NickLueth / Console-Hangman

Python hangman game in console

Console-Hangman

Console Hangman allows you to play hangman from the comfort of either your Windows command line or your unix based terminal.

How to play the game on Windows

1. Save the Console-Hangman-master.zip
2. Unzip Console-Hangman-master.zip
   1. You can use tools like WinRAR or 7Zip
3. Make sure you have python3 downloaded, if you don't follow the following link: https://www.python.org/
4. Open up your cmd by searching "cmd" in the windows search
5. Take note of the name of your user
6. If your Console-Hangman-master folder is on your Desktop, type the following command:

python3 C:\Users\<Your hostname>\Desktop\Console-Hangman-master\Hangman.py
Essentially, just type python3 followed by the absolute path of the Hangman.py file.

You can also just right click on Hangman.py and open with python3 if you aren't very technically savvy.

How to play the game on Mac and Linux

1. Save the Console-Hangman-master.zip
2. Unzip Console-Hangman-master.zip
   1. On Mac you can use archive utility
   2. On Linux you can use the unzip command (Assuming the zip file is on your desktop):
      1. unzip ~/Desktop/Console-Hangman-master.zip
3. Make sure you have python3 downloaded, if you don't follow the following link: https://www.python.org/
4. If your Console-Hangman-master folder is on your Desktop, type the following command:

python3 ~/Desktop/Console-Hangman-master/Hangman.py
Essentially, just type python3 followed by the absolute path of the Hangman.py file.