hangman [OPTIONS]
Hangman is an arcade game where you have to guess a random word.
Best played with cool-retro-term
bash, coreutils, libpulse, ncurses, words.
Clone this repository and,
Install: make install
Uninstall: make uninstall
hangman [splash] [easy | hard] [rank] [quiet]
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splash
Show a splash screen.
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easy
Select easy mode.
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hard
Select hard mode.
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rank
Display score board and exit.
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quiet
Disable ingame sounds.
Guess a random word by entering letters and try to get as much points as possible.
To help you, the first and the last letter are shown.
The game also displays the maximum score you can get if you make no mistake.
You start the game with 10 energy points. For each incorrect letter, you lose 1 energy point.
You lose the game when energy reaches 0.
If you enter 3 correct letters in a row, game enters chain mode. In this mode, you start to earn points and next correct letters grant extra points.
Letters that are visible at the beginning of a game can also be played anytime to get more points or to initiate chain mode.
If you guess a word flawlessly, you get bonus points.
If you get 3 or more flawless victories in a row, you also get bonus points.
In easy mode you get 1 energy point for each correct letter entered when in chain mode.
In normal and hard mode you get 1 energy point every 2 victories.
In normal mode, energy is fully refilled every 6 victories.
In hard mode, energy is fully refilled every 10 victories.
Victory:
- letters x energy
Chain:
- easy: (chain-2) x 50
- normal: (chain-2) x 100
- hard: (chain-2) x 150
Flawless:
- easy: 250
- normal: 500
- hard: 1000
Streak:
- easy: streak x 500
- normal: streak x 2500
- hard: streak x 5000