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    Default DOS board game

    Hey,

    I'm trying to create a connect four game in Java programming.To give you an image of what it's like, watch this video: YouTube - Connect Four

    Do any of you have an idea on how to create the board and get this all working? Please note that this game is supposed to be played in DOS.

    EDIT: CMD, not DOS!
    Last edited by SageNTitled; March 3rd, 2010 at 04:34 PM. Reason: Wrong word written.


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    Default Re: DOS board game

    DOS? Wow... trip down memory lane

    Anyways, first you will need to decide if you want to a GUI or text input system. If you want a GUI, I would suggest taking a look at Creating a GUI with JFC/Swing. Note there are a ton of components, but I think the ones you will be interested in are JButton, JPanel, JFrame, JLabel, and possibly a few others. To get your GUI to look like a real connect4 board, you can either draw the board manually using different Graphics paint commands, or use the Image class and load a saved image of the board.

    I would also recommend taking a look at Learning the Java Language if you have never programmed in Java before, or have little experience with Java. The first two topics in "learning the basics" should teach you the syntax and terminology to programming in Java.

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    Default Re: DOS board game

    Wow, I'm sorry. I meant CMD! =(

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    Default Re: DOS board game

    I have a Tic Tac Toe game and a Peg game that runs in the CMD window if you'd like to see my code for that?
    & I also have a simple Tic Tac Toe GUI if you want to see that too?

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    Yeah, sure! I would be glad!

    Please let me see that code.

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    Default Re: DOS board game

    Just thought Tic Tac Toe and the Peg game are pretty similiar to what you're trying to do. You can use the same idea to pick positions on the board.

    Tic Tac Toe
    -This was before I learned scanner & a lot of other things since it's from my first few weeks of Java.

    import java.io.*;
    import java.util.*;
     
    public class TicTacToe {
     
    public static String GetInput() {
     
    InputStreamReader input = new InputStreamReader(System.in);
    BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(input);
     
    String i = "";	
     
    	try {
    	i = reader.readLine();
    	}
    	catch (Exception e) {
    	System.out.println("Error with input");
    	}	
     
    	return i;
     
     
    }	
     
    public static void initialboard(String board[][]) {
    	int c = 0;
    	int e = 0;	
    		//Print out '?' where there are blanks
    		while(c<board.length){
    			while(e<board[c].length){
    				board[c][e]="?";
    				e=e+1;
    			}		
    			c=c+1;
    			e=0;
    		}
    		//hardcode spots on the board where the numbers are(coordinates)
    	board[0][0] = " ";
    	board[0][1] = "1";
    	board[0][2] = "2";
    	board[0][3] = "3";
    	board[1][0] = "1";
    	board[2][0] = "2";
    	board[3][0] = "3";
     
    }
     
    public static void displayboard(String board[][]) {
     
    	int c = 0;
    	int e = 0;
    	//print out every spot in the array
    	while(c<board.length) {
    		while(e<board[c].length) {
    			System.out.print(board[c][e]+" ");
    			e=e+1;
    		}
    	e=0;
    	c=c+1;
    	System.out.print("\n");
    	}
     
     
     
    }
     
    public static boolean checkwinner(String board[][], String p1, String p2) {
     
    		//check every combination for a winner and print out if they win
    	if(board[1][1]=="X"&&board[1][2]=="X"&&board[1][3]=="X") {
    System.out.println(p1 + " WINS !!!");
    return true;		
    }		
    else if(board[1][1]=="O"&&board[1][2]=="O"&&board[1][3]=="O") {
    	System.out.println(p2 + " WINS !!!");
    return true;		
    }
    else if(board[1][1]=="X"&&board[2][1]=="X"&&board[3][1]=="X") {
    	System.out.println(p1 + " WINS !!!");
    return true;
    }	
    else if(board[1][1]=="O"&&board[2][1]=="O"&&board[3][1]=="O") {
    	System.out.println(p2 + " WINS !!!");
    return true;
    }	
    else if(board[2][1]=="X"&&board[2][2]=="X"&&board[2][3]=="X") {
    	System.out.println(p1 + " WINS !!!");
    return true;
    }	
    else if(board[2][1]=="O"&&board[2][2]=="O"&&board[2][3]=="O") {
    	System.out.println(p2 + " WINS !!!");
    return true;
    }
    else if(board[3][1]=="X"&&board[3][2]=="X"&&board[3][3]=="X") {
    	System.out.println(p1 + " WINS !!!");
    return true;
    }	
    else if(board[3][1]=="O"&&board[3][2]=="O"&&board[3][3]=="O") {
    	System.out.println(p2 + " WINS !!!");
    return true;
    }
    else if(board[1][2]=="X"&&board[2][2]=="X"&&board[3][2]=="X") {
    	System.out.println(p1 + " WINS !!!");
    return true;
    }
    else if(board[1][2]=="O"&&board[2][2]=="O"&&board[3][2]=="O") {
    	System.out.println(p2 + " WINS !!!");
    return true;
    }
    else if(board[1][3]=="X"&&board[2][3]=="X"&&board[3][3]=="X") {
    	System.out.println(p1 + " WINS !!!");
    return true;
    }	
    else if(board[1][3]=="O"&&board[2][3]=="O"&&board[3][3]=="O") {
    	System.out.println(p2 + " WINS !!!");
    return true;
    }
    else if(board[1][1]=="X"&&board[2][2]=="X"&&board[3][3]=="X") {
    	System.out.println(p1 + " WINS !!!");
    return true;
    }
    else if(board[1][1]=="O"&&board[2][2]=="O"&&board[3][3]=="O") {
    	System.out.println(p2 + " WINS !!!");
    return true;
    }
    else if(board[1][3]=="X"&&board[2][2]=="X"&&board[3][1]=="X") {
    	System.out.println(p1 + " WINS !!!");
    return true;
    }
    else if(board[1][3]=="O"&&board[2][2]=="O"&&board[3][1]=="O") {
    	System.out.println(p2 + " WINS !!!");
    return true;
    }
    else {
    	return false;
    }
     
    }
     
    public static boolean checkfull(String board[][]) {
     
     	int c1 = 1;
    	int c2 = 1;	
    //check if there are any available spots on the board
    while(c1<board.length) {
    	while(c2<board[c1].length) {
    		if(board[c1][c2].equals("?")) {
    			return false;
    		}
    		c2=c2+1;
    	}
    	c2=0;
    	c1=c1+1;
    }
    return true;	
    }
     
    public static void main(String args[]) {
     
    // declare variables
    boolean winner = false;
    String choice = "Yes";
    String board[][] = new String[4][4];
    String temp = " ";
    int row = 0;
    int column = 0;
    String p1 = " ";
    String p2 = " ";
    String letter = "X";
    String player = " ";
     
    // play again loop
    while (choice.compareToIgnoreCase("No")!=0&&choice.compareToIgnoreCase("N")!=0) {
     
    // re-declare variables
    winner = false;
    row = 0;
    column = 0;
    letter = "X";
    temp = " ";
    initialboard(board);
    player = " ";
    System.out.println("Player 1 enter your name");
    p1 = GetInput();
    System.out.println("Player 2 enter your name");
    p2 = GetInput();
    // instrutions
    System.out.println("Tic Tac Toe. Enter the row, then enter the column.");
     
    // game loop
    while(!winner) {
     
    //change the board everytime a spot is changed
    displayboard(board);
     
    // Switch between player names depending on X or O
    if(letter=="X") {
    	player = p1;
    }
    else {
    	player = p2;
    }
    // get input from user
    	System.out.println(player + " enter the row");
    temp = GetInput();
    row = Integer.parseInt(temp);
    System.out.println(player + " enter the column");
    temp = GetInput();
    column = Integer.parseInt(temp);
     
    // Switch between players and dont allow them to pick the same spot twice
    if(board[row][column].equals("?")) {
    board[row][column] = letter;
    //check for winner
    winner = checkwinner(board,p1,p2);
    //check if board is full
    if(checkfull(board)&&!winner){
    	System.out.println("Tie game");
    	break;	
    }
    if(letter.equals("X")) {
    	letter = "O";
    }
    else {	
    	letter = "X";	
    }
    }
    else {
    	System.out.println("Spot taken");
    }
    } 			
    			System.out.println("Would you like to play again?");
     
    				choice = GetInput();
     
    			if(choice.compareToIgnoreCase("Yes")==0) {
    				System.out.println("Yes was chosen");
    			}
    			else if(choice.compareToIgnoreCase("Y")==0) {
    				System.out.println("Yes was chosen");
    			}
    			else if(choice.compareToIgnoreCase("N")==0) {
    				System.out.println("No was chosen");
    			}
    			else if(choice.compareToIgnoreCase("No")==0) {
    				System.out.println("No was chosen");
    			}
    			else {
    				System.out.println("Invalid choice");
    			}								
    		} 		
    }
    }


    Peg Game
    -I'm sure almost everyone has played this game, but if you haven't, look up the rules

    import java.io.*;
    import java.util.*;
     
    public class PegGame {
     
    public static String GetInput() {
     
    InputStreamReader input = new InputStreamReader(System.in);
    BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(input);
     
    String i = "";	
     
    	try {
    	i = reader.readLine();
    	}
    	catch (Exception e) {
    	System.out.println("Error with input");
    	}	
     
    	return i;	
    }		
     
    public static void initialboard(String board[][]) {
    	int c = 0;
    	int e = 0;	
    		//prints out 'O' in any spot that isn't taken
    		while(c<board.length){
    			while(e<board[c].length){
    				board[c][e]="O";
    				e=e+1;
    			}		
    			c=c+1;
    			e=0;
    		}
     
    	//numbers	
    	board[0][1] = "1";
    	board[0][2] = "2";
    	board[0][3] = "3";
    	board[0][4] = "4";
    	board[0][5] = "5";
    	board[0][6] = "6";
    	board[0][7] = "7";	
    	board[1][0] = "1";
    	board[2][0] = "2";
    	board[3][0] = "3";
    	board[4][0] = "4";
    	board[5][0] = "5";
    	board[6][0] = "6";	
    	board[7][0] = "7";	
    	//empty spots
    	board[0][0] = " ";
    	board[1][1] = "-";	
    	board[1][2] = "-";
    	board[2][1] = "-";
    	board[2][2] = "-";
    	board[1][6] = "-";
    	board[1][7] = "-";
    	board[2][6] = "-";
    	board[2][7] = "-";
    	board[6][1] = "-";
    	board[6][2] = "-";
    	board[7][1] = "-";
    	board[7][2] = "-";
    	board[6][6] = "-";
    	board[6][7] = "-";
    	board[7][6] = "-";
    	board[7][7] = "-";
    	board[4][4] = " ";
    }
     
    public static void displayboard(String board[][]) {
     
    	//prints out all the spots in the array
    	int c = 0;
    	int e = 0;
     
    	while(c<board.length) {
    		while(e<board[c].length) {
    			System.out.print(board[c][e]+" ");
    			e=e+1;
    		}
    	e=0;
    	c=c+1;
    	System.out.print("\n");
    	}
     
     
     
    }
     
    public static boolean checkmoves(String board[][]) {
    //row = r, column = c
    int r = 1;
    int c = 1;	
    //if there are no moves, it returns true
     
    	//checks right and down
    	while(r<board.length-2){
    		while(c<board.length-2) {
    			if(board[r][c].equals("O")&&board[r+1][c].equals("O")&&board[r+2][c].equals(" ")) {				
     
    				return true;
    			}
    			if(board[r][c].equals("O")&&board[r][c+1].equals("O")&&board[r][c+2].equals(" ")) {
     
    				return true;
    			}
    			c=c+1;
    		}
    		c=0;
    		r=r+1;
    	}	
    	r=board.length-1;
    	c=board.length-1;
    	//checks left and up
    	while(r>2){
    		while(c>2) {
    			if(board[r][c].equals("O")&&board[r-1][c].equals("O")&&board[r-2][c].equals(" ")) {			
    				return true;
    			}
    			if(board[r][c].equals("O")&&board[r][c-1].equals("O")&&board[r][c-2].equals(" ")) {
    				return true;
    			}
    			c=c-1;
    		}
    		c=board.length-1;
    		r=r-1;
    	}
    	//return false if there is at least one move left
    	return false;	
    }
     
    public static int checkpegs(String board[][], int pegs) {
     
    //row = r, column = c	
    int r = 1;
    int c = 1;	
    	//checks the entire array for any 'O'
    	while(r<board.length){
    		while(c<board.length) {
    			if(board[r][c].equals("O")) {
    					pegs = pegs + 1;				
    				}
     
    			c=c+1;
    		}
    		c=0;
    		r=r+1;
    	}	
    	return pegs;
    	//looks for all the remaining pegs in the board and returns it
     
    }
     
    public static void main(String args[]) {
     
    //declare variables
    String board[][] = new String[8][8];	
    String choice = "Yes";
    boolean winner = false;
    int sr = 0;
    int sc = 0;
    int er = 0;
    int ec = 0;
    int score = 10;
    int pegs = 0;
     
    //play again loop
    while (choice.compareToIgnoreCase("No")!=0&&choice.compareToIgnoreCase("N")!=0) {
    //re-declare variables
    winner = false;
    pegs = 0;
    score = 10;
    System.out.println("Peg Game. 'O' are pegs and '-' are unusable");
    System.out.println("Every peg leftover at the end of the game is -1 point from 10.");
    System.out.println();
    initialboard(board);
     
    //game loop
    while(!winner) {
     
    //re-displays board everytime there is input
    displayboard(board);
     
    //calls checkmoves function to see if there's any moves left
    if(!checkmoves(board)) {
    	pegs = checkpegs(board, pegs);	
    	score = score - pegs;
    	System.out.println("No more moves, your score is " + score);
    	//call checkpegs function when no more moves to count the remaining pegs	
    	break;
    }
     
    // get input and change it into int's so you can put it into the board array
    // ask for a start and end point
    	System.out.print("Enter the start row ");	
    	sr = Integer.parseInt(GetInput());
    	System.out.print("Enter the start column ");	
    	sc = Integer.parseInt(GetInput());
    	System.out.print("Enter the end row ");
    	er = Integer.parseInt(GetInput());
    	System.out.print("Enter the end column ");
    	ec = Integer.parseInt(GetInput());
     
    // left right movements	
    if(sr==er&&!board[sr][sc].equals("-")&&!board[er][ec].equals("-")) {
    	if(sc>ec) {
    		if(board[er][ec].equals(" ")&&board[sr][sc].equals("O")&&board[sr][sc-1].equals("O")) {
    			//left
    			board[er][ec] = "O";
    			board[sr][sc] = " ";
    			board[sr][sc-1] = " ";
    		}
    		else {
    			System.out.println("Invalid move");
    		}
    	}
    	else{
    		//right
    		board[er][ec] = "O";
    		board[sr][sc] = " ";
    		board[sr][sc+1] = " ";
     
    	}	
    }
     
    // up down movements
    else if(sc==ec&&!board[sr][sc].equals("-")&&!board[er][ec].equals("-")) {
    	if(sr>er) {
    		if(board[er][ec].equals(" ")&&board[sr][sc].equals("O")&&board[sr-1][sc].equals("O")) {
    			//down			
    			board[er][ec] = "O";
    			board[sr][sc] = " ";
    			board[sr-1][sc] = " ";
    		}
    		else {
    			System.out.println("Invalid move");
    		}
    	}
    	else {
    		//up
    		board[er][ec] = "O";
    		board[sr][sc] = " ";
    		board[sr+1][sc] = " ";
    	}
    }	
     
     
    }
     
    	System.out.println("Would you like to play again?");
     
    				choice = GetInput();
     
    			if(choice.compareToIgnoreCase("Yes")==0) {
    				System.out.println("Yes was chosen");
    			}
    			else if(choice.compareToIgnoreCase("Y")==0) {
    				System.out.println("Yes was chosen");
    			}
    			else if(choice.compareToIgnoreCase("N")==0) {
    				System.out.println("No was chosen");
    			}
    			else if(choice.compareToIgnoreCase("No")==0) {
    				System.out.println("No was chosen");
    			}
    			else {
    				System.out.println("Invalid choice");
    			}								
    		} 		
    }
    }


    Ask about anything in the code you want and good luck!

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