Okay, so today I wanted to mess around with a little game idea I had, called “guess players.” The basic idea was to create a simple console-based game where you have to guess a randomly chosen famous person. I had this thought maybe I could make something fun and quick.
First, I fired up my code editor. I decided to use Python because it’s pretty straightforward for these kinds of projects. Then I made a list of famous people. I put in names like Einstein, Beyoncé, Jordan, you know, a mix of folks from different fields. I stored these names in a list called players.
Next up, I needed a way to randomly pick a name from this list. I used Python’s random module for this. Just a simple *(players) did the trick. This way, each time you play, you get a different person to guess.
Now, for the game loop, I thought I’d give the player a certain number of guesses. Let’s say, 5. So, I set up a while loop that runs as long as the player has guesses left. Inside the loop, I used input() to get the player’s guess. Then, I compared this guess to the chosen name.
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If the guess was correct, I printed a congratulatory message and broke out of the loop. That means the game’s won.
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If the guess was wrong, I told them it was incorrect and decremented the number of guesses left. Simple enough, right?
I also added a little hint system. After each wrong guess, I revealed one letter of the name. I figured it would make the game a bit easier and more fun. I did this by keeping track of which letters were already shown and revealing one more each time.
Finally, once the loop ended, either by guessing correctly or running out of guesses, I revealed the correct answer if they hadn’t guessed it. I just printed something like, “The answer was [name].”
To make it a bit more engaging, I added some colorful text using a library called colorama. It’s pretty cool; you can print text in different colors in the console. So, correct guesses were in green, wrong ones in red, and hints in yellow. It just made the whole thing look a bit nicer.
After testing it a few times and fixing some minor bugs, the game was ready. It wasn’t anything groundbreaking, but it was a fun little project. And it’s always satisfying to see something you’ve coded come to life, even if it’s just a simple game.
Improvements
I did think of a few improvements for later. Like maybe adding difficulty levels, where you get fewer hints or have more names to choose from. Or even a graphical user interface to make it look more like a “real” game. But for now, I was happy with how it turned out. It was a good way to spend a few hours, and I learned a couple of things along the way, like how to manipulate strings more effectively for the hint system and how to use external libraries to spruce up console output. Overall, a successful little coding adventure!
