Create simple hangman game in python

In this post, we will write a code to make a hangman game in python but before writing a program let’s understand what is hangman game and how to play it.

What is Hangman game?

Hangman game is a word guessing game where players have to guess a missing word by one letter at a time.

Now we know what is hangman game but before writing code, we should know about programming concepts such as.

1. random module
2. if-else
3. for loop
4. while loop
5. list or list comprehension

now let’s write a program to create a hangman game in python.

Source code

question make ask like: write a python program to make simple hangman game.

import random
stages = ['''
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=========''', '''
  +---+
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  O   |
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=========''', '''
  +---+
  |   |
  O   |
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=========''', '''
  +---+
  |   |
  O   |
 /|   |
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=========''', '''
  +---+
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  O   |
 /|\  |
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=========''', '''
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  O   |
 /|\  |
 /    |
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=========''']

#Word bank of animals
hangman_game  = ('ant baboon badger bat bear beaver camel cat clam cobra cougar '
         'coyote crow deer dog donkey duck eagle ferret fox frog goat '
         'goose hawk lion lizard llama mole monkey moose mouse mule newt '
         'otter owl panda parrot pigeon python rabbit ram rat raven '
         'rhino salmon seal shark sheep skunk sloth snake spider '
         'stork swan tiger toad trout turkey turtle weasel whale wolf '
         'wombat zebra ').split()


rendom_choice = random.choice(hangman_game)

blank = ['_' for i in range(len(rendom_choice))]
print(' '.join(blank))

end_game = False
lives = 6

stages = stages[::-1]


while not end_game:
    user_choice = input('\nEnter your choice : ')

    if len(user_choice) == 0:
        print("You are not enter anything pls try again")
    
    else:
        if user_choice in blank:
            print(f'\nyou already guessed {user_choice}')  
        
        for j in range(len(rendom_choice)):
            if user_choice in rendom_choice[j]:
                blank[j] = user_choice
        
        print(f'\n{" ".join(blank) }\n')

        
        if user_choice not in rendom_choice:
            lives-=1
            if lives == 0 :
                print('You lose.')
                print(f'Word is: {rendom_choice}')
                end_game = True
            
        print(stages[lives])
        
        
        if '_' not in blank:
            end_game = True
            print('You win.')

Output

_ _ _ _

ENter your choice : a

_ a _ _


  +---+
  |   |
      |
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      |
=========

ENter your choice : e

_ a _ _


  +---+
  |   |
  O   |
      |
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=========

ENter your choice : r

_ a _ _


  +---+
  |   |
  O   |
  |   |
      |
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=========

ENter your choice : e

_ a _ _


  +---+
  |   |
  O   |
 /|   |
      |
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=========

ENter your choice : t

_ a _ _


  +---+
  |   |
  O   |
 /|\  |
      |
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=========

ENter your choice : s

_ a _ _


  +---+
  |   |
  O   |
 /|\  |
 /    |
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=========

ENter your choice : t

_ a _ _

You lose.
Word is: hawk

  +---+
  |   |
  O   |
 /|\  |
 / \  |
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=========

Hope this post helped you to create a simple hangman game in python -thank you.