Hangman example

config.py

LOGO = """
 _                                             
| |                                            
| |__   __ _ _ __   __ _ _ __ ___   __ _ _ __  
| '_ \ / _` | '_ \ / _` | '_ ` _ \ / _` | '_ \ 
| | | | (_| | | | | (_| | | | | | | (_| | | | |
|_| |_|\__,_|_| |_|\__, |_| |_| |_|\__,_|_| |_|
                    __/ |                      
                   |___/                       
"""

PHRASES = (
    "Hello, world!",
    "Life is simply unfair, don't you think?",
    "I love this world, because you're in it!",
    "I love you, and all you guys!",
    "It amuses me!",
    "Never leave a debt unpaid!",
)

STAGES = (
"""
■■==========
||       |  
||       O  
||\     /|\ 
|| \    / \ 
■■■■■■■■■■■■
""",
    
"""
■■==========
||       |  
||       O  
||\     /|\ 
|| \        
■■■■■■■■■■■■
""",

"""
■■==========
||       |  
||       O  
||\      |  
|| \        
■■■■■■■■■■■■
""",

"""
■■==========
||       |  
||          
||\         
|| \        
■■■■■■■■■■■■
""",

"""
■■          
||          
||          
||\         
|| \        
■■■■■■■■■■■■
""",

"""
            
            
||          
||\         
|| \        
■■■■■■■■■■■■
""",

"""
            
            
            
            
|| \        
■■■■■■■■■■■■
""",

"""
            
            
            
            
            
■■■■■■■■■■■■
""",

"""
            
            
            
            
            
            
""",
)

hangman.py

import random

from config import LOGO, PHRASES, STAGES

def hangman() -> bool:
    """
    Play a game of Hangman

    The return value is a boolean that indicates if the game was won.
    """

    lives = len(STAGES)-1
    correct_phrase = random.choice(PHRASES).strip()
    player_phrase = ['_' if char.isalnum() else char for char in correct_phrase]
    guessed_letters = set()

    while lives > 0:
        char = input("Guess a character: ").strip().lower()
        if len(char) > 1:
            # Player is attempting to guess the entire phrase
            if char == correct_phrase.lower():
                return True

        elif len(char) == 1:
            # Player is guessing a single character
            if char in guessed_letters:
                print("You already tried that.")
                continue

            found = False
            guessed_letters.add(char)

            for idx, c in enumerate(correct_phrase.lower()):
                if c == char:
                    player_phrase[idx] = correct_phrase[idx]  # Preserves casing
                    found = True
            if not found:
                print("Character not in phrase")
                lives -= 1

        else:
            continue

        print(f"Current status:\n{STAGES[lives]}\nCurrent phrase: {''.join(player_phrase)}\nCharacters tried: {guessed_letters}\n")

        if ''.join(player_phrase) == correct_phrase:
            return True

    return False

def main():
    print(LOGO)
    while True:
        if hangman():
            print("You won!")
        else:
            print("You lost.")
        if not input("Play again? (no input = no)").strip():
            break

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()