Flyclops Domino! Bone Randomization Code

random.cs

// for Unity (C#)
public static void Shuffle<T>(this List<T> list)
{
    System.Random rnd = new System.Random();  
    int n = list.Count;
    while (n > 1) {  
        n--;  
        int k = rnd.Next(n + 1);  
        T obj = list[k];  
        list[k] = list[n];  
        list[n] = obj;  
    } 
}

Hi! Dave here. This is the actual code that we are using to randomize bones.

list is the List<T> of bones.

If you have any questions or comments about this, let us know!

Hey Dave. We've exchanged emails before, and I think I've told you that your code is solid above. However, the biggest issue that Domino! has is that Microsoft Unity's randomization function is pretty bad. In fact, it's horrible. And that shows in the hands that you receive. I know it's hard to simulate physical, real, table dominoes. In a real game, you just can't have two players receive hands with 6 of the same domino. In 20+ years of playing, I've never seen that. But it happens with Domino!. I'm in a team tournament right now, and one of my players received 6 of the same bone. He was unsurprisingly happy. However, his opponent did also. Unreal. Highly improbable (in real life).

As the admin of the fastest growing Flyclops Domino community on Facebook, I see the jokes and frustration all the time. I experience it. I think we all know that Microsoft (and PHP/Linux) use PRNGs and not TRNGs. The art of selecting a domino on a table would be comparable to a TRNG action. Has there been an effort to move away from Microsoft's System.Random() to a TRNG-type system?

Still and always will be a huge fan of Domino! and my community is almost at 2000 strong.

Thanks,
Owen