My craps game worked pretty well, it even had a pair of little animated dice that "rolled". The fun part though was implementing the game rules in program logic. Craps, and black jack too I imagine, would really allow you to explore some of the core components of OO programming....
I'm thinking about how i'd go about doing this in .NET.....would be fun. > Heh - it was a project of mine in college too, although I wasn't a CS > major, I was Math. IIRC, it really sucked back then when I didn't have > a clue as to what to do. If I had implemented what I submitted back > then into a casino now, I'm pretty sure I'd lose my shirt! > > I'd love to tackle this again, to be honest I've had it on a list of > to-do's. I'd really love to couple this with an interactive tutorial on > how to play BlackJack for "real", ie; playing to make the house > advanatge as small as possible. Not hitting when the house shows a 6, > and youre' holding one too, etc. I'm just too busy to even think about > it. Hell, I don't know how you people out there work so much AND have > children. I hardly have time to take my dog for a walk twice a day! > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:179357 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
