RobotWars

Description

A small Console application to allow users to move robots around a game board. The project has been built using .Net Core 2.2.

Requirements to run

1. .Net Core 2.2

Projects

RobotWars.Main

This project contains the code the the game.

RobotWars.UnitTests

This project contains the unit tests.

Instructions

1. Run the console application

2. To set up a game board enter the maximum X and Y coordinates in the format "maxX maxY"

3. To add a robot enter its initial cooridnates and the direction it is facing (N, E, S or W) in the format "x y direction"

4. To move the most recently added robot enter a command string containing only the characters "M", "L" and "R"

5. After you have finished robots enter a blank space to log the position of the robots after the entered movements

Example input:

5 5

1 2 N

LMLMLMLMM

3 3 E

MMRMMRMRRM

Example output:

1 3 N

5 1 E

Notes

1. It is not possible to place a robot outside of the game grid, its inital values will be truncated to the maximum/minimum extent of the grid if neccessary

2. A robot cannot move outside the grid, if instructed to it will simply not move

If I had more time / Future changes

1. Add StyleCop or some other static code analysis tool

2. Create a UI for entering the robot details and viewing the game board

3. Have a penalty system for if the robots attempt to move outside the grid or collide

4. Allow the robots to move in turn rather than consecutively

5. Persist the move list to allow moves to be replayed or rewound

Credits

Thanks to John Nye (ninjanye) for some inspiration relating to design patterns in their similar project: https://github.com/ninjanye/RobotWars