// Flip Flop Game PrintGameInfo(); bool startNewGame = true; string[] board = new string[] { "X", "X", "X", "X", "X", "X", "X", "X", "X", "X" }; do { int stepsCount = 0; int lastMove = -1; int moveIndex; int gameSum; double gameEntropyRate = Rnd(); bool toPlay = false; bool setNewBoard = true; Print(); Print("HERE IS THE STARTING LINE OF X'S."); Print(); do { bool illegalEntry; bool equalToLastMove; if (setNewBoard) { PrintNewBoard(); board = new string[] { "X", "X", "X", "X", "X", "X", "X", "X", "X", "X" }; setNewBoard = false; toPlay = true; } stepsCount++; gameSum = 0; // Read User's move do { Write("INPUT THE NUMBER? "); var input = Console.ReadLine(); illegalEntry = !int.TryParse(input, out moveIndex); if (illegalEntry || moveIndex > 11) { illegalEntry = true; Print("ILLEGAL ENTRY--TRY AGAIN."); } } while (illegalEntry); if (moveIndex == 11) { // Run new game, To start a new game at any point toPlay = false; stepsCount = 12; startNewGame = true; } if (moveIndex == 0) { // To reset the line to all X, same game setNewBoard = true; toPlay = false; } if (toPlay) { board[moveIndex - 1] = board[moveIndex - 1] == "O" ? "X" : "O"; if (lastMove == moveIndex) { equalToLastMove = true; } else { equalToLastMove = false; lastMove = moveIndex; } do { moveIndex = equalToLastMove ? GetMoveIndexWhenEqualeLastMove(moveIndex, gameEntropyRate) : GetMoveIndex(moveIndex, gameEntropyRate); board[moveIndex] = board[moveIndex] == "O" ? "X" : "O"; } while (lastMove == moveIndex && board[moveIndex] == "X"); PrintGameBoard(board); foreach (var item in board) { if (item == "O") { gameSum++; } } } } while (stepsCount < 12 && gameSum < 10); if (toPlay) { PrintGameResult(gameSum, stepsCount); Write("DO YOU WANT TO TRY ANOTHER PUZZLE "); var toContinue = Console.ReadLine(); if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(toContinue) && toContinue?.ToUpper()[0] == 'N') { startNewGame = false; } Print(); } } while (startNewGame); void Print(string str = "") => Console.WriteLine(str); void Write(string value) => Console.Write(value); string Tab(int pos) => new(' ', pos); double Rnd() => new Random().NextDouble(); int GetMoveIndex(int moveIndex, double gameEntropyRate) { double rate = Math.Tan(gameEntropyRate + moveIndex / gameEntropyRate - moveIndex) - Math.Sin(gameEntropyRate / moveIndex) + 336 * Math.Sin(8 * moveIndex); return Convert.ToInt32(Math.Floor(10 * (rate - Math.Floor(rate)))); } int GetMoveIndexWhenEqualeLastMove(int moveIndex, double gameEntropyRate) { double rate = 0.592 * (1 / Math.Tan(gameEntropyRate / moveIndex + gameEntropyRate)) / Math.Sin(moveIndex * 2 + gameEntropyRate) - Math.Cos(moveIndex); return Convert.ToInt32(Math.Floor(10 * (rate - Math.Floor(rate)))); } void PrintNewBoard() { Print("1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10"); Print("X X X X X X X X X X"); Print(); } void PrintGameBoard(string[] board) { Print("1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10"); foreach (var item in board) { Write($"{item} "); } Print(); Print(); } void PrintGameResult(int gameSum, int stepsCount) { if (gameSum == 10) { Print($"VERY GOOD. YOU GUESSED IT IN ONLY {stepsCount} GUESSES."); } else { Print($"TRY HARDER NEXT TIME. IT TOOK YOU {stepsCount} GUESSES."); } } void PrintGameInfo() { Print(Tab(32) + "FLIPFLOP"); Print(Tab(15) + "CREATIVE COMPUTING MORRISTOWN, NEW JERSEY"); Print(); Print("THE OBJECT OF THIS PUZZLE IS TO CHANGE THIS:"); Print(); Print("X X X X X X X X X X"); Print(); Print("TO THIS:"); Print(); Print("O O O O O O O O O O"); Print(); Print("BY TYPING THE NUMBER CORRESPONDING TO THE POSITION OF THE"); Print("LETTER ON SOME NUMBERS, ONE POSITION WILL CHANGE, ON"); Print("OTHERS, TWO WILL CHANGE. TO RESET LINE TO ALL X'S, TYPE 0"); Print("(ZERO) AND TO START OVER IN THE MIDDLE OF A GAME, TYPE "); Print("11 (ELEVEN)."); }