Table of Contents




Overview



Split Decisions is a word game played in a grid with twenty one split cells. Each cell presents you with a choice of 2 letters. To win the game, you need to select the correct letter in each split cell, spelling out the six hidden words.





The Form code



Most of the code used in this application is located within the main Form, as this game uses mainly graphical elements...

Public Class Form1
 
    Private wordGrid(4, 4) As String
    Private flipLetter(4, 4) As reveal
    Private answers(4, 4) As reveal
    Private r As New Random
    Private game As New Game
 
    Private Enum reveal
        unset
        [true]
        [false]
    End Enum
 
    Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
        For x As Integer = 1 To 10
            dgvGrid.Columns.Add(New DataGridViewTextBoxColumn())
        Next
        dgvGrid.Rows.Add(10)
        For x As Integer = 1 To 10
            dgvGrid.Columns(x - 1).Width = dgvGrid.Rows(0).Height
        Next
        dgvGrid.Size = New Size(dgvGrid.Rows(0).Height * 10 + 1, dgvGrid.Rows(0).Height * 10 + 1)
        dgvGrid.ReadOnly = True
        dgvGrid.DefaultCellStyle.SelectionBackColor = Color.Transparent
 
        For x As Integer = 0 To 4
            For y As Integer = 0 To 4
                flipLetter(x, y) = reveal.unset
            Next
        Next
 
        dgvGrid.ClearSelection()
        btnNewGame.PerformClick()
    End Sub
 
    Private Sub dgvGrid_CellClick(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewCellEventArgs) Handles dgvGrid.CellClick
        Dim c As Integer = CInt(Math.Floor(e.ColumnIndex / 2))
        Dim r As Integer = CInt(Math.Floor(e.RowIndex / 2))
        If e.RowIndex / 2 > r Then
            flipLetter(c, r) = reveal.true
        Else
            flipLetter(c, r) = reveal.false
        End If
 
        dgvGrid.ClearSelection()
        dgvGrid.Refresh()
    End Sub
 
    Private Sub dgvGrid_Paint(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.PaintEventArgs) Handles dgvGrid.Paint
        For x As Integer = 0 To 8 Step 2
            For y As Integer = 2 To 10 Step 2
                e.Graphics.DrawLine(Pens.Black, dgvGrid.Rows(0).Height * x, dgvGrid.Rows(0).Height * y, dgvGrid.Rows(0).Height * (x + 2), dgvGrid.Rows(0).Height * (y - 2))
            Next
        Next
 
        Dim n As Integer = dgvGrid.Rows(0).Height * 2
 
        For x As Integer = 0 To 4
            For y As Integer = 0 To 4
                If If(chkCheckWords.Checked, answers(x, y), flipLetter(x, y)) = reveal.true Then
                    e.Graphics.FillPolygon(Brushes.Black, New Point() _
                                           {New Point(x * n, y * n), _
                                            New Point((x + 1) * n, y * n), _
                                            New Point(x * n, (y + 1) * n)})
                ElseIf If(chkCheckWords.Checked, answers(x, y), flipLetter(x, y)) = reveal.false Then
                    e.Graphics.FillPolygon(Brushes.Black, New Point() _
                                           {New Point((x + 1) * n, y * n), _
                                            New Point((x + 1) * n, (y + 1) * n), _
                                            New Point(x * n, (y + 1) * n)})
                End If
            Next
        Next
 
        e.Graphics.FillRectangle(New SolidBrush(Me.BackColor), New Rectangle(n, n, n, n))
        e.Graphics.FillRectangle(New SolidBrush(Me.BackColor), New Rectangle(n * 3, n, n, n))
        e.Graphics.FillRectangle(New SolidBrush(Me.BackColor), New Rectangle(n, n * 3, n, n))
        e.Graphics.FillRectangle(New SolidBrush(Me.BackColor), New Rectangle(n * 3, n * 3, n, n))
 
        For x As Integer = 0 To 10 Step 2
            e.Graphics.DrawLine(Pens.Black, dgvGrid.Rows(0).Height * x, 0, dgvGrid.Rows(0).Height * x, dgvGrid.Height)
        Next
        For y As Integer = 0 To 10 Step 2
            e.Graphics.DrawLine(Pens.Black, 0, dgvGrid.Rows(0).Height * y, dgvGrid.Width, dgvGrid.Rows(0).Height * y)
        Next
 
    End Sub
 
    Private Sub btnNewGame_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnNewGame.Click
        chkCheckWords.Checked = False
        wordGrid = game.createArray
 
        For x As Integer = 0 To 4
            For y As Integer = 0 To 4
                Dim offset As Integer = r.Next(0, 2)
                answers(x, y) = If(offset = 0, reveal.false, reveal.true)
                flipLetter(x, y) = reveal.unset
                If offset = 0 Then
                    dgvGrid.Rows(y * 2).Cells(x * 2).Value = wordGrid(x, y)
                    dgvGrid.Rows(y * 2 + 1).Cells(x * 2 + 1).Value = Chr(65 + r.Next(0, 26))
                Else
                    dgvGrid.Rows(y * 2).Cells(x * 2).Value = Chr(65 + r.Next(0, 26))
                    dgvGrid.Rows(y * 2 + 1).Cells(x * 2 + 1).Value = wordGrid(x, y)
                End If
            Next
        Next
 
        dgvGrid.Refresh()
    End Sub
     
 
    Private Sub chkCheckWords_CheckedChanged(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles chkCheckWords.CheckedChanged
        dgvGrid.Refresh()
    End Sub
 
End Class


The Game Class



There's just one Public Function used in this Class. This Function is used to create a new random game...

Public Class Game
    Private words() As String
    Private r As New Random
 
    Public Sub New()
        words = My.Resources.words05.Split(New String() {Environment.NewLine}, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries)
    End Sub
 
    Public Function createArray() As String(,)
        Dim wordGrid(4, 4) As String
 
        Do
            For y As Integer = 0 To 4 Step 2
                Dim word As String = words(r.Next(0, words.Count))
                For x As Integer = 0 To 4
                    wordGrid(x, y) = word(x).ToString
                Next
            Next
 
            For x As Integer = 0 To 4 Step 2
                Dim matches() As String = words.Where(Function(w) wordGrid(x, 0) = w(0).ToString And wordGrid(x, 2) = w(2).ToString And wordGrid(x, 4) = w(4).ToString).ToArray
                If matches.Count = 0 Then Continue Do
                Dim word As String = matches(r.Next(0, matches.Count))
                For y As Integer = 0 To 4
                    wordGrid(x, y) = word(y).ToString
                Next
            Next
            Exit Do
        Loop
 
        Return wordGrid
 
    End Function
 
End Class


Conclusion



This is another example of a simply implemented winforms game.



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