Hangman

Contents

1. Description
2. Installation Instructions
3. Usage Instructions
4. Project File Structure
5. License Information

Description

Hangman is a classic game in which a player thinks of a word and the other player tries to guess that word within a certain amount of attempts.

This is an implementation of the Hangman game, where the computer thinks of a fruit and the user tries to guess it.

Learning achieved through this project includes:

• Experience with Python:
  • functions
  • if/else statements
  • while loops
  • user inputs
  • class definitions
  • class attributes
• README creation and editing
• Experience with git & GitHub:
  • Cloning an online repository
  • Making local changes
  • Committing and pushing changes back to the cloud repository
  • Storing a PAT

Installation Instructions

Download the hangman directory and run milestone_5.py file in the command line to start the game. No installation required.

Usage Instructions

The code includes a list of fruits from which one is randomly chosen.

It will prompt the user to make a guess and then inform the user whether or not their guess is in the word.

Project File Structure

• Project Directory
  • README.md
  • milestone_2.py
  • milestone_3.py
  • milestone_4.py
  • milestone_5.py

License Information

hangman: a simple python implementation of the classic hangman game Copyright (C) 2023 Daniel Killen

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.