Difference between revisions of "Intermediate C++ Game Programming Tutorial 9"

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* Using Chili's infamous LBA (Letter Buckets Approach), create a function to calculate word score [https://youtu.be/F9oqC1nscgE?t=12m18s 12:18]
 
* Using Chili's infamous LBA (Letter Buckets Approach), create a function to calculate word score [https://youtu.be/F9oqC1nscgE?t=12m18s 12:18]
 
* Giving it a test run [https://youtu.be/F9oqC1nscgE?t=17m50s 17:50]
 
* Giving it a test run [https://youtu.be/F9oqC1nscgE?t=17m50s 17:50]
* Using <code>tolower</code> in <code><cctype></code>, improve robustness by normalizing user input to all small-caps [https://youtu.be/F9oqC1nscgE?t=19m18s 19:18]
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* Using <code>std::tolower</code> in <code><cctype></code>, improve robustness by normalizing user input to all small-caps [https://youtu.be/F9oqC1nscgE?t=19m18s 19:18]
 
* Enjoy seeing Chili suck at his own game [https://youtu.be/F9oqC1nscgE?t=20m25s 20:25]
 
* Enjoy seeing Chili suck at his own game [https://youtu.be/F9oqC1nscgE?t=20m25s 20:25]
  

Revision as of 18:44, 1 September 2019

We create an addictive little console game that will test both your vocabulary and your deductive powers while we flex our newfound std::muscles.

Topics Covered

  • Practicing std::vector/string/ifstream/cin/cout
  • std::tolower()

Video Timestamp Index

Tutorial 9

  • Intro 0:00
  • Werd gameplay 0:32
  • Start new project in VS 2:30
  • Using std::istream::getline and std::vector::emplace_back, load words from .txt file into a vector 4:13
  • Using the std::mt19937 class in <random>, generate random word out of vector of words 7:36
  • Using while and for loops, prompt the user for input with error checking 9:03
  • Using Chili's infamous LBA (Letter Buckets Approach), create a function to calculate word score 12:18
  • Giving it a test run 17:50
  • Using std::tolower in <cctype>, improve robustness by normalizing user input to all small-caps 19:18
  • Enjoy seeing Chili suck at his own game 20:25

Source Code

Werd Game Repo

Download Materials

Homework

The homework is to modify Werd so that it uses a second word frequency list (linked above) to filter the words selected as targets so that the game doesn't make you guess rare-ass words that nobody knows.

See also