I have been making the GUI for Tic Tac Toe but I have been having a challenge connecting it to my previous game logic.
I think this is because of several reasons.
First, I created it in the wrong order. I created a GUI by just making boxes, then making Xs and Os, then I made it clickable.
Now I think I should have made a connection to my game logic first, then build it from there.
This is my setup, and my mouse-clicked for my :play multimethod:
(defn setup []
(q/color-mode :rgb)
{:screen :size
:game {:game-id 1
:player-1 {:kind :human :token "X"}
:player-2 {:kind :human :token "O"}
:size :4x4
:moves []}})
(defmethod mouse-clicked :play [state mouse]
(let [size (size (:game state))
index (get-index size mouse)
game (:game state);
board (game/convert-moves-to-board game)
token (get board index)
new-moves (conj (:moves game) (inc index))]
(cond
(board/game-over? board game) (assoc state :screen :game-over :winner (get-winner game))
(available-move? token) (do
(prn "game:" game)
(assoc state :game (assoc game :moves new-moves)))
:else state)
As you can see I have been changing the setup from mouse-clicked and it is changing the game.
I have added some game logic where it can tell who wins, and if it’s a tie. But I need to add in an AI!
I am still in the process of figuring out exactly how to do this but I am getting an idea.
See I have this code for my previous games.
(defmulti get-move (fn [player _opponent _grid] (:kind player)))
(defmethod get-move :human [_player _opponent grid] (ui/get-move grid))
(defmethod get-move :ai [player opponent grid]
(comp/ai-move grid (:token player) (:token opponent) (:difficulty player)))
(defn play-round [db-type {:keys [player-1 player-2 moves] :as game}]
(let [[player opponent] (if (board/player1? moves) [player-1 player-2] [player-2 player-1])
new-board (game/convert-moves-to-board game)
move (get-move player opponent new-board)
new-grid (grid-after-move move game)
game (assoc game :moves (conj moves move))]
(save/save game db-type)
(ui/print-board new-grid)
game))
What if, instead of changing my moves in my GUI, i just get the number that was clicked and send it out.
Then I can send that number to get-move or get-move :human and see if that number is valid. Then my previous logic can update the game rather than the GUI changing it.
The one problem is I am unsure how to change the board when an AI is playing. I think the click should still have the board change, yet I hope it will not interfere with the play round.
Again since this is a thought as of now, I wonder if I have to make a new play-round like play-round :gui and use that when a GUI is chosen at the start.
I will provide an update when the next time comes.
Best,
Merl