step 4

Keeping track of the player's lives
2026-10-04 12:41:43 +08:00
parent ce87f23314
commit a76df46b79
6 changed files with 91 additions and 38 deletions
@@ -1,28 +1,32 @@
-"""!
-@file constants.py
-@brief Constants shared across the Hangman game.
-"""
-
-## Character shown for a letter that has not been guessed yet.
-BLANK = "_"
-## Words the computer picks from.
-WORD_LIST = [
-    "aardvark",
-    "baboon",
-    "camel",
-    "dolphin",
-    "elephant",
-    "flamingo",
-    "giraffe",
-    "hedgehog",
-    "iguana",
-    "kangaroo",
-    "leopard",
-    "octopus",
-    "penguin",
-    "squirrel",
-    "tortoise",
-]
+"""!
+@file constants.py
+@brief Constants shared across the Hangman game.
+"""
+
+## Number of wrong guesses the player may make before losing.
+MAX_LIVES = 6
+## Character shown for a letter that has not been guessed yet.
+BLANK = "_"
+## Words the computer picks from.
+WORD_LIST = [
+    "aardvark",
+    "baboon",
+    "camel",
+    "dolphin",
+    "elephant",
+    "flamingo",
+    "giraffe",
+    "hedgehog",
+    "iguana",
+    "kangaroo",
+    "leopard",
+    "octopus",
+    "penguin",
+    "squirrel",
+    "tortoise",
+]

 ## Message shown when the player wins.
 MSG_WIN = "You win!"
+## Message shown when the player loses (the word is appended).
+MSG_LOSE = "You lose. The word was: "