void Start()
{
// Choose a word
List <string> potentialWords = ReadWords();
string gameWord = SelectWord(potentialWords);
// Init the game
HangmanGame hangman = new HangmanGame();
hangman.Init(gameWord);
DisplayWord(hangman.guessedWord);
bool playing = PlayHangman(hangman);
// Evaluate if the player won or lost the game
if (playing)
{
Console.WriteLine("You guessed the word!");
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine("You didn't guess the word...");
}
Console.ReadKey();
}
bool PlayHangman(HangmanGame hangman)
{
List <char> enteredLetters = new List <char>();
DisplayWord(hangman.guessedWord); //from question
int attempts = 8; //starting amount of attempts for guessing
Console.WriteLine(); //for spacing
//this is for the attepts and askng for the letters
while (!hangman.isGuessed() && attempts > 1) //if the word is not guess and the nr of attempts are more than one.
{
char letter = ReadLetter(enteredLetters);
if (!hangman.GuessLetter(letter))//of the letter is not in the word, lose 1 attempts.
{
attempts--;
}
Console.Write("Entered letters: ");
DisplayLetters(enteredLetters);
Console.WriteLine();//for the spacings
Console.WriteLine("Attempts left: " + attempts);
DisplayWord(hangman.guessedWord);
Console.WriteLine();
}
return(hangman.isGuessed());
}
/// <summary>
/// Main loop; game logic
/// </summary>
/// <param name="hangman"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
bool PlayHangman(HangmanGame hangman)
{
List <char> enteredLetters = new List <char>();
int attempts = 8;
bool wordGuessed = hangman.isGuessed();
while (attempts > 0 && wordGuessed == false)
{
char letter = ReadLetter(enteredLetters);
enteredLetters.Add(letter);
// Deduct attempts if a wrong letter was entered
if (!hangman.GuessLetter(letter))
{
attempts--;
}
// Display current information
Console.Write("Entered letters: ");
DisplayLetters(enteredLetters);
Console.WriteLine("{0} Attempts left.", attempts);
Console.WriteLine();
DisplayWord(hangman.guessedWord);
Console.WriteLine();
// Exit once the game is won
wordGuessed = hangman.isGuessed();
if (wordGuessed)
{
return(true);
}
}
return(false);
}
void Start()
{
List <string> words = new List <string>();
words = ListOfWords("words.txt");
HangmanGame hangman = new HangmanGame();
hangman.Init(SelectWord(words));
//this is to see if the words are being displayed.
//Console.WriteLine("the secret word is: " + hangman.secretWord);
//Console.WriteLine("the guessed word is: " + hangman.guessedWord);
if (PlayHangman(hangman))
{
Console.WriteLine("You guessed the word!!");
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine("You run out of attempts");
}
}
