Hangman Game in Python Programming

Hangman is a famous game in computer which basically matches the word generated by computer with the word that you guess. If there is a match you get a reward else the game continues asking for a new input.

In the game below, the user first has to input their names and then, will be asked to guess any alphabet. If the random word contains that alphabet, it will be shown as the output with correct placement else the program will ask you to guess another alphabet. User will be given few turns which can be changed accordingly, to guess the complete word. In the hangman game the user has to guess the correct words to save a life.

We use the random module and also many special characters to draw the diagram after response. The diagram can be made to look like man hanging when the response failed to get the correct answer. But overall it is a guessing game.

Example

 Live Demo

import random
class game(object):
   # Hangman game
   dangle = []
   dangle.append(' *===*')
   dangle.append(' * *')
   dangle.append(' *')
   dangle.append(' *')
   dangle.append(' *')
   dangle.append(' *')
   dangle.append(' =====')
   lad = {}
   lad[0] = [' @ *']
   lad[1] = [' @ *', ' ! *']
   lad[2] = [' @ *', '/! *']
   lad[3] = [' @ *', '/!\ *']
   lad[4] = [' @ *', '/!\ *', '/ *']
   lad[5] = [' @ *', '/!\ *', '/ \ *']
   z = []
   states = ''' gujarat kerala karnataka westbengal maharashtra uttarakhand odisha tamilnadu
bihar telangana rajasthan chhattisgarh assam jharkhand haryana andhrapradesh
punjab madhyapradesh goa newdelhi ladakh jammukashmir arunachalpradesh manipur
nagaland mizoram tripura meghalaya sikkim '''.split()
   design = '@_@\'@_@\'@_@\'@_@\'@_@\'@_@\'@_@\'@_@\'@_@\'@_@\''
   def __init__(K, *args, **kwargs):
   m, n = 2, 0
   K.z.append(K.dangle[:])
   for k in K.lad.values():
      p, n = K.dangle[:], 0
      for i in k:
         p[m + n] = i
         n += 1
      K.z.append(p)
   def Select_Word(K):
      return K.states[random.randint(0, len(K.states) - 1)]
   def photo(K, x, wordLen):
      for slash in K.z[x]:
         print(slash)
   def game(K, term, value, notpresent):
      q = input()
      if q == None or len(q) != 1 or (q in value) or (q in notpresent):
         return None, False
      m = 0
      p = q in term
      for i in term:
         if i == q:
            value[m] = i
         m += 1
      return q, p
   def data(K, data):
      x = len(K.design)
      print(K.design[:-3])
      print(data)
      print(K.design[3:])
   def process(K):
      name = input("Enter your name: ")
      print("Good Luck ,",name)
      print('*****Hangman game starts*****')
      term = list(K.Select_Word())
      outcome = list('_' * len(term))
      print('The state is: ', outcome)
      y, m, k = False, 0, []
      while m < len(K.z) - 1:
         print('Guess the state name : ', end='')
         x, x1 = K.game(term, outcome, k)
         if x == None:
            print('Repeated character.')
            continue
         print(''.join(outcome))
         if outcome == term:
            K.data('Excellent ! You saved a life :)')
            y = True
            break
         if not x1:
            k.append(x)
            m += 1
         K.photo(m, len(term))
         print('Missed words: ', k)
      if not y:
         K.data('The state was \'' + ''.join(term) + '\' Game over ! Man was hanged')
a = game().process()

Output

Running the above code gives us the following result −

Enter your name: Suraj
Good Luck , Suraj
*****Hangman game starts*****
The state is: ['_', '_', '_', '_', '_', '_', '_', '_', '_', '_', '_', '_', '_']
Guess the state name : m
m____________
*===*
*   *
    *
    *
    * 
    *
=====
Missed words: []
Guess the state name : s
m__________s_
*===*
*   *
    *
    *
    *
    *
=====
Missed words: []
Guess the state name : t
m__________s_
*===*
*   *
@   *
    *
    *
    *
=====
Missed words: ['t']
Guess the state name : g
m__________s_
*===*
*   *
@   *
!   *
    *
    *
=====
Missed words: ['t', 'g']
Guess the state name : h
m__h_______sh
*===*
*   *
@   *
!   *
    *
    *
=====
Missed words: ['t', 'g']
Guess the state name : a
ma_h_a__a__sh
*===*
*   *
@   *
!   *
    *
    *
=====
Missed words: ['t', 'g']
Guess the state name : e
ma_h_a__a_esh
*===*
*   *
@   *
!   *
    *
    *
=====
Missed words: ['t', 'g']
Guess the state name : y
ma_hya__a_esh
*===*
*   *
@   *
!   *
    *
    *
=====
Missed words: ['t', 'g']
Guess the state name : b
ma_hya__a_esh
*===*
*   *
@   *
/!  *
    *
    *
=====
Missed words: ['t', 'g', 'b']
Guess the state name : w
ma_hya__a_esh
*===*
*   *
@   *
/!\ *
    *
    * 
=====
Missed words: ['t', 'g', 'b', 'w']
Guess the state name : v
ma_hya__a_esh
*===*
*   *
@   *
/!\ *
/   *
    *
=====
Missed words: ['t', 'g', 'b', 'w', 'v']
Guess the state name : j
ma_hya__a_esh
*===*
*   *
@   *
/!\ *
/ \ *
    *
=====
Missed words: ['t', 'g', 'b', 'w', 'v', 'j']
@_@'@_@'@_@'@_@'@_@'@_@'@_@'@_@'@_@'@
The state was 'madhyapradesh' Game over ! Man was hanged
'@_@'@_@'@_@'@_@'@_@'@_@'@_@'@_@'@_@'