Requirements C++ Programs: You will be writing a C++ program for this lab that allows a player to play Minesweeper. This game really needs a GUI interface that uses a mouse, but that is much more difficult, and not a requirement of this version. You will need to meet the following requirements for your Minesweeper game:

• Your program must allow a player to enter their moves, and display their moves. I recommend that you use the dash ( '-' ) and line ( '|' ) symbols to make your output look better. Redraw the board after each player makes their move.
• Validate that the move that the player entered was legal.
• Here are the rules for Microsoft Minesweeper: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Minesweeper-how-to-play
• If the player is blown up, provide an appropriate comment. If all the mines are successfully identified, then there is a winner.
• You only need to implement the beginner version (81 tiles, 10 mines), but other versions will gain you bonus points.
• Players moves must be stored in a 2-dimension array C++ array.

Some hints to help you program the game:

• Make the size of the board a const global variable. If you are going to allow the user to choose the size of the board, make the global variable the maximum size of the board and then create a second variable in main that gives the current size of the board. This avoids having to create dynamic arrays, which we have not covered yet.
• In most version the placing of the bombs does not take place until after the user chooses the first square, to avoid the user hitting a bomb on the first move
• The Microsoft version auto fills areas of the game, where there are no bombs. This uses what is known as a flood-fill algorithm that can be quite complex. This can be done for extra credit.

Bonus. Make sure the basic lab works well before you consider these more difficult options! This lab has many opportunities for bonus points. My version used only the most basic characters, using enhanced graphics (ASCII characters above 127) will earn bonus points. Letting the user select the grid size and number of mines will earn bonus points. Adding a GUI interface is a harder option.

Submission: You will be submitting this lab via Blackboard, as demonstrated in class. You will need to zip your files together and then upload your zipped submission to Blackboard. Make sure you include the source code and the rest of the documentation package, but not the executable files.

Grading Criteria: 100 points available for this lab. There may be an additional 100 bonus points earned. See the bonus section.

• The lab grader will be using this grading criteria to grade your two programs. The points will then be scaled to the available points.
• Here is a C++ style guide from Dr. Fernandez that should assist you in coding your program. Style guide.
• 100 points if all of the above requirements are met.
• Bonus points. 25 Bonus points are available for a well designed user interface, that facilitates game play.