Open the DiceAppConsole.sln solution and navigate to the App project. The Program.cs file has a Main() method that can be launched.
If you simply load DiceApp.sln, Visual Studio will not load the App project...
The console prototype loads a stub with a few small games that you can test, and you can create new everything (with a little patience).
Still in Program.cs, we also now have a nacent data layer, using Entity Framework.
Open the DiceAppConsole.sln solution and navigate to the App project. The Program.cs file has a Main() method that can be launched.
The NuGet packages are managed in files that are versioned, so you shouldn't need to manage the dependencies yourself. "The Line" is taken care of too.
However, you do need to create the migrations and DB (and you probably should delete them everytime you want to reload).
First, in Visual Studio's terminal ("Developer PowerShell"), go to DiceApp/Sources/Data, and make sure Entity Framework is installed and / or updated.
cd Data
dotnet tool install --global dotnet-ef
dotnet tool update --global dotnet-ef
Now the migrations and DB. Since we have a DiceAppDbContext and and DiceAppDbContextWithStub, you will need to specify which one to use.
cd Data
dotnet ef migrations add dice_app_db --context DiceAppDbContextWithStub
dotnet ef database update --context DiceAppDbContextWithStub --startup-project ../App
Replace DiceAppDbContextWithStub with DiceAppDbContext if you want to launch an app with an empty DB.
You can now run the App program, and check out your local DB.
You may not want to read tables in the debug window -- in which case, just download DB Brower for SQLite and open the .db file in it.
Ta-da.
If Visual Studio's embedded terminal refuses to recognize dotnet ef, try to fully close and reopen Visual Studio
As of now, this app does not allow making copies of a game. We're not trying to make a roguelike, it's just not considered to be a priority feature.