Pig the dice game
constant DIE = 1..6;
sub MAIN (Int :$players = 2, Int :$goal = 100) {
my @safe = 0 xx $players;
for |^$players xx * -> $player {
say "\nOK, player #$player is up now.";
my $safe = @safe[$player];
my $ante = 0;
until $safe + $ante >= $goal or
prompt("#$player, you have $safe + $ante = {$safe+$ante}. Roll? [Yn] ") ~~ /:i ^n/
{
given DIE.roll {
say " You rolled a $_.";
when 1 {
say " Bust! You lose $ante but keep your previous $safe.";
$ante = 0;
last;
}
when 2..* {
$ante += $_;
}
}
}
$safe += $ante;
if $safe >= $goal {
say "\nPlayer #$player wins with a score of $safe!";
last;
}
@safe[$player] = $safe;
say " Sticking with $safe." if $ante;
}
}The game defaults to the specified task, but we'll play a shorter game with three players for our example:
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