Pig the dice game
The game of Pig is a multiplayer game played with a single six-sided dice. The object of the game is to reach 100 points or more. Play is taken in turns. On each persons turn that person has the option of either
- Rolling the dice: where a roll of two to six is added to their score for that turn and the players turn continues as the player is given the same choice again; or a roll of 1 losses the players total points for that turn and their turn finishes with play passing to the next player.
- Holding: The players score for that round is added to his total and becomes safe from the effects of throwing a one. The players turn finishes with play passing to the next player.
- Task goal
The goal of this task is to create a program to score for and simulate dice throws for a two person game.
- Reference
Python
<lang python>#!/usr/bin/python3
The game of Pig is a multiplayer game played with a single six-sided dice. The object of the game is to reach 100 points or more. Play is taken in turns. On each persons turn that person has the option of either
- Rolling the dice: where a roll of two to six is added to their score for that
turn and the players turn continues as the player is given the same choice again; or a roll of 1 losses the players total points for that turn and their turn finishes with play passing to the next player.
- Holding: The players score for that round is added to his total and becomes
safe from the effects of throwing a one. The players turn finishes with play passing to the next player.
See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig_(dice)
This program scores and throws the dice for a two player game of Pig
from random import randint
playercount = 2 maxscore = 100 safescore = [0] * playercount player = 0 score=0
while max(safescore) < maxscore:
rolling = input("Player %i: (%i, %i) Rolling? (Y) "
% (player, safescore[player], score)).strip().lower() in {'yes', 'y', }
if rolling:
rolled = randint(1, 6)
print(' Rolled %i' % rolled)
if rolled == 1:
print(' Bust! you loose %i but still keep your previous %i'
% (score, safescore[player]))
score, player = 0, (player + 1) % playercount
else:
score += rolled
else:
safescore[player] += score
if safescore[player] >= maxscore:
break
print(' Sticking with %i' % safescore[player])
score, player = 0, (player + 1) % playercount
print('\nPlayer %i wins with a score of %i' %(player, safescore[player]))</lang>
- Samples from a game
Player 0: (0, 0) Rolling? (Y) Rolled 6 Player 0: (0, 6) Rolling? (Y) Rolled 5 Player 0: (0, 11) Rolling? (Y) Rolled 1 Bust! you loose 11 but still keep your previous 0 Player 1: (0, 0) Rolling? (Y) Rolled 3 Player 1: (0, 3) Rolling? (Y) Rolled 4 Player 1: (0, 7) Rolling? (Y) Rolled 6 Player 1: (0, 13) Rolling? (Y) n Sticking with 13 ... Player 0: (78, 10) Rolling? (Y) n Sticking with 88 Player 1: (63, 0) Rolling? (Y) Rolled 6 Player 1: (63, 6) Rolling? (Y) Rolled 1 Bust! you loose 6 but still keep your previous 63 Player 0: (88, 0) Rolling? (Y) n Sticking with 88 Player 1: (63, 0) Rolling? (Y) n Sticking with 63 Player 0: (88, 0) Rolling? (Y) Rolled 6 Player 0: (88, 6) Rolling? (Y) Rolled 4 Player 0: (88, 10) Rolling? (Y) Rolled 3 Player 0: (88, 13) Rolling? (Y) n Player 0 wins with a score of 101