Guessing game using ipywidgets to enter guesses and not legacy-from-consoles `input()`, related to https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/input-function-not-working/2290/13?u=fomightez

guess_number_script_with reset_v1.py

import ipywidgets as widgets

import random
max_secret = 10
secret = random.randint(1, max_secret)
guesses_allowed = 3
guesses_made = 0
game_still_going = True

# to leave out the quotes around strings sent to `ouptut.update()`, based on https://stackoverflow.com/a/70130979/8508004
class printer(str):
    def __repr__(self):
       return self


slider = widgets.IntSlider(
    value=0,
    min=0,
    max= max_secret,
    step=1,
    description='Slide to Your Guess:',
    disabled=False,
    continuous_update=False,
    orientation='horizontal',
    style= {'description_width': 'initial'},
    readout=True,
    readout_format='d'
)

slider.default_value = slider.value # for resetting slider based on 
# https://stackoverflow.com/a/63592983/8508004

def on_value_change(change):
    global guesses_allowed
    global guesses_made
    global game_still_going
    if game_still_going and (guesses_made < guesses_allowed - 1):
        guesses_made += 1
        if slider.value == secret:
            game_still_going = False
            output.update(printer(f'You win!\nYou guessed on your guess #{guesses_made} the number' + str(slider.value) + f". The secret is: {secret}!\nPress 'Play again' below to see if you are so lucky next time." ))
        else:
            output.update(printer(f"Guess #{guesses_made}:\nToo small" if slider.value < secret else f"Guess #{guesses_made}:\nToo big"))
    elif game_still_going:
        if slider.value == secret:
            game_still_going = False
            output.update(printer(f'You win!\nYou did it on the last of your {guesses_allowed} guesses, you guessed ' + str(slider.value) + f"! The secret was: {secret}" ))
            
        else:
            game_still_going = False
            output.update(printer(f'Sorry. You lose!\nYou failed to guess the number in {guesses_allowed} guesses. Your last guess was ' + str(slider.value) + f". The secret was: {secret}\nPress 'Play again' below to try the guessing game again." ))
    elif (guesses_made >= guesses_allowed - 1) and not game_still_going:
        output.update(printer("THE GAME ENDED ALREADY.\nPress 'Play again' below to try the guessing game again." ))


initial_state_n_rules_text = f"The secret number is a number between 1 and {max_secret}.\nClick and drag the slider from zero to your guess and then release the mouse button to submit your guess.\nYou have three tries. You'll get a hint after each wrong guess."

output = display(printer(initial_state_n_rules_text), display_id=True)
display(slider)

reset_button = widgets.Button(
                description='Play again',
                tooltip='Start again',
                style={'description_width': 'initial'}
            )

def on_button_clicked(event):
    global secret
    global guesses_made
    global game_still_going
    
    secret = random.randint(1, max_secret)
    
    slider.value = slider.default_value # reset slider based on 
    # https://stackoverflow.com/a/63592983/8508004
    # had to put the resetting of `guesses_made` and `game_still_going` after 
    # resetting slider.value or got the note about ga,e having ended
    guesses_made = 0
    game_still_going = True
    output.update(printer(initial_state_n_rules_text))


display(printer("\n\n\n"),reset_button) # The `"\n\n\n"` printed in front of the 
# reset button is to have it below the game area a bit, lessening potential of 
# hitting it mistakenly.
reset_button.on_click(on_button_clicked)

slider.observe(on_value_change, names='value')