Overview

I made a simple version of the game Hangman. The player has a choice of five categories, one of which can be added onto by the user themselves. The program will then choose a random word from the category, and it's up to the player to guess what the word is. If the player guesses six incorrect letters, they lose.

I wrote this program to understand how to write in Java better. I learned a few of the basics of the language in high school, but it's been years since I've really gotten into it and programmed with it.

Here's a link to a demo of my program: Software Demo Video

Development Environment

• Visual Studio Code
• Java (OpenJDK, Version 11.0.11) 64-bit
• Git / GitHub

Useful Websites

• W3 Schools - Java Tutorial
• Random Numbers in Java
• Converting a String to a char ArrayList
• Using a char as an input
• How to Check if a File is Empty
• ASCII Alt Codes

Future Work

There are a few things I'd like to one day improve upon this program in the future.

• A more robust selection are to make choosing the Custom List inaccessible if the Custom List is empty
• Allow the Custom List to accept words with spaces as one entry (such as "washing machine" or "radio station")
• Prevent duplicate incorrect guesses from adding to the hangman