🪢 Hangman Game

A classic single-player console game built in C++. Guess the hidden word letter by letter before you run out of attempts!

📋 Description

Hangman is a word-guessing game. The program randomly selects a word from a built-in list — your goal is to reveal it by guessing one letter at a time. You have only 6 incorrect guesses before you lose.

Already tried a wrong letter? No penalty — the game reminds you and lets you try again.

🎯 Gameplay Rules

• The program picks a random word from the word list
• Each turn, you guess one letter
• Correct guess — the letter is revealed in the word
• Wrong guess — you lose one of your 6 attempts
• Repeating a previously failed letter — no penalty, just a reminder
• Guess the full word before attempts run out to win

🛠️ Technologies

• C++11
• OOP: Game class with encapsulated state
• <random>: std::mt19937 + std::uniform_int_distribution for fair random word selection
• <set>: std::set for tracking already used wrong letters
• Input validation: std::cin.fail() handling with recovery via cin.clear() / cin.ignore()

🚀 How to Run

Compilation (GCC/Clang):

g++ -std=c++11 Hangman-game.cpp -o Hangman-game
./Hangman-game

Compilation (Visual Studio):

1. Open the project in Visual Studio
2. Press F5 (Run)

📂 Project Structure

Hangman-game/
└── Hangman-game.cpp    # Full game logic

📋 Example Usage

Welcome to the game Hangman!
Word - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Enter letter: S
Word - _ _ _ _ _ _ S _ _ _ _
Enter letter: F
Fail! No letter found. You have only 5 to incorrectly put letter.
Word - _ _ _ _ _ _ S _ _ _ _
Enter letter: F
This letter was already tried and not in the word, try another!
...
You won, congrats!
The true word - I N T E R E S T I N G

🔧 Future Improvements

• Draw the actual hangman ASCII art step by step
• Categories for words (animals, cities, tech terms)
• Difficulty levels (easy / medium / hard word length)
• Score tracking across multiple rounds
• Load words from an external file

👤 Author

Oleksandr Kopii
GitHub: @SamuraiSanch

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