Class: BoardgameEngine::Game

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
show all
Defined in:
lib/boardgame_engine/boardgame.rb

Overview

Class representing the game loop. It contains the tutorial sequence and information about the core gameplay loop

Direct Known Subclasses

Chess::Game, Connect4::Game

Constant Summary collapse

PLAY_INSTRUCTIONS = 
''
GAME_NAME = 
'Boardgame'
NUM_PLAYERS = 
2

Class Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.start(do_onboarding: true) ⇒ void

This method returns an undefined value.

Begins a round of the Game

onboarding

Parameters:

  • do_onboarding (Boolean) (defaults to: true) —

    optional argument on whether to do



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# File 'lib/boardgame_engine/boardgame.rb', line 40

def self.start(do_onboarding: true)
  names = []
  self::NUM_PLAYERS.times do |i|
    puts "What is Player #{i}'s name?"
    names.push(gets.chomp)
  end

  @game = new(names)

  puts "Welcome to #{@game}!"
  @game.onboarding if do_onboarding
  puts "Starting #{@game}..."
  @game.play
end

Instance Method Details

#onboarding ⇒ void

This method returns an undefined value.

Execute onboarding sequence where the player is asked if they want a tutorial



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# File 'lib/boardgame_engine/boardgame.rb', line 59

def onboarding
  puts "Would you like a tutorial on how to play on this program? \n(y, n)"

  case gets.chomp
  when 'y'
    tutorial
  when 'n'
    puts 'Skipping Tutorial'
  else
    puts 'Please answer either "y" or "n"'
    onboarding
  end
end

#play(turn = ) ⇒ void

This method returns an undefined value.

Play the game

Parameters:

  • turn (Player) (defaults to: ) —

    the player who is going first



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# File 'lib/boardgame_engine/boardgame.rb', line 78

def play(turn = @players[0])
  @turn = turn
  @board.display
  until @winner
    play_turn
    @board.display
    change_turn
  end
  puts "#{@winner} wins!"
end

#to_s ⇒ String

String representation of the game

Returns:

  • (String) —

    <description>



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# File 'lib/boardgame_engine/boardgame.rb', line 92

def to_s
  "#{self.class::GAME_NAME} between #{@players.join(', ')}"
end