Hangman is the console-based Java version of the popular word game Hangman, where the player(s) have to guess one letter at a time to discover a secret phrase.
Every guessed letter that is not present in the solution counts as a mistake; upon reaching a certain amount of mistakes , the game is lost.
If the player(s) can guess the solution before that happens, they win!
In this version of the game, the solution cannot be guessed mid-game, but must rather be uncovered by guessing every letter it contains.
Java Runtime Environment is required.
Using your preferred console, navigate to the folder containing Hangman.jar and run:
java -jar Hangman.jar
NOTE: the program works by picking a random phrase from a file. If you don't want to use a custom file, download the
default films.txt, which contains some film titles, and place it in the same directory as the game.
You can pick a custom phrases file and/or a custom limit for player mistakes either after finishing a game or when first running the program.
To pick a custom file, give its path to the first argument of the program:
java -jar Hangman.jar my_file.txt
The custom file must be plain text and contain one phrase per line.
Note that case is ignored internally.
To set a custom limit to the mistakes the player(s) are allowed to make (default: 10), give it as the second argument to the program; for example, to set the limit to 5:
java -jar Hangman.jar my_file.txt 5
If you want to set the limit but not use a custom file, provide - as the first argument:
java -jar Hangman.jar - 5