Xyaneon.Games.Dice

A .NET Standard 2.0 library for dice, including standard and custom dice.

Usage

Setup

To use this library, you must first install the NuGet package for it, then add the following using statement at the top of each C# source file where you plan on using it:

using Xyaneon.Games.Dice;

Rolling standard dice

Single rolls

This library provides several built-in classes representing standard dice, including:

• D4
• D6
• D8
• D10
• D12
• D20

These each inherit from Dice<int>. You can just call them with an empty constructor to start using them right away. An optional seed integer can also be passed into a die's constructor if you want a repeatable pseudorandom sequence of rolled values.

After creation, you can simply call the Roll method to get a random result:

var die = new D6();

int rollResult = die.Roll(); // Can be 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6.

Multiple rolls

To avoid having to call Roll multiple times, you can also supply an integer indicating how many rolls you want, then get the results as an IEnumerable<int>:

var die = new D20();

// Sample returned sequence: [6, 18, 4, 20, 1]
IEnumerable<int> rollResult = die.Roll(5);

Flipping coins

This library also provides a Coin class, which is considered to be a two-sided die. Flips are returned as CoinFlipResult enum values:

var coin = new Coin();

// Could return CoinFlipResult.Heads or CoinFlipResult.Tails.
CoinFlipResult flipResult = coin.Flip();

Custom dice

You are not restricted to standard number dice. The Die<TFace> base class is generic and can be instantiated using a custom collection of your choice representing the die's faces.

var colorDie = new Die<Color>(new Color[] {
    Color.Red,
    Color.Blue,
    Color.Yellow,
    Color.Green
});

Color rollResult = die.Roll();

Symbols conversion

A static Symbols class is also provided with constants for D6 faces, and a couple conversion methods:

• Symbols.GetD6ValueForSymbol(char symbol)
• Symbols.GetSymbolForD6Value(int value)

You can use these to get from a ⚃ character to a 4 or vice versa, for example.

License

This library is free and open-source software provided under the MIT license. Please see the LICENSE.txt file for details.