basic-hearthstone-sim

Code to simulate a simplified version of Hearthstone in order to answer basic questions about optimal mana distribution and the like.

Design Overview

Constraints

• 40 cards
• 1- 10 mana
• 30 starting health

Data Modeling

Full model

• Card
• Cost
  • Stats
  • Specials
• Deck
  • 40x Cards
• Library (Deck in game)
  • Ordered Cards
• Hand
  • Ordered? Cards
• Side
  • Ordered? Minions
  • Ordered? Traps
• Minion
  • Card
  • Stats
  • Modifiers
• Battlefield
  • 2x Sides
• Player
  • Life (integer)
  • Hand
  • Library
• Game
  • 2x Players

Simplified model

• Deck
  • Dictionary of mana cost to card count
• Hand/Library
  • Ordered list of mana costs.
• Card
  • Cost
• Tempo
  • Sum of mana cost of cards played
• Battlefield
  • Difference in tempos
• Life decreases by battlefield value / round