriteLine();
Console.Write(new string(' ', nextLetterPairIndex + 1));
Console.Write(nextLetterPair);
Console.WriteLine();
}
else
{
Console.Write(new string(' ', nextLetterPairIndex + 1));
Console.WriteLine(nextLetterPair[0]);
Console.Write(new string(' ', nextLetterPairIndex + 1));
Console.WriteLine(nextLetterPair[1]);
}
grid.WriteToConsole(scoringAnimationFrame);
//Console.WriteLine(grid);
Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Gray;
Console.WriteLine();
if (!stillAlive)
{
Console.WriteLine($"{score:D3} You've lost. Press any key to exit.");
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine($"{score:D3} ");
}
}
static void Main()
{
const int BOARD_WIDTH = 6;
Console.CursorVisible = false;
int score = 0;
WordRepository repository = new WordRepository()
{
IgnoreCache = true
}; //load up the latest words once.
repository.LoadAllWords();
WordGrid grid = new WordGrid(BOARD_WIDTH);
grid.FindHorizontalWords(); //won't find anything, but will initialize WordRepository.
string nextLetterPair = "ET";
int nextLetterPairIndex = BOARD_WIDTH / 2;
bool nextLetterPairHorizontal = true;
bool quit = false;
bool stillAlive = true;
while (!quit)
{
Console.Clear();
DisplayScreen(grid, nextLetterPair, nextLetterPairIndex, nextLetterPairHorizontal, stillAlive, score);
bool readyForNextStep = false;
while (!readyForNextStep)
{
var key = Console.ReadKey(true);
if (!stillAlive)
{
quit = true;
break;
}
switch (key.Key)
{
case ConsoleKey.Q:
quit = true;
readyForNextStep = true;
break;
case ConsoleKey.RightArrow:
int rightLimit;
if (nextLetterPairHorizontal)
{
rightLimit = BOARD_WIDTH - 2;
}
else
{
rightLimit = BOARD_WIDTH - 1;
}
if (nextLetterPairIndex < rightLimit)
{
nextLetterPairIndex++;
}
readyForNextStep = true;
break;
case ConsoleKey.LeftArrow:
if (0 < nextLetterPairIndex)
{
nextLetterPairIndex--;
}
readyForNextStep = true;
break;
case ConsoleKey.DownArrow:
case ConsoleKey.Spacebar:
if (nextLetterPairHorizontal)
{
if (!grid.DropLetter(nextLetterPair[0], nextLetterPairIndex))
{
stillAlive = false;
}
if (!grid.DropLetter(nextLetterPair[1], nextLetterPairIndex + 1))
{
stillAlive = false;
}
}
else
{
if (!grid.DropLetter(nextLetterPair[1], nextLetterPairIndex))
{
stillAlive = false;
}
if (!grid.DropLetter(nextLetterPair[0], nextLetterPairIndex))
{
stillAlive = false;
}
}
grid.FindHorizontalWords();
grid.FindVerticalWords();
nextLetterPair = GenerateNextLetterPair();
nextLetterPairIndex = BOARD_WIDTH / 2;
nextLetterPairHorizontal = true;
readyForNextStep = true;
break;
case ConsoleKey.UpArrow: //Spin
nextLetterPairHorizontal = !nextLetterPairHorizontal;
if (nextLetterPairHorizontal)
{
nextLetterPair = string.Concat(nextLetterPair[1], nextLetterPair[0]);
if (BOARD_WIDTH - 2 < nextLetterPairIndex)
{
nextLetterPairIndex = BOARD_WIDTH - 2;
}
}
readyForNextStep = true;
break;
case ConsoleKey.S: //Score
for (int animationFrame = 0; animationFrame < 3; animationFrame++)
{
Console.Clear();
DisplayScreen(grid, nextLetterPair, nextLetterPairIndex, nextLetterPairHorizontal, true, score, animationFrame);
new System.Threading.ManualResetEvent(false).WaitOne(800);
//Thread.Sleep(1000);
}
score += grid.CalculateScore();
grid.DeleteFoundWords();
Console.Clear();
DisplayScreen(grid, nextLetterPair, nextLetterPairIndex, nextLetterPairHorizontal, true, score);
new System.Threading.ManualResetEvent(false).WaitOne(800);
grid.DropAllLetters();
grid.FindHorizontalWords();
grid.FindVerticalWords();
Console.Clear();
DisplayScreen(grid, nextLetterPair, nextLetterPairIndex, nextLetterPairHorizontal, true, score);
new System.Threading.ManualResetEvent(false).WaitOne(800);
readyForNextStep = true;
break;
}
}
}
}