simple hangman

hangman-words.txt

Hungary | Budapest
Switzerland | Bern
Germany | Berlin
Austria | Vienna
England | London
Scotland | Edinborough

hangman.py

import random

# intro
print("Welcome to Hangman")

# select difficulty
while True:
    print("Please choose a difficulty level:")
    print("[1] Easy   - 5 ♥")
    print("[2] Medium - 4 ♥")
    print("[3] Hard   - 3 ♥")

    difficulty = input()

    # validate difficulty and set lives
    if difficulty == "1":
        print("You've chosen the easy level, you start with 5 ♥!")
        lives = 5
    elif difficulty == "2":
        print("You've chosen the medium level, you start with 4 ♥!")
        lives = 4
    elif difficulty == "3":
        print("You've chosen the hard level, you start with 3 ♥!")
        lives = 3
    else:
        print(f"'{difficulty}' is not a valid difficulty level!")
        continue
    break

# read in guess word pool
with open("hangman-words.txt", "r") as hangman_fp:
    capitals = []
    for line in hangman_fp:
        capital = line.split("|")[1].strip()
        capitals.append(capital)

# randomly pick a word to guess
word_to_guess = random.choice(capitals)

# start the guess loop
already_guessed_letters = [" "]
while True:
    # display the word to guess in masked form
    for letter in word_to_guess:
        if letter.lower() in already_guessed_letters:
            print(f"{letter} ", end="")
        else:
            print("_ ", end="")
    print(word_to_guess, end="")
    print()

    # read in and validate the guessed letter
    guess = input("Guess a letter: ").lower()
    if guess == "quit":
        print("Thanks for playing! Quitting...")
        break
    if not guess.isalpha() or len(guess) != 1:
        print(f"'{guess}' is not a valid guess. Please type a single letter only!")
        continue
    if guess in already_guessed_letters:
        print(f"'{guess}' was already guessed before!")
        continue

    # check if the letter is in the word
    if guess not in word_to_guess.lower():
        lives = lives - 1
        print(f"Wrong guess! You have {lives} ♥ left!")
        if lives == 0:
            print("You lose!")
            break

    # add the letter to the already guessed list
    already_guessed_letters.append(guess)

    # check if the word is guessed
    letters_found = 0
    for letter in word_to_guess:
        if letter.lower() in already_guessed_letters:
            letters_found = letters_found + 1
    if len(word_to_guess) == letters_found:
        print(f"Congratulations! You guessed '{word_to_guess}' with {lives} ♥ left!")
        break