Psuedocode
- Ask for user input, (p)lay (i)nstructions or (q)uit Should be able to take both letter or full word *play - play the game - start stopwatch to return time taken when they win. *instructions - give instructions to the game *quit - exit the game
- Generate secret code - don't output to player(upcase the code) tell computer to randomize 4 different characters(number random generator/array method called random(argument)/ choose colors randomly at index individually to allow for duplication)
- Get the player input (specify length of input) *can also (q)uit or (c)heat *cheat = the secret code outputted to user *needs to be a string -must be 4 characters long, warn the player if longer or shorter -if not r,b,y,g: warn them to try again case insensitive(upcase to match secret code)
- Compare the user input to secret code 5. if user input == secret code, move to endgame -winning message and number of guesses and time taken 6. if user input != secret code, give hint hint = number of colors correct, and number of positions correct.
- start loop again if not won
Classes & Methods
Game class - to evaluate player input against the secret code.
Guess class - gets player guesses // could be a method in game class
Return class - have user warnings for what they've entered
Notes and ideas
Feedback example '#{user_input}' has #{compare_colors} of the correct elements with #{compare_placement} in the correct positions* You've taken #{number of guesses taken} guess
number of colors correct = any? method for arrays number of correct positions = need a method to compare elements in arrays by index convert user input to an array inside methods as necessary.
start_time = Time.now end_time = Time.now elapsed = end_time - start_time