Blackjack_Game

Project developed for the Programming Course at Instituto Superior Técnico. This game can support up to 4 human or AI players at the same time. The AI players have winning strategies implemented.

Required Libraries

In order to run this game you will need the SDL2, SDL2_image and SDL2_ttf libraries.

• http://wiki.libsdl.org/APIByCategory
• https://wiki.libsdl.org/FrontPage

Compile and run the Code

In the command line just go to your .c for the Midterm Submission and type the command:

• gcc BlackJackGUI.c -g -I/usr/local/include -Wall -pedantic -std=c99 -L/usr/local/lib -lm -lSDL2 -lSDL2_ttf -lSDL2_image -o blackjack
  

For the Final Submission, do the same thing and type the command:

• gcc <all_c_files>.c -g -I/usr/local/include -Wall -pedantic -std=c99 -L/usr/local/lib -lm -lSDL2 -lSDL2_ttf -lSDL2_image -o blackjack
  • Replace <all_c_files>.c with the all the .c files found in the Final Submission folder separated with a space.
    

To execute the code in Midterm Submission just type on your console ./blackjack

To run the Final Submission type on your console ./blackjack <game_config_file>.txt <AI_config_file>.txt

• Replace <game_config_file>.txt with config_jogo.txt and <AI_config_file>.txt with ficheiro_config_EAs.txt
  

How to play

• Hit: H key
• Stand: S key
• Double: D key
• Surrender: S key
• New Game: N key
• Quit: Q key

The <game_config_file>.txt contains information about the number of decks (4 to 8), the number of players (1 to 4). For each player you must indicate the type of player (HU: human or EA: bot), the players names (max 8 characters), the initial money (10 to 500) and the initial bet.

Results

At the end of the game a stats file is written containing the name and type of each player, the number of wins, ties and losses, final money and the casino house money balance.