Task: 15 puzzle game
C#: using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Windows.Forms;

public class FifteenPuzzle
{
    const int GridSize = 4; 
    const int BlockCount = 16;

    static readonly Random R = new Random();

    private List<Button> Puzzles = new List<Button>();
    private int Moves = 0;
    private DateTime Start;

    public class Puzzle
    {
        private int mOrderedNumer;

        public int CurrentNumber;

        public int X;
        public int Y;

        public int InvX
        {
            get { return (GridSize - 1) - X; }
        }
        public int InvY
        {
            get { return (GridSize - 1) - Y; }
        }

        public Puzzle(int OrderedNumer)
        {
            mOrderedNumer = OrderedNumer;

            CurrentNumber = OrderedNumer;

            X = OrderedNumer % GridSize;
            Y = OrderedNumer / GridSize;
        }
        public Puzzle(int OrderedNumer, int CurrentNumber)
            : this(OrderedNumer)
        {
            this.CurrentNumber = CurrentNumber;
        }

        public bool IsEmptyPuzzle
        {
            get { return CurrentNumber >= (BlockCount - 1); }
        }
        public bool IsTruePlace
        {
            get { return (CurrentNumber == mOrderedNumer); }
        }
        public bool NearestWith(Puzzle OtherPz)
        {
            int dx = (X - OtherPz.X);
            int dy = (Y - OtherPz.Y);

            if ((dx == 0) && (dy <= 1) && (dy >= -1)) return true;
            if ((dy == 0) && (dx <= 1) && (dx >= -1)) return true;

            return false;
        }

        public override string ToString()
        {
            return (CurrentNumber + 1).ToString();
        }
    }

    public static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        FifteenPuzzle Game = new FifteenPuzzle();
        Application.Run(Game.CreateForm());
    }

    private Form CreateForm()
    {
        int ButtonSize = 50;
        int ButtonMargin = 3;
        int FormEdge = 9;

        Font ButtonFont = new Font("Arial", 15.75F, FontStyle.Regular);

        Button StartButton = new Button();
        StartButton.Location = new Point(FormEdge, (GridSize * (ButtonMargin + ButtonSize)) + FormEdge);
        StartButton.Size = new Size(86, 23);
        StartButton.Font = new Font("Arial", 9.75F, FontStyle.Regular);
        StartButton.Text = "New Game";
        StartButton.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
        StartButton.TabStop = false;

        StartButton.Click += new EventHandler(NewGame);

        int FormWidth = (GridSize * ButtonSize) + ((GridSize - 1) * ButtonMargin) + (FormEdge * 2);
        int FormHeigth = FormWidth + StartButton.Height;

        Form Form = new Form();
        Form.Text = "Fifteen";
        Form.ClientSize = new Size(FormWidth, FormHeigth);
        Form.FormBorderStyle = FormBorderStyle.FixedSingle;
        Form.MaximizeBox = false;
        Form.SuspendLayout();

        for (int i = 0; i < BlockCount; i++)
        {
            Button Bt = new Button();
            Puzzle Pz = new Puzzle(i);

            int PosX = FormEdge + (Pz.X) * (ButtonSize + ButtonMargin);
            int PosY = FormEdge + (Pz.Y) * (ButtonSize + ButtonMargin);
            Bt.Location = new Point(PosX, PosY);

            Bt.Size = new Size(ButtonSize, ButtonSize);
            Bt.Font = ButtonFont;

            Bt.Text = Pz.ToString();
            Bt.Tag = Pz;
            Bt.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
            Bt.TabStop = false;

            Bt.Enabled = false;
            if (Pz.IsEmptyPuzzle) Bt.Visible = false;

            Bt.Click += new EventHandler(MovePuzzle);

            Puzzles.Add(Bt);
            Form.Controls.Add(Bt);
        }

        Form.Controls.Add(StartButton);
        Form.ResumeLayout();

        return Form;
    }

    private void NewGame(object Sender, EventArgs E)
    {
        do
        {
            for (int i = 0; i < Puzzles.Count; i++)
            {
                Button Bt1 = Puzzles[R.Next(i, Puzzles.Count)];
                Button Bt2 = Puzzles[i];
                Swap(Bt1, Bt2);
            }
        }
        while (!IsSolvable());

        for (int i = 0; i < Puzzles.Count; i++)
        {
            Puzzles[i].Enabled = true;
        }

        Moves = 0;
        Start = DateTime.Now;
    }

    private void MovePuzzle(object Sender, EventArgs E)
    {
        Button Bt1 = (Button)Sender;
        Puzzle Pz1 = (Puzzle)Bt1.Tag;

        Button Bt2 = Puzzles.Find(Bt => ((Puzzle)Bt.Tag).IsEmptyPuzzle);
        Puzzle Pz2 = (Puzzle)Bt2.Tag;

        if (Pz1.NearestWith(Pz2))
        {
            Swap(Bt1, Bt2);
            Moves++;
        }

        CheckWin();
    }

    private void CheckWin()
    {
        Button WrongPuzzle = Puzzles.Find(Bt => !((Puzzle)Bt.Tag).IsTruePlace);
        bool UWin = (WrongPuzzle == null);

        if (UWin)
        {
            for (int i = 0; i < Puzzles.Count; i++)
            {
                Puzzles[i].Enabled = false;
            }

            TimeSpan Elapsed = DateTime.Now - Start;
            Elapsed = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(Math.Round(Elapsed.TotalSeconds, 0));
            MessageBox.Show(String.Format("Solved in {0} moves. Time: {1}", Moves, Elapsed));
        }
    }

    private void Swap(Button Bt1, Button Bt2)
    {
        if (Bt1 == Bt2) return;

        Puzzle Pz1 = (Puzzle)Bt1.Tag;
        Puzzle Pz2 = (Puzzle)Bt2.Tag;

        int g = Pz1.CurrentNumber;
        Pz1.CurrentNumber = Pz2.CurrentNumber;
        Pz2.CurrentNumber = g;

        Bt1.Visible = true;
        Bt1.Text = Pz1.ToString();
        if (Pz1.IsEmptyPuzzle) Bt1.Visible = false;

        Bt2.Visible = true;
        Bt2.Text = Pz2.ToString();
        if (Pz2.IsEmptyPuzzle) Bt2.Visible = false;
    }

    private bool IsSolvable()
    {
        
        

        int InvCount = 0;
        for (int i = 0; i < Puzzles.Count - 1; i++)
        {
            for (int j = i + 1; j < Puzzles.Count; j++)
            {
                Puzzle Pz1 = (Puzzle)Puzzles[i].Tag;
                if (Pz1.IsEmptyPuzzle) continue;

                Puzzle Pz2 = (Puzzle)Puzzles[j].Tag;
                if (Pz2.IsEmptyPuzzle) continue;

                if (Pz1.CurrentNumber > Pz2.CurrentNumber) InvCount++;
            }
        }

        Button EmptyBt = Puzzles.Find(Bt => ((Puzzle)Bt.Tag).IsEmptyPuzzle);
        Puzzle EmptyPz = (Puzzle)EmptyBt.Tag;

        bool Result = false;
        if ((EmptyPz.InvY + 1) % 2 == 0) 
        {
            
            if (InvCount % 2 != 0) Result = true;
        }
        else 
        {
            
            if (InvCount % 2 == 0) Result = true;
        }
        return Result;
    }
}

Go: package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"math/rand"
	"strings"
	"time"
)

func main() {
	rand.Seed(time.Now().UnixNano())
	p := newPuzzle()
	p.play()
}

type board [16]cell
type cell uint8
type move uint8

const (
	up move = iota
	down
	right
	left
)

func randMove() move { return move(rand.Intn(4)) }

var solvedBoard = board{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 0}

func (b *board) String() string {
	var buf strings.Builder
	for i, c := range b {
		if c == 0 {
			buf.WriteString("  .")
		} else {
			_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(&buf, "%3d", c)
		}
		if i%4 == 3 {
			buf.WriteString("\n")
		}
	}
	return buf.String()
}

type puzzle struct {
	board board
	empty int 
	moves int
	quit  bool
}

func newPuzzle() *puzzle {
	p := &puzzle{
		board: solvedBoard,
		empty: 15,
	}
	
	p.shuffle(50)
	return p
}

func (p *puzzle) shuffle(moves int) {
	
	
	for i := 0; i < moves || p.board == solvedBoard; {
		if p.doMove(randMove()) {
			i++
		}
	}
}

func (p *puzzle) isValidMove(m move) (newIndex int, ok bool) {
	switch m {
	case up:
		return p.empty - 4, p.empty/4 > 0
	case down:
		return p.empty + 4, p.empty/4 < 3
	case right:
		return p.empty + 1, p.empty%4 < 3
	case left:
		return p.empty - 1, p.empty%4 > 0
	default:
		panic("not reached")
	}
}

func (p *puzzle) doMove(m move) bool {
	i := p.empty
	j, ok := p.isValidMove(m)
	if ok {
		p.board[i], p.board[j] = p.board[j], p.board[i]
		p.empty = j
		p.moves++
	}
	return ok
}

func (p *puzzle) play() {
	fmt.Printf("Starting board:")
	for p.board != solvedBoard && !p.quit {
		fmt.Printf("\n%v\n", &p.board)
		p.playOneMove()
	}
	if p.board == solvedBoard {
		fmt.Printf("You solved the puzzle in %d moves.\n", p.moves)
	}
}

func (p *puzzle) playOneMove() {
	for {
		fmt.Printf("Enter move #%d (U, D, L, R, or Q): ", p.moves+1)
		var s string
		if n, err := fmt.Scanln(&s); err != nil || n != 1 {
			continue
		}

		s = strings.TrimSpace(s)
		if s == "" {
			continue
		}

		var m move
		switch s[0] {
		case 'U', 'u':
			m = up
		case 'D', 'd':
			m = down
		case 'L', 'l':
			m = left
		case 'R', 'r':
			m = right
		case 'Q', 'q':
			fmt.Printf("Quiting after %d moves.\n", p.moves)
			p.quit = true
			return
		default:
			fmt.Println(`
Please enter "U", "D", "L", or "R" to move the empty cell
up, down, left, or right. You can also enter "Q" to quit.
Upper or lowercase is accepted and only the first non-blank
character is important (i.e. you may enter "up" if you like).
`)
			continue
		}

		if !p.doMove(m) {
			fmt.Println("That is not a valid move at the moment.")
			continue
		}

		return
	}
}