creating a hangman game in python code example
Example 1: create a hangman game with python
import time
name = raw_input("What is your name? ")
print "Hello, " + name, "Time to play hangman!"
print "
"
time.sleep(1)
print "Start guessing..."
time.sleep(0.5)
word = "secret"
guesses = ''
turns = 10
while turns > 0:
failed = 0
for char in word:
if char in guesses:
print char,
else:
print "_",
failed += 1
if failed == 0:
print "
You won"
break
print
guess = raw_input("guess a character:")
guesses += guess
if guess not in word:
turns -= 1
print "Wrong
"
print "You have", + turns, 'more guesses'
if turns == 0:
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:
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)
def printGuessedLetter():
print("Your Secret word is: " + ''.join(userGuesslist))
for n in secretWordList:
userGuesslist.append('_')
printGuessedLetter()
print("The number of allowed guesses for this word is:", attempts)
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()
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
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