def game_loop():
# The line below shows the syntax for creating an instance of a class. We need the
# parentheses after Hangman() here even though we're not passing in any parameters
# because we need to tell Python that we want an *instance* of the class and not
# the *class itself*.
my_game = Hangman()
print('#-=~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~=-#')
print('Welcome to Python Hangman!')
print('#-=~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~=-#')
print('Your category is: %s' % my_game.puzzle['category'])
# game_on determines whether or not we will play another game. It's initialized to 'Y'
# because that's the value that means "play another game" and I'm assuming that my user
# wants to play a game. You know, since they ran the program and everything. :)
game_on = 'Y'
while game_on.upper() == 'Y':
while my_game.get_game_state() == 'in_progress':
# As long as the game is in progress, we need to print out the game's state,
# get a guess from our user, and then update the game wtih that state.
print_game_state(my_game)
guess = input('Guess (* to give up):')
my_game.update_game(guess)
# Game state needs to be presented to the user once more after the game completes
# so that they can see the results of their game. It would be rude to keep it a
# secret from them.
print_game_state(my_game)
print('#-=~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~=-#')
# A new game is prepared in case our user wants to play again.
my_game.start_random_puzzle()
game_on = input('Play again? (y/n):')
while game_on.upper() not in ['Y', 'N']:
game_on = input(
'Input y or n. I\'m trying to be a cool program here and will let you input Y or N even though I didn\'t tell you those would work. But those are the options. YOU WILL CHOOSE ONE OF THEM. DON\'T YOU DARE PRESS CTRL+C TO QUIT THIS PROGRAM. I AM THE ONE WHO KNOCKS!'
)
# It never hurts to be polite.
print('Thanks for playing!')
else:
validRes = True
os.system("cls" if os.name == "nt" else "clear")
if res.upper() == "Y":
game = Hangman()
game.play()
winner = False
strikes = 0
while not winner:
try:
print(game.get_game_state())
winner = game.check_guess(input("Guess a letter or an entire word: "))
strikes = game.get_strikes()
except Exception as e:
print(e)
time.sleep(3)
if strikes == 6:
print(game.get_game_state())
print(
f'You struck out. The word to guess was "{game.get_word_to_guess()}".'
)
break
if winner:
