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Beginners Column
Welcome to the REALbasic Developer Magazine Beginner's Corner!
Issue: 2.1 (August/September 2003)
Author: Thomas J. Cunningham
Author Bio: Thomas is a hobbyist programmer who enjoys sharing the RB loving with others ... His online RB Beginner tutorial has had over 20,000 hits!
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Starting Page Number: 28
RBD Number: 2113
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One of the fun things I like to do with REALbasic is write simple little games. Games have certain logical steps that are challenging to try and duplicate in a computer game. They are a fantastic way for a beginner to think logically. In this column and the next one, we will be writing a dice game called Craps.
Dice Game Description
You roll two dice and add the total of the numbers. This first roll total is your "point". You continue to roll the dice, and if you roll your point again before throwing a seven or eleven, you win. If you throw a seven or eleven before you throw your point, you lose - you Crap Out. If you throw a two, seven, or eleven on your first throw, you also lose. The player starts out with a certain amount of money. They are given a chance to bet an amount of this money. If they win, this same amount is added to their winnings. If they lose, the amount is deducted from their total.
Describing what you want your program to do, as I have done above is a great technique to help you with any project. It helps you to identify the players of your project. Now be sure to understand that there must be a hundred different ways to program this game to do the same things. Obviously, I am going to give you one approachwhich is how I would approach this game. However, I encourage you to try and program your own approach after reading through this tutorial. This is one of the subtle beauties of computer programming, i.e., you get to do it your way!
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