continue rewrite and introduce separate vertical and horizontal speeds to make the snake move consistently

components/Point.cpp

@@ -47,4 +47,5 @@ void Point::print() const {
 
 void Point::clear() {
     img_ = ' ';
+    print();
 }

components/Snack.cpp

@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 void generateSnack(Point* snack){
     std::random_device dev;
     static std::mt19937 prng(dev());
-    static std::uniform_int_distribution<std::mt19937::result_type> distX(0, GAME_RIGHT_WALL_X);
-    static std::uniform_int_distribution<std::mt19937::result_type> distY(0, GAME_BOTTOM_WALL_Y);
+    static std::uniform_int_distribution<uint32_t> distX(0, GAME_RIGHT_WALL_X);
+    static std::uniform_int_distribution<uint32_t> distY(0, GAME_BOTTOM_WALL_Y);
 
     const uint32_t x = distX(prng);
     const uint32_t y = distY(prng);

components/Snake.cpp

@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 #include "Snake.h"
 
-#include <iostream>
-
 Snake::Snake(uint32_t headY, uint32_t headX)
     :direction_{LEFT}
 {
     snake_.push_back(Point{headY, headX, '>'});
 
-    for (uint32_t i = 1; i <= SNAKE_DEFAULT_SIZE - 1; i++) {
+    for (uint32_t i = 1; i <= SNAKE_DEFAULT_SIZE; i++) {
         snake_.push_back(Point{headY, headX + i, SNAKE_BODY_CHAR});
     }
 }
@@ -15,8 +13,11 @@ Snake::Snake(uint32_t headY, uint32_t headX)
 bool Snake::isBitten() const {
     const Point& head = snake_.front();
 
-    for (const Point& part : snake_) {
-        if (part.getX() == head.getX() && part.getY() == head.getY()) {
+    // use manual iterator loop instead of
+    // range-based for as we need to skip head
+
+    for (auto it = std::next(snake_.begin()); it != snake_.end(); it++) {
+        if (it->getX() == head.getX() && it->getY() == head.getY()) {
             return true;
         }
     }
@@ -110,26 +111,30 @@ void Snake::printSnake() const {
 }
 
 void Snake::move() {
-    // updates the tail by clearing it since
-    // the snake moved forward (overwrites with ' ')
-    snake_.back().clear();
+    auto head = snake_.begin();
+    auto second = std::next(snake_.begin());
 
-    // iterate through the snake step by step
-    // using iterators so that we can get prev
-    // and iterate from back to front as we want to
-    // update each element with the value of the next
-    // and would otherwise overwrite the next before
-    // and not updating first as head is handled separately
+    // clear the tail - overwrites with ' '
+    snake_.back().clear();
 
-    for (auto it = std::prev(snake_.end()); it != snake_.begin(); it--) {
-        const auto prev = std::prev(it);
-        it->setPoint(prev->getY(), prev->getX());
+    // update all nodes by iterating from the back
+    // and copying the previous nodes values in
+    // until the second-to-first one
+    auto iter = std::prev(snake_.end());
+    while (iter != second) {
+        auto prev = std::prev(iter);
+        *iter = *prev;
+        iter = prev;
     }
 
-    // update the head depending on movement
+    // update the previous to head node
+    // by copying from head and setting
+    // the image to be body instead of head
+    *second = *head;
+    iter->setImg(SNAKE_BODY_CHAR);
+
     updateHead();
 
-    // print the updated snake
     printSnake();
 }
 

game/Controller.cpp

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include "Controller.h"
 
 #include <string>
+#include <iostream>
 
 Controller::Controller()
     : input_{0}, score_{0}, snack_{Point(0,0,0)}
@@ -36,15 +37,19 @@ int Controller::act() {
     switch (input_) {
     case UP:
         snake_.moveUp();
+        Graphics::get().setVertical(true);
         break;
     case DOWN:
         snake_.moveDown();
+        Graphics::get().setVertical(true);
         break;
     case LEFT:
         snake_.moveLeft();
+        Graphics::get().setVertical(false);
         break;
     case RIGHT:
         snake_.moveRight();
+        Graphics::get().setVertical(false);
         break;
     default:
         snake_.move();

game/Game.cpp

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ const std::string& SnakeGame::getBestPlayer() const {
 }
 
 void SnakeGame::play(const std::string& name){
-    auto find = std::find(players_.begin(), players_.end(), [&name](const Player& p){ return p.getName() == name; });
+    auto find = std::find_if(players_.begin(), players_.end(), [&name](const Player& p){ return p.getName() == name; });
 
     if (find == players_.end()) {
         players_.emplace_back(Player(name));

input-output/Graphics.cpp

@@ -41,10 +41,10 @@ void Graphics::finalize() {
 }
 
 void Graphics::refreshScreen() {
-    using namespace std::this_thread;
-    using namespace std::chrono;
+    const float window_factor = (static_cast<float>(LINES) * 5.25f) / static_cast<float>(COLS);
+    const uint32_t vertical_sleep_time = window_factor * sleep_time_;
 
-    sleep_for(nanoseconds(sleep_time_));
+    std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::microseconds(vertical_ ? vertical_sleep_time : sleep_time_));
     
     refresh();
     wrefresh(box_);
@@ -81,8 +81,8 @@ int Graphics::readInpt() {
 }
 
 void Graphics::advanceDifficulty() {
-    if(sleep_time_ > 28000000) {
-        sleep_time_ -= 1000000;
+    if (sleep_time_ > DIFFICULTY_CAP) {
+        sleep_time_ -= DIFFICULTY_CHANGE;
     }
 }
 
@@ -90,3 +90,7 @@ Graphics& Graphics::get() {
     static Graphics graphics;
     return graphics;
 }
+
+void Graphics::setVertical(bool value) {
+    vertical_ = value;
+}

input-output/Graphics.h

@@ -9,17 +9,22 @@ static constexpr int LEFT = KEY_LEFT;
 static constexpr int RIGHT = KEY_RIGHT;
 static constexpr int EXIT_GAME = 'q';
 
-static constexpr int GAME_TOP_WALL_Y = 1;
-const int GAME_BOTTOM_WALL_Y = LINES - 4;
-static constexpr int GAME_LEFT_WALL_X = 1;
-const int GAME_RIGHT_WALL_X = COLS - 2;
+static constexpr uint32_t GAME_TOP_WALL_Y = 1;
+static constexpr uint32_t GAME_LEFT_WALL_X = 1;
+#define GAME_BOTTOM_WALL_Y (LINES - 4)
+#define GAME_RIGHT_WALL_X (COLS - 2)
+
+static constexpr uint32_t DIFFICULTY_BEGIN = 40000;
+static constexpr uint32_t DIFFICULTY_CAP = 28000;
+static constexpr uint32_t DIFFICULTY_CHANGE = 1000;
 
 class Graphics {
 private:
-    unsigned int sleep_time_ = 40000000;
-    WINDOW* box_ = NULL;
+    bool vertical_ = false;
+    uint32_t sleep_time_ = DIFFICULTY_BEGIN;
+    WINDOW* box_ = nullptr;
 
-    Graphics();
+    Graphics() = default;
     void createBox();
     void destroyBox();
 
@@ -35,5 +40,6 @@ public:
     int readInpt();
 
     void advanceDifficulty();
+    void setVertical(bool value);
 };