Simple Hangman Game in Java

on January 22, 2018

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Hangman Game in Java

In this tutorial, We would like to share example program about, Simple Hangman Game in Java. The example program has been tested and output also attached in the same post.

Project Structure

Hangman Game in Java

What is the Hangman?

The Hangman is a word guessing game. The game tells to the user a random word from the given list, The user tries to guess it by suggesting letters, within a certain number of guesses.

Game Engine

package com.hangman.game;
/**
* 
* @author Dinesh Krishnan
*
*/
public class HangmanGame {
public static String[] easyList = { "one", "two" };
public static String[] mediumList = { "cow", "orange" };
public static String[] hardList = { "computer", "printer" };
private static int count = 0;
public static String word;
public static String gameWord;
/*
* Constructor which accept the game level
*/
public HangmanGame(GameLevel level) {
if (level.getLevel().equals("easy")) {
word = easyList[(int) Math.random() * easyList.length];
} else if (level.getLevel().equals("medium")) {
word = mediumList[(int) Math.random() * mediumList.length];
} else if (level.getLevel().equals("hard")) {
word = hardList[(int) Math.random() * hardList.length];
}
gameWord = new String(new char[word.length()]).replace("\0", "-");
}
/**
* The main logic of the game
* 
* @param guess
*/
public void hang(String guess) {
guess = guess.toLowerCase(); // converting to lower case to support case
// sensitive
String newGameWord = "";
for (int i = 0; i < word.length(); i++) {
if (word.charAt(i) == guess.charAt(0)) {
newGameWord += guess.charAt(0);
} else if (gameWord.charAt(i) != '-') {
newGameWord += word.charAt(i);
} else {
newGameWord += "-";
}
}
if (gameWord.equals(newGameWord)) { // if the game word and new word are
// eq increasing the count
count++;
System.out.println("wrong guess");
} else {
gameWord = newGameWord;
}
if (gameWord.equals(word)) { // once found correct answer
System.out.println(word);
System.out.println("Correct answer..");
System.exit(0);
}
}
public int getCount() {
return count;
}
public String getGameWord() {
return gameWord;
}
}

Game Level

package com.hangman.game;
/**
* 
* @author Dinesh Krishnan
*
*/
public enum GameLevel {
ESAY("easy"), MEDIUM("medium"), HARD("hard");
private String level;
private GameLevel(String level) {
this.level = level;
}
public String getLevel() {
return level;
}
public static GameLevel getRandam() {
GameLevel[] levels = { GameLevel.ESAY, GameLevel.MEDIUM, GameLevel.HARD };
return levels[(int) (Math.random() * levels.length)];
}
}

Main Application

package com.hangman.game;
import java.util.Scanner;
/**
* 
* @author Dinesh Krishnan
*
*/
public class Game {
static String wordGuessed = "";
public static void main(String[] args) {
HangmanGame game = null;
Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.println("Welcome to Hangman Game");
System.out.println("Select the level : {Easy, Medium, Hard, Random} and type to 'exit' to quit game !!!");
String level = sc.next();
if (level.equalsIgnoreCase(GameLevel.ESAY.getLevel())) { // setting the level from the user selection
game = new HangmanGame(GameLevel.ESAY);
} else if (level.equalsIgnoreCase(GameLevel.MEDIUM.getLevel())) {
game = new HangmanGame(GameLevel.MEDIUM);
} else if (level.equalsIgnoreCase(GameLevel.HARD.getLevel())) {
game = new HangmanGame(GameLevel.HARD);
} else {
game = new HangmanGame(GameLevel.getRandam()); // random level 
}
System.out.println(game.getGameWord());
while (game.getCount() < 5 && true) { // running loop until the count is < 5
String guess = sc.next();
if (guess.equalsIgnoreCase("exit")) {
System.out.println("Game exited");
System.exit(0);
}
game.hang(guess);
wordGuessed += guess.charAt(0); // this is for guessed string
System.out.println(
game.getGameWord() + ", so far " + wordGuessed + " - and number of life " + (5 - game.getCount()));
}
if (game.getCount() >= 5) {
System.out.println("Game over");
sc.close();
System.exit(0);
}
}
}

Download Source Code

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Output

Welcome to Hangman Game
Select the level : {Easy, Medium, Hard, Random} and type to 'exit' to quit game !!!
hard
--------
c
c-------, so far c - and number of life 5
o
co------, so far co - and number of life 5
m
com-----, so far com - and number of life 5
p
comp----, so far comp - and number of life 5
u
compu---, so far compu - and number of life 5
t
comput--, so far comput - and number of life 5
e
compute-, so far compute - and number of life 5
r
computer
Correct answer..