hangman.py

# Hey Computer, we're talking in Python!
#!/usr/bin/python

# We'll need some random functionality in this game :-)
import random

# The list of words we want the computer to choose from
words = ['dog', 'cat', 'computer', 'science']
rightGuessedLetters = []
wrongGuessedLetters = []
guesses = 0


# ------------------------------ FUNCTIONS ----------------------------------------------------------

# An instruction that tells the computer to get a random word from the word list
def getWord():
  return random.randint(0, len(words) - 1)

# An instruction to tell the computer to ask the player for their guess
def getGuess():
  for letter in wordLetters:
      if(letter in rightGuessedLetters):
        print letter,
      else:
        print "_",

  guesses = guesses + 1

  return raw_input("\n\nGuess: ")

# ------------------------------ END FUNCTIONS ------------------------------------------------------

word = getWord()
wordLetters = list(words[word])


print "\n #define 2013 - H A N G M A N! \n"
print "Your word to guess is " + str(len(words[word])) + " letters long."

while True:
  # Run the function that asks the player for a guess
  guess = getGuess()

  # If the guess was in our randomly chosen word, yay! 
  if(guess in words[word]):
    rightGuessedLetters.append(guess)
    print "Awesome, nice guess!"

    if(len(rightGuessedLetters) == len(words[word])):
      print "\n\nCongratulations! You guessed it :-)"
      print "The word was... " + words[word] + "\n\n"
      break

  # If the guess wasn't in our randomly chosen word, damn! 
  else:
    wrongGuessedLetters.append(guess)
    if guesses == 0:
      print "________      "
      print "|      |      "
      print "|             "
      print "|             "
      print "|             "
      print "|             "
    elif guesses == 1:
      print "________      "
      print "|      |      "
      print "|      0      "
      print "|             "
      print "|             "
      print "|             "
    elif guesses == 2:
      print "________      "
      print "|      |      "
      print "|      0      "
      print "|     /       "
      print "|             "
      print "|             "
    elif guesses == 3:
      print "________      "
      print "|      |      "
      print "|      0      "
      print "|     /|      "
      print "|             "
      print "|             "
    elif guesses == 4:
      print "________      "
      print "|      |      "
      print "|      0      "
      print "|     /|\     "
      print "|             "
      print "|             "
    elif guesses == 5:
      print "________      "
      print "|      |      "
      print "|      0      "
      print "|     /|\     "
      print "|     /       "
      print "|             "
    else:
      print "________      "
      print "|      |      "
      print "|      0      "
      print "|     /|\     "
      print "|     / \     "
      print "|             "

    # The player has 7 lives, if they guess incorrectly 7 times, they're dead! 
    if(len(wrongGuessedLetters) == 7):
      print "Dead!"
      print "The word was... " + words[word]
      break