Intermediate C++ Game Programming Tutorial 9

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 18:37
• 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 20:47
• Homework 23:14

Source Code

Werd Game Repo

Download Materials

• Five-letter word list
• Common word list

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.

• Homework solution

See also

• Next in series (Tutorial 10)
• Intermediate C++ Game Programming Series