Scare the Crow is my implementation of the classic word game, Hangman. Halloween is right around the corner so I wanted to combine that theme with the story of how, at one point in my life, a crow in my neighborhood used to dive-bomb me for no apparent reason!
The objective of this game is to guess the randomly picked secret word using 6 or less guesses. The user plays the role of a scarecrow with 6 HP (hit points or health points). Each time the player guesses incorrectly, the crow dive-bombs the scarecrow, dealing damage equivalent to 1 HP. If the user guesses the secret word correctly, with HP remaining, the scarecrow successfully scares the crow away! If not, the crow defeats the scarecrow!
https://scarethecrow.netlify.com/
$ git clone https://github.com/Andrew-Kil/scare-the-crow.git
- clone repo
$ cd scare-the-crow- navigate to scare-the-crow directory
$ npm install
- install dependencies
$ npm start
- run dev server
http://localhost:3000/
- should automatically redirect to localhost:3000
- Display the length of the secret word
- Correct guesses will show all occurrences of that letter
- Incorrect guesses will decrement the number of guesses by 1
- Display a list of incorrect guesses
- Display the number of guesses remaining
- Retrieve a list of words from the word dictionary REST API
- 'New Game' option
- App is hosted online
- Responsive design
- Additional options for difficulty:
- Countdown timer, for example:
- X Seconds to pick a letter
- X Seconds to reveal the secret word
- Choose difficulty:
- Easy - X HP
- Normal - X HP
- Hard - X HP
- Helloween - X HP
- Use API parameters to choose more difficult words
- Countdown timer, for example:
- Scoring system
- X Lives, X HP each
- Points scale based on number of guesses or time remaining
- Option to guess the secret word instead of one letter at a time
- Scarecrow diagram
- Opposite of Hangman: Scarecrow diagram appears at start of game and loses a body part every time it takes damage
- Hints
- Reveal a letter at the cost of points or deduct from total hints remaining
- Buffs
- When activated, user can guess as many times within X seconds without penalties
- Potions
- When activated, user regains X HP
- Obtained randomly or X amount of levels
| Task | Completed | Priority |
|---|---|---|
| Guess should only be one character | ✅ | High |
| Guess should be lowercase | ✅ | High |
| Guess should be a letter | ✅ | High |
| Guess should not accept previous guess | ✅ | High |
| Break down Game component into sub-components | ✅ | High |
| Refactor win condition to start new round instead of "Victory!" text | ✅ | High |
| Refactor lose condition to show stats & image instead of "Defeat!" text | ✅ | High |
| Incorporate local storage to save data | ✅ | Medium |
| Track and display score | ✅ | Medium |
| Use API URL parameters to increase/decrease difficulty | ⬜️ | Medium |
| Add option to guess the word | ⬜️ | Medium |
| Update font (Halloween theme) | ✅ | Low |
| Add colors (Halloween theme) | ✅ | Low |
| Add option for hints (TBD) | ⬜️ | Low |
| Add option for buffs (TBD) | ⬜️ | Low |
| Add option for potions (TBD) | ⬜️ | Low |
| Add animation for scarecrow based on HP | ⬜️ | Low |
| Add about/info text | ⬜️ | Low |
| Add sound for valid/invalid guess and/or victory/defeat | ⬜️ | Low |