Cli Poker

Overview:

While waiting for parts to arrive for my 8-bit computer, I decided to spend some time programming. I’ve been learning C for a month now, and thought it was time to take on a real project. After playing poker with some of my friends, I decided it would be a good test of my C chops. At this point I’ve already learned a lot, and am surprised at the level of complexity this seemingly easy project has become.

Relevant Blog Posts:

Poker Game Part 2 (Finale)

Continued… In the last post, I introduced my command line poker game. With the poker logic completed, I could set my sights on the more interesting aspects of my command line poker game. The seconds half of development will include improving gameplay and graphics. But First… With the codebase growing to over 800 lines of…

Poker Game Part 1

Intro I’m building a poker game in C with two goals: a cli graphics system, and computer adversary. I thought those would be the main sticking points, but having just finished the poker logic, I realized this was a much larger undertaking than I had anticipated. Successes There are a few systems I am especially…