Final Project Milestone One Modifying the Checkers Code

Final Project Milestone One: Modifying the Checkers Code For this assignment I was tasked with taking screenshots of the Checkers game code in the course’s Codio learning environment and analyzing what the snippet do ...

Final Project Milestone One: Modifying the Checkers Code For this assignment I was tasked with taking screenshots of the Checkers game code in the course’s Codio learning environment and analyzing what the snippet does and proposing a modification that could be used to make the game better or play differently using the concepts of AI programming. Due to the structure of the Codio learning environment, it was difficult taking screenshots of long lines of code, as such, I used the “CTRL and -“ shortcut to make the tab screen smaller in Chrome so that I could fully capture a series of full lines. This might make certain screenshots harder to read. Screenshot 1):  What is happening here: In this screenshot, the function named validTileSelect is being defined with the parameters s, X, and Y being used to determine where the player clicks on the game board. The function determines if the tile being clicked on is valid and selectable. If the tile is valid, then the game will allow actions such as \Modifying-the-Checkers-Codedocx/moving pieces, capturing pieces, and making kings to happen. If the tile is invalid, they cannot select it.  Proposed change: It would be beneficial to highlight or change the color slightly of tiles that can be selected. This would make the game easier to understand for novice users who may not have many experiences playing checkers. I would change the color value of the tile that is selectable temporarily and change back to the original white or red values after the move is completed. Screenshot 2):  What is happening here: In this screenshot, the function named validTileMove is being defined with the parameters s, X, and Y as its parameters used in determining where the player clicks on the board. This function determines whether the tile chosen by the player when they click one is valid using true or false values. If true, the player can select the tile and continue gameplay, if false, they cannot do this.  Proposed change: This change applies to both validTileSelect and validTileMove as they work in tandem to create base level game functionality. I propose making tiles that can be selected and moved to “highlighted” by changing the color value of the tiles that can be selected and moved to. Screenshot 3): Modifying-the-Checkers-Codedocx/ What is happening here: In this screenshot, the function named moveIsValid is being defined with the parameters s, x, y, X, and Y being used to determine the starting and ending X and Y values that hold where the player clicks in the playable area. moveIsValid works in tandem with validTileSelect and validTileMove to determine whether the player can successfully move a piece on the board. It handles the logic of gameplay in this area by using PieceCanJump (see next entry)) and CanDoWalk (king forward and backward movements).