CMPE 160 Project #1

Pişti

Due Date: 12th July 17.00

Project Description:

    In this project you are to design a simple turkish card game, 'Pişti', using C++. Here is the terminology for card decks:

    Spades        Hearts        Clubs        Diamonds

We will call the shapes 'House' and numbers 'Values' throughout the explanation. The cards with pictures are A: Ace, K: King, Q: Queen, J: Jack. Also the strengths of the houses are in this order, spades being the strongest house.

For those of you who don't remember the rules of pişti, here is a list of rules you should implement in the project:

• Pisti is a two player game. The user will challenge the computer in this case.
• The card deck is shuffled before the game starts.
• The game starts with 4 cards on the desk. At each turn only the top card is visible to each player.
• Each player is given 4 cards from the top of the card deck when they have no cards.
• A player may throw one card at a time. If the card has the same value as the top of the desk, player collects the cards on the desk. A Pişti occurs when there is just one card to collect and the values of both cards match.
• A jack from any house collects the desk if the desk is not empty. Otherwise jack falls to the desk.
• Collected cards go to each players pools. The cards in the pools are not reusable.
• The remaining cards on the desk at the end of the game go to the last player who collected the desk.
• The game ends when both players' hands and the card deck are empty.

    Scoring process is as follows:

• Each Pisti is worth 10 points. Jack Pisti's are worth 20 points.
• There are two special cards, 2 of Clubs (2 Pts) and 10 of Diamonds (3 Pts). Players collect these points if they have these cards in their pool at the end of the game.
• Each Ace and Jack counts as 1 Pt, including the ones used for Pisti's
• The player with the most number of cards in her pool receives 3 more Pts
• There are a total of 16 Pts, excluding the Pisti's

    At each turn the user will select a card from her hand to throw. Computer will use a very simple AI to accomplish the same task.

    AI :

    When it's computers turn the AI should decide on a card to throw. A very simple AI is as follows:

1. Sort the cards in your hand according to strength. First sort according to the value, then sub-sort according to the house
2. If you have a card with the same value as the top of the desk, throw that card (upon conflict, i.e. when there is more than one card that matches the one on the desk, throw the stronger one)
3. Otherwise if you have a jack, throw it if there is any card on the desk or if it is the only card in your hand
4. Otherwise throw the weakest card

    You may write your own AI, and you may receive bonus points for it. But you are not allowed to change the first step, i.e. sorting is not optional. You may use any sorting algorithm you like.

    Interface :

    In each turn your interface should display the top card on the desk, how many cards are on the desk, your hand, computers hand (for debug mode of course), and any stats you want, like the score, number of turns, or number of cards in each players pools etc.. You may use Conio.h for interface design.

    Implementation :

    Consider the task and decide on a good object oriented design. Choose your objects and methods carefully. Avoid any redundancies. You may need to swap, add, delete elements, sort, merge and shuffle lists, which are arrays in this case. Once you implement these low level functions the rest should be straightforward. Do NOT forget to provide a debugging mode, where you can see the hand of the computer. Without that you cannot be sure that the AI is working properly.

    Report :

    You are also to give a nice report explaining your design and assumptions, along with the source code, which, of course, should be commented. Don't explain obvious stuff, explain your choices, show that you understand what's going on. Also make sure that you include sample runs of your project.

    What and how to submit:

    You will submit your report and code via e-mail to my (Cem, your assistant) e-mail address, with a proper subject line, such as "Name Surname Cmpe 160 Project X".