A simple Word Guessing Game

Overview

Implementation of a simple word-guessing game

1. Random Word Selection:
   From the provided words.txt file a word is randomly selected.

   • It is in lowercase.
   • It is 4 to 7 characters long.
   • It contains only alphabetic characters (a-z).

2. Guessing:
   Allows the player to guess the word, with the number of allowed attempts equal to the length of the word.

3. Initial Hint:
   Before the first guess, the length of the word is disclosed.

4. Feedback After Each Guess:
   After each guess, the following hint is provided:

   • If a guessed letter exists in the word, it is displayed it in the correct position(s).
   • Otherwise an underscore (_) is displayed
   • Example: If the word is "sweet" and the guess is "ethos", the feedback is s_eet.

5. Handling Invalid Guesses:
   If the player's guess has a wrong length, it is not evaluated but still count as an attempt.

6. Game End Conditions:

   • If the user successfully guesses the word within the allowed attempts, a congratulatory message is displayed.
   • Otherwise the correct word is revealed.

7. Replay Option:
   After the game ends, the player may play again.

Example:

Welcome to the word guessing game!
Try to guess the word. It's 4 characters long.
You may guess up to 4 times. Good Luck!

1. Enter your guess: pear
__re

2. Enter your guess: ware
__re

3. Enter your guess: more
__re

4. Enter your guess: wire
_ire
Sorry, you did not guess the word. The word was 'tire'.

Play again? (yes/no): 

WebApp Example:

Deployment / CICD

The app is currently deployed on a linux server as a docker container. The instructions directory contains more details about the deployment workflows.