Minesweeper

1. Minesweeper By Allan Cooke Jon Hilliard

2. Description • We set out to recreate the ever so popular Minesweeper game that Windows users love so much.

3. Our Solution • The functions for the gameboard were originally written in C++ • The GUI was originally written in C# • After trying to link the two different languages, we opted to covert our C++ code into C# and have all of the code be in one file

4. More on the Solution • Our solution consisted of two classes outside of the GUI • Square class, which held all of information on mines, neighbors, flags, uncovered, and the graphical label • Gameboard class which populated an array of squares and allowed the square class to determine things such as neighbors

5. Results • In the end, we have created a very functional Minesweeper game that very closely resembles the original Windows version.

6. Each of Our Roles • Both of us worked on both aspects of the game • Jon was more centered on the actual code and functions in C++ • Allan worked more on the GUI aspect of the game • We both had to work together though in order to incorporate both aspects into one program

7. Future Work • We could add more features to the Minesweeper game including • Timer • Different Difficulty levels • Mine Count for the Different levels • High score tracker • Add the feature from the original Minesweeper that allows you to click both mouse buttons at once on a square with the correct amount of flags placed around it to reveal the squares around it

8. References • Jagger, Jon and John Sharp, Microsoft Visual C# .NET Step by Step, Microsoft Press, Redmond Virginia, 2002. • http://www.dotnet247.com • Visual Studio .NET help files • Drayton Peter, Ben Albahari, and Ted Neward, C# in a Nutshell, O’Reilly and Associates, Inc., Sebastopol, California, 2002.