C# Corner - Yahtzee

By Mike Gold

Source Code: Yahtzee

Back when C# was in its infancy, and was still in beta, Mike Gold wrote a nice little application to play Yahtzee. His original article and original code can still be found at http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/mgold/yahtzee211142005051513AM/yahtzee2.aspx?ArticleID=0a2d8fcf-24d0-4e6e-9a91-914996b2ae50.

I could never get the code translated from the beta version to version 1. So I decided to write my own version based upon some of the concepts in Mike's code. The main concepts I used were to write a control to draw the dice, and break the code up in a similar manner.

The code available for download above is written using C# Express. The code consists of eight classes:

Class	Description
Form1	The form upon which everything is drawn. Controls the main flow of play.
CalculateScore	Calculates the score of the dice and checks that it is valid for the score bein assigned to.
Dice	User control to display and control a single die.
EntryForm	High Score Name Entry Form.
HighScoreForm	Form to display the top ten highest scores.
HighScoreEntry	Simple class to store name and associated score.
HighScoreTable	Handles loading and saving of high score table.
RulesForm	Form to display the rules from a rtf file.

Enjoy the game.