Blackjack Implementation

With an interest in blackjack, I created a simple blackjack game to explore the basic logic of the game as well as practice object-oriented programming and application development fundamentals.

Applications Used: Ruby

Getting started

Instructions:

• Download zip to local machine
• Use Ruby Windows Installer
• For other operating systems visit here to run program
• Associate .rb files with ruby interpreter during installation
• For Windows machines, double click "Blackjack.bat" in main directory to run the game ("Run All Tests.bat" in the Testing Folder)

Rules

There will be 2 players: a human player (user) and a dealer (script)

• The players are each dealt 2 cards to start the hand
• The player can choose to hit or stand with any amount
• The dealer must hit if his cards total less than 17 and stand otherwise
• If the player’s or dealers cards total over 21, they bust and their turn is over
• If either player has 21 with their first two cards, they win (unless they both have 21 on their first two cards, in which case it is a tie)
• If both players bust, the dealer wins
• If both players have the same score, they tie
• The player always takes their turn before the dealer
• All cards count as their face value, except an Ace which can be 1 or 11 and J, Q, K all count as 10
• Deck is shuffled before each game
• No advanced blackjack rules (split, double)

Gameplay