dogaaydinn / hangman

hang(wo)man

Hangman Game

This project is a console-based Hangman game. Players can choose to guess words from a list of countries or animals.

Setup

1. Clone or download this project to your computer.
2. Open the project in Visual Studio or any C# IDE.
3. Run the project.

How to Play

When you start the game, you can choose from the following options:

1. Guess countries
2. Guess animals
3. Exit

Guessing Words

1. Select either "Guess countries" or "Guess animals".
2. You have 6 lives to guess the word correctly.
3. Enter letters one at a time to guess the word.
4. If you guess a letter correctly, it will be revealed in the word.
5. If you guess a letter incorrectly, you lose a life.
6. The game continues until you either guess the word correctly or run out of lives.
7. You can exit the game at any time by entering the number 3 when prompted to guess a letter.

Exiting the Game

1. Select "Exit" to close the game.

Code Overview

The main logic of the game is implemented in the following methods:

• GuessWord: Handles the game logic for guessing words based on the selected category (animals or countries).
• UpdateGuessedWord: Updates the guessed word with the correct letters guessed by the player.

Categories

The game uses a static class Category to represent the possible categories (Animal, Country).

Constants

The following constants are defined at the beginning of the code:

• animalList: List of animals to be guessed.
• countryList: List of countries to be guessed.
• allWords: Combination of animalList and countryList.
• initialAlphabet: The alphabet used for displaying available letters.
• initialPlayerMaxGuess: The maximum number of incorrect guesses allowed (initially set to 6).

Enjoy the game!