hangmanv3.py

import os,random
#Global variables and lists to be used throughout my program.

wordsList = ["dog","cat","mouse","hyena"]
usedLetters = []
chosenWord = random.choice(wordsList)
lives = 6


stickmen = [
"\
|------\n\
|    O\n\
| ---|---\n\
|   / \\ \n\
|  /   \\ \n\
|_____",

"\
|------\n\
|    O \n\
| ---|---\n\
|\n\
|\n\
|_____",

"\
|------\n\
|    O\n\
|\n\
|\n\
|\n\
|_____",

"\
|------\n\
|\n\
|\n\
|\n\
|\n\
|_____",

"\
|\n\
|\n\
|\n\
|\n\
|_____",

"\n\n\n\n______",

"\n\n\n\n\n",
]


def mainScreen():
  os.system('clear')
  print("Welcome to the Hangman game\n\n")
  drawStickMan() # Draw the stick man
  print("\n\n")
  drawTheWord()
  print("\n\n")
  showUsedLetters()
  print("\n\n")
  getALetter()

def drawStickMan():
  print(stickmen[lives])

def drawTheWord():
  print("I'm the word with blanks")

def showUsedLetters():
  print("Looking I'm drawing the used letters")
  
def getALetter():
  global lives
  global usedLetters
  
  letter = input("please enter a letter")
  if not len(letter) == 1:
    mainScreen()
  elif not letter.isalpha():
    mainScreen()
  elif letter in usedLetters:
    mainScreen()
  else:
    usedLetters.append(letter)
    if not letter in chosenWord:
      lives = lives - 1
    mainScreen()
  
mainScreen()