HTLLeonding.Utility.Turtle 1.0.1

LeoTurtle

Allows students to control a turtle, which can primarily only move forward and turn. This turtle leaves track in the sand, and by looking at this track they can draw simple shapes.

Turtle

The Turtle has the following capabilities:

• Can move forward a certain distance in meters
  • While moving forward, a line is drawn
• Can turn in degrees euler
  • Positive values turn right
  • Negative values turn left
• Can teleport itself to a specific position
  • No line is drawn when teleporting
• Knows how many meters it has traveled
• Will stay within the boundaries of the 'beach'

Smart Turtle

The SmartTurtle went to HTL Leonding and thus became the smarter cousin of Turtle with the following additional capabilities:

• Knows where it is and can report its current position
• Can look at a certain point on the beach
  • ⇒ turns to face that point automatically

Sample Usage

using LeoTurtle;

const int Length = 80;
const int Width = 40;
const string Basic = "1";
const string Smart = "2";

Console.Write($"Run Basic ({Basic}) or Smart ({Smart}) demo? ");
var choice = Console.ReadLine();
switch (choice)
{
    case Basic:
    {
        Beach.Prepare<Turtle>(WalkPath, 80, 40);
        break;
    }
    case Smart:
    {
        Beach.Prepare<SmartTurtle>(WalkSmartPath, 80, 40);
        break;
    }
    default:
    {
        Console.WriteLine("Unknown option");
        break;
    }
}

return;

static void WalkPath(Turtle turtle)
{
    turtle.Teleport(10, 5);
    turtle.MoveForward(30);
    turtle.Turn(180);
    turtle.MoveForward(15);
    turtle.Turn(-90);
    turtle.MoveForward(15);
    turtle.Turn(-90);
    turtle.MoveForward(15);
    turtle.Turn(180);
    turtle.MoveForward(30);
    
    turtle.Teleport(30, 35);
    turtle.Turn(90);
    turtle.MoveForward(15);
    turtle.Turn(180);
    turtle.MoveForward(15/2D);
    turtle.Turn(-90);
    turtle.MoveForward(30);
    
    turtle.Teleport(50, 35, false);
    turtle.MoveForward(30);
    turtle.Turn(-90);
    turtle.MoveForward(15);
}

static void WalkSmartPath(SmartTurtle turtle)
{
    turtle.Teleport(Length / 2D, Width / 2D);
    
    turtle.LookAt(50, 30);
    turtle.MoveForward(15);
    turtle.Turn(45);
    turtle.MoveForward(5);
    turtle.LookAt(0,0);
    turtle.MoveForward(30);
    
    Console.WriteLine($"Turtle has moved: {turtle.TravelDistanceMeters:F1} meters");
}

I recommend providing the Beach.Prepare<T> call for the students and only letting them work within a method similar to WalkPath (from which they may call other methods, of course).

License

• The source code is licensed under the MIT License.
• The turtle images are licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 and CC BY-SA 4.0.

See LICENSE for more information.