hangman review

[bonaventureogeto]

Hi Jackson,

Great submission. You have demonstrated a good understanding of basic Python concepts such as lists, loops, conditional statements, and importing from a module.

Some growth areas:

• The current logic decreases times for every guess, regardless of correctness, which doesn't align well with the typical rules of Hangman where only incorrect guesses are penalized. Instead, the game should track correct guesses and only end when all unique letters in the word have been guessed or the player exceeds the maximum number of incorrect guesses.
• While lettersguessed is maintained, the script does not show the player their current progress in guessing the word. It could be improved by displaying the word with correct guesses filled in and dashes for the remaining letters after each guess. Update the game loop to track and display the current state of the word (e.g., A for a word like "HANG" after guessing "A").
• The condition for losing the game is based solely on the number of guesses, not on whether the word was actually completed. Additionally, the winning message contains a typo ("WORN" instead of "WON"). The feedback to the player at the game's conclusion could be more descriptive, indicating what was done well or providing encouragement.

Great work. Keep it up and happy coding!

[Karlajack]

Hi Bon,

Kindly help me to understand how to track and display current state of the word e,g .," A _ ". I have problem to identify the function to use to update the letter to the correct position/index.

[bonaventureogeto]

You need to initialize two key variables at the start of your game:

• secret_word: The word that the player is trying to guess.
• displayword: A list that represents the player's current progress on guessing the word, initialized with underscores () for each letter in secret_word.

When the player makes a guess inside your game loop, check if the guessed letter is in the secret_word. If it is, you need to update display_word at the correct indices. You'll need a function you can use to update display_word.

You'll then need to display the current state of display_word to the player after each guess (correct or incorrect). This involves converting display_word back into a string for easy reading.

I hope this points you in the right direction but if you need more help, don't hesitate to book a 1 on 1 session with me.

Happy hacking!

[Karlajack]

Hi Bon, The code has been updated. Kindly review