Virtual Hat

virtual_hat.rb

require 'pp'
@candidates = {
  "Joseph Childress" => 7,
  "Brian Reavey" => 6,
  "Vaughn Hester" => 10,
  "Lukas Biewald" => 1
}
def pick_winner
  pool = @candidates.map do |name, quarters|
    [name] * quarters
  end.flatten.shuffle
  winner = pool[rand(pool.length)]
  @candidates.delete(winner)
  winner
end

@script = {
  :welcome => "Welcome to CVP's amazing virtual hat!",
  :current_candidates => "Our current candidates are",
  :lucky_winner => "And our lucky winner is..." 
}

@exclamations = ["fuck", "shit", "bloody hell", "yowza"]

puts "#{@script[:welcome]}\n\n\n\n"
`say "#{@script[:welcome]}"`

funny = 0
while(@candidates.length > 0) do
  funny += 1
  puts "#{@script[:current_candidates]}"
  `say "#{@script[:current_candidates]}"`
  pp @candidates
  i = @candidates.length
  @candidates.map do |name,likelihood|
    `say "#{name}"`
    i -= 1
    `say "and"` unless i == 0
  end
  puts "\nPress Enter to draw a name!"
  `say "Let's.... do.... this!....'"`
  foo = gets
  puts "#{@script[:lucky_winner]}"
  Thread.new do
    `say "#{@script[:lucky_winner]}"`
  end
  whirly = ["|", "/", "-", "\\",]
  80.times do |i|
    i += 1
    $stdout.print whirly[i % 4]
    $stdout.flush
    $stdout.print "\r\r"
    sleep(0.04)
  end
  winner = pick_winner
  Thread.new do
    5.times do
      `say "#{winner}"`
    end
  end
  5.times do |i|
    $stdout.print "\r\r\r\r\r\r\r\r\r\r\r\r\r\r\r\r\r\r\r\r\r"
    $stdout.print winner+"!!!!!"
    $stdout.flush
    sleep(0.8)
    $stdout.print "\r\r\r\r\r\r\r\r\r\r\r\r\r\r\r\r\r\r\r\r\r"
    $stdout.print "                        "
    $stdout.flush
    sleep(0.8)
  end
  puts "\n\n"
  `say "Well #{@exclamations[rand(@exclamations.length)]}, that was fun!"`
  `say "Let's do it again"`
  if funny == 1
    `say "Wait, hold up...  This just in... I've detected a DIY user has just spent 5 million dollars and only given us 5... Oh well."`
  end
end