basic python hangman game code example

Example 1: create a hangman game with python

#importing the time module
import time

#welcoming the user
name = raw_input("What is your name? ")

print "Hello, " + name, "Time to play hangman!"

print "
"

#wait for 1 second
time.sleep(1)

print "Start guessing..."
time.sleep(0.5)

#here we set the secret
word = "secret"

#creates an variable with an empty value
guesses = ''

#determine the number of turns
turns = 10

# Create a while loop

#check if the turns are more than zero
while turns > 0:         

    # make a counter that starts with zero
    failed = 0             

    # for every character in secret_word    
    for char in word:      

    # see if the character is in the players guess
        if char in guesses:    
    
        # print then out the character
            print char,    

        else:
    
        # if not found, print a dash
            print "_",     
       
        # and increase the failed counter with one
            failed += 1    

    # if failed is equal to zero

    # print You Won
    if failed == 0:        
        print "
You won"  

    # exit the script
        break              

    print

    # ask the user go guess a character
    guess = raw_input("guess a character:") 

    # set the players guess to guesses
    guesses += guess                    

    # if the guess is not found in the secret word
    if guess not in word:  
 
     # turns counter decreases with 1 (now 9)
        turns -= 1        
 
    # print wrong
        print "Wrong
"    
 
    # how many turns are left
        print "You have", + turns, 'more guesses' 
 
    # if the turns are equal to zero
        if turns == 0:           
    
        # print "You Lose"
            print "You Lose
"

Example 2: basic python hangman game

import random, time
fruits = ['pear', 'mango', 'apple', 'banana', 'apricot', 'pineapple','cantaloupe', 'grapefruit','jackfruit','papaya']
superHeroes = ['hawkeye', 'robin', 'Galactus', 'thor', 'mystique', 'superman', 'deadpool', 'vision', 'sandman', 'aquaman']
userGuesslist = []
userGuesses = []
playGame = True
category = ""
continueGame = "Y"

name = input("Enter your name")
print("Hello", name.capitalize(), "let's start playing Hangman!")
time.sleep(1)
print("The objective of the game is to guess the secret word chosen by the computer.")
time.sleep(1)
print("You can guess only one letter at a time. Don't forget to press 'enter key' after each guess.")
time.sleep(2)
print("Let the fun begin!")
time.sleep(1)

while True:
    #Choosing the Secret word
    while True:
        if category.upper() == 'S':
            secretWord = random.choice(superHeroes)
            break
        elif category.upper() == 'F':
            secretWord = random.choice(fruits)
            break
        else:
            category = input("Please select a valid categary: F for Fruits / S for Super-Heroes; X to exit")

        if category.upper() == 'X':
            print("Bye. See you next time!")
            playGame = False
            break

    if playGame:
        secretWordList = list(secretWord)
        attempts = (len(secretWord) + 2)

        #Utility function to print User Guess List
        def printGuessedLetter():
            print("Your Secret word is: " + ''.join(userGuesslist))


        #Adding blank lines to userGuesslist to create the blank secret word
        for n in secretWordList:
            userGuesslist.append('_')
        printGuessedLetter()

        print("The number of allowed guesses for this word is:", attempts)


        #starting the game
        while True:

            print("Guess a letter:")
            letter = input()

            if letter in userGuesses:
                print("You already guessed this letter, try something else.")

            else:
                attempts -= 1
                userGuesses.append(letter)
                if letter in secretWordList:
                    print("Nice guess!")
                    if attempts > 0:
                        print("You have ", attempts, 'guess left!')
                    for i in range(len(secretWordList)):
                        if letter == secretWordList[i]:
                            letterIndex = i
                            userGuesslist[letterIndex] = letter.upper()
                    printGuessedLetter()

                else:
                    print("Oops! Try again.")
                    if attempts > 0:
                        print("You have ", attempts, 'guess left!')
                    printGuessedLetter()


            #Win/loss logic for the game
            joinedList = ''.join(userGuesslist)
            if joinedList.upper() == secretWord.upper():
                print("Yay! you won.")
                break
            elif attempts == 0:
                print("Too many Guesses!, Sorry better luck next time.")
                print("The secret word was: "+ secretWord.upper())
                break

        #Play again logic for the game
        continueGame = input("Do you want to play again? Y to continue, any other key to quit")
        if continueGame.upper() == 'Y':
            category = input("Please select a valid categary: F for Fruits / S for Super-Heroes")
            userGuesslist = []
            userGuesses = []
            playGame = True
        else:
            print("Thank You for playing. See you next time!")
            break
    else:
        break