Topic: A Game in 25 lines.

[kdub_nz]

Was challenged to write a RPG in less than 25 lines.

Code - C#: [Select]

1. Console.WriteLine(" -------------------");
2.  
3.    GameLoop();
4.  
5.    Console.WriteLine(" -------------------");
6.  
7.    Console.ReadKey();
8. }
9.  
10. private static void GameLoop()
11. {
12.    Random random = new Random();
13.    int monsterHealth = 16, heroHealth = 16, fate = 0;
14.    while (( heroHealth > 0 ) && ( monsterHealth > 0 ))
15.    {
16.       fate = random.Next(1, 11);
17.       monsterHealth -= fate;
18.       Console.WriteLine($"Monster was damaged and lost {fate} health " +
19.          $"and now has {monsterHealth} health.");
20.       if (monsterHealth <= 0)
21.       {
22.          Console.WriteLine("Monster suffers a horrible death !! ");
23.          continue;
24.       }
25.  
26.       fate = random.Next(1, 11);
27.       heroHealth -= fate;
28.       Console.WriteLine($"Hero was wounded and lost {fate} health " +
29.          $"and now has {heroHealth} health.");
30.  
31.       if (heroHealth <= 0) { Console.WriteLine("Hero achieves a heroic martyrdom !! "); }          
32.    }
33. }
34.  
35.  

-------------------
Monster was damaged and lost 1 health and now has 15 health.
Hero was wounded and lost 6 health and now has 10 health.
Monster was damaged and lost 2 health and now has 13 health.
Hero was wounded and lost 3 health and now has 7 health.
Monster was damaged and lost 7 health and now has 6 health.
Hero was wounded and lost 10 health and now has -3 health.
Hero achieves a heroic martyrdom !!
 -------------------
 

24 lines in the game loop was a win.
. . . but definitely not Legend of Zelda

[It's Alive!]

but line 31 

Waiting for the latest Zelda, due out next month , I've played them all!

[kdub_nz]

but line 31 

Waiting for the latest Zelda, due out next month , I've played them all!

My personal style allows for a single line unnested statement in a conditional when there is a single result action.
. . . . that's my story , and it just happened to reduce the code mass by 2 lines. Lucky, hey? 

This satisfies my rules too :

Code - C#: [Select]

1. if (heroHealth <= 0)
2.     { Console.WriteLine("Hero achieves a heroic martyrdom !! "); }