Hello everyone. Welcome to today’s tutorial. In today’s tutorial, we will learn how to create the hangman game. To build this game, we need HTML, CSS and vanilla javascript.
Let us see how this game works. The hangman game provides the user with three options to choose from. These options are – ‘Fruits’, ‘Animals’ and ‘Countries’. Once the user selects the option, the computer chooses a word from the corresponding category.
Now, the user has to guess the chosen word using the letter buttons provided on the screen. The user can make six wrong attempts before he loses the game.
If the user guesses the word, we display a winning message on the screen. If not, we display a lost message. Along with this message, we also provide the user with the solution and a button to start ‘New Game’.
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Project Folder Structure:
Let us take a look at the project folder structure. We create a project folder called – ‘ Hangman Game’. Inside this folder, we have three files- index.html, style.css and script.js. These are the HTML document, the stylesheet and the script file respectively.
HTML:
We begin with the HTML code. The HTML creates the elements necessary to build the structure of our project. Now copy the code below and paste it into your HTML document.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
<title>Hangman</title>
<!-- Google Fonts -->
<link
href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Poppins:wght@400;600&display=swap"
rel="stylesheet"
/>
<!-- Stylesheet -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" />
</head>
<body>
<div class="container">
<div id="options-container"></div>
<div id="letter-container" class="letter-container hide"></div>
<div id="user-input-section"></div>
<canvas id="canvas"></canvas>
<div id="new-game-container" class="new-game-popup hide">
<div id="result-text"></div>
<button id="new-game-button">New Game</button>
</div>
</div>
<!-- Script -->
<script src="script.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
CSS:
Next, we style these elements to give them a modern and sleek look. To do this we use CSS. First copy the code provided to you below and paste it into your stylesheet.
* {
padding: 0;
margin: 0;
box-sizing: border-box;
font-family: "Poppins", sans-serif;
}
body {
background-color: #f4c531;
}
.container {
font-size: 16px;
background-color: #ffffff;
width: 90vw;
max-width: 34em;
position: absolute;
transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
top: 50%;
left: 50%;
padding: 3em;
border-radius: 0.6em;
box-shadow: 0 1.2em 2.4em rgba(111, 85, 0, 0.25);
}
#options-container {
text-align: center;
}
#options-container div {
width: 100%;
display: flex;
justify-content: space-between;
margin: 1.2em 0 2.4em 0;
}
#options-container button {
padding: 0.6em 1.2em;
border: 3px solid #000000;
background-color: #ffffff;
color: #000000;
border-radius: 0.3em;
text-transform: capitalize;
}
#options-container button:disabled {
border: 3px solid #808080;
color: #808080;
background-color: #efefef;
}
#options-container button.active {
background-color: #f4c531;
border: 3px solid #000000;
color: #000000;
}
.letter-container {
width: 100%;
display: flex;
flex-wrap: wrap;
justify-content: center;
gap: 0.6em;
}
#letter-container button {
height: 2.4em;
width: 2.4em;
border-radius: 0.3em;
background-color: #ffffff;
}
.new-game-popup {
background-color: #ffffff;
position: absolute;
left: 0;
top: 0;
height: 100%;
width: 100%;
display: flex;
align-items: center;
justify-content: center;
flex-direction: column;
border-radius: 0.6em;
}
#user-input-section {
display: flex;
justify-content: center;
font-size: 1.8em;
margin: 0.6em 0 1.2em 0;
}
canvas {
display: block;
margin: auto;
border: 1px solid #000000;
}
.hide {
display: none;
}
#result-text h2 {
font-size: 1.8em;
text-align: center;
}
#result-text p {
font-size: 1.25em;
margin: 1em 0 2em 0;
}
#result-text span {
font-weight: 600;
}
#new-game-button {
font-size: 1.25em;
padding: 0.5em 1em;
background-color: #f4c531;
border: 3px solid #000000;
color: #000000;
border-radius: 0.2em;
}
.win-msg {
color: #39d78d;
}
.lose-msg {
color: #fe5152;
}
Javascript:
Lastly, we need to add functionality to this project to make it work. For this we use Javascript. Now copy the code below and paste it into your script file.
//Initial References
const letterContainer = document.getElementById("letter-container");
const optionsContainer = document.getElementById("options-container");
const userInputSection = document.getElementById("user-input-section");
const newGameContainer = document.getElementById("new-game-container");
const newGameButton = document.getElementById("new-game-button");
const canvas = document.getElementById("canvas");
const resultText = document.getElementById("result-text");
//Options values for buttons
let options = {
fruits: [
"Apple",
"Blueberry",
"Mandarin",
"Pineapple",
"Pomegranate",
"Watermelon",
],
animals: ["Hedgehog", "Rhinoceros", "Squirrel", "Panther", "Walrus", "Zebra"],
countries: [
"India",
"Hungary",
"Kyrgyzstan",
"Switzerland",
"Zimbabwe",
"Dominica",
],
};
//count
let winCount = 0;
let count = 0;
let chosenWord = "";
//Display option buttons
const displayOptions = () => {
optionsContainer.innerHTML += `<h3>Please Select An Option</h3>`;
let buttonCon = document.createElement("div");
for (let value in options) {
buttonCon.innerHTML += `<button class="options" onclick="generateWord('${value}')">${value}</button>`;
}
optionsContainer.appendChild(buttonCon);
};
//Block all the Buttons
const blocker = () => {
let optionsButtons = document.querySelectorAll(".options");
let letterButtons = document.querySelectorAll(".letters");
//disable all options
optionsButtons.forEach((button) => {
button.disabled = true;
});
//disable all letters
letterButtons.forEach((button) => {
button.disabled.true;
});
newGameContainer.classList.remove("hide");
};
//Word Generator
const generateWord = (optionValue) => {
let optionsButtons = document.querySelectorAll(".options");
//If optionValur matches the button innerText then highlight the button
optionsButtons.forEach((button) => {
if (button.innerText.toLowerCase() === optionValue) {
button.classList.add("active");
}
button.disabled = true;
});
//initially hide letters, clear previous word
letterContainer.classList.remove("hide");
userInputSection.innerText = "";
let optionArray = options[optionValue];
//choose random word
chosenWord = optionArray[Math.floor(Math.random() * optionArray.length)];
chosenWord = chosenWord.toUpperCase();
//replace every letter with span containing dash
let displayItem = chosenWord.replace(/./g, '<span class="dashes">_</span>');
//Display each element as span
userInputSection.innerHTML = displayItem;
};
//Initial Function (Called when page loads/user presses new game)
const initializer = () => {
winCount = 0;
count = 0;
//Initially erase all content and hide letteres and new game button
userInputSection.innerHTML = "";
optionsContainer.innerHTML = "";
letterContainer.classList.add("hide");
newGameContainer.classList.add("hide");
letterContainer.innerHTML = "";
//For creating letter buttons
for (let i = 65; i < 91; i++) {
let button = document.createElement("button");
button.classList.add("letters");
//Number to ASCII[A-Z]
button.innerText = String.fromCharCode(i);
//character button click
button.addEventListener("click", () => {
let charArray = chosenWord.split("");
let dashes = document.getElementsByClassName("dashes");
//if array contains clciked value replace the matched dash with letter else dram on canvas
if (charArray.includes(button.innerText)) {
charArray.forEach((char, index) => {
//if character in array is same as clicked button
if (char === button.innerText) {
//replace dash with letter
dashes[index].innerText = char;
//increment counter
winCount += 1;
//if winCount equals word lenfth
if (winCount == charArray.length) {
resultText.innerHTML = `<h2 class='win-msg'>You Win!!</h2><p>The word was <span>${chosenWord}</span></p>`;
//block all buttons
blocker();
}
}
});
} else {
//lose count
count += 1;
//for drawing man
drawMan(count);
//Count==6 because head,body,left arm, right arm,left leg,right leg
if (count == 6) {
resultText.innerHTML = `<h2 class='lose-msg'>You Lose!!</h2><p>The word was <span>${chosenWord}</span></p>`;
blocker();
}
}
//disable clicked button
button.disabled = true;
});
letterContainer.append(button);
}
displayOptions();
//Call to canvasCreator (for clearing previous canvas and creating initial canvas)
let { initialDrawing } = canvasCreator();
//initialDrawing would draw the frame
initialDrawing();
};
//Canvas
const canvasCreator = () => {
let context = canvas.getContext("2d");
context.beginPath();
context.strokeStyle = "#000";
context.lineWidth = 2;
//For drawing lines
const drawLine = (fromX, fromY, toX, toY) => {
context.moveTo(fromX, fromY);
context.lineTo(toX, toY);
context.stroke();
};
const head = () => {
context.beginPath();
context.arc(70, 30, 10, 0, Math.PI * 2, true);
context.stroke();
};
const body = () => {
drawLine(70, 40, 70, 80);
};
const leftArm = () => {
drawLine(70, 50, 50, 70);
};
const rightArm = () => {
drawLine(70, 50, 90, 70);
};
const leftLeg = () => {
drawLine(70, 80, 50, 110);
};
const rightLeg = () => {
drawLine(70, 80, 90, 110);
};
//initial frame
const initialDrawing = () => {
//clear canvas
context.clearRect(0, 0, context.canvas.width, context.canvas.height);
//bottom line
drawLine(10, 130, 130, 130);
//left line
drawLine(10, 10, 10, 131);
//top line
drawLine(10, 10, 70, 10);
//small top line
drawLine(70, 10, 70, 20);
};
return { initialDrawing, head, body, leftArm, rightArm, leftLeg, rightLeg };
};
//draw the man
const drawMan = (count) => {
let { head, body, leftArm, rightArm, leftLeg, rightLeg } = canvasCreator();
switch (count) {
case 1:
head();
break;
case 2:
body();
break;
case 3:
leftArm();
break;
case 4:
rightArm();
break;
case 5:
leftLeg();
break;
case 6:
rightLeg();
break;
default:
break;
}
};
//New Game
newGameButton.addEventListener("click", initializer);
window.onload = initializer;
That’s it for this tutorial. If you have any issues while creating this code you can download the source code by clicking on the ‘Download Code’ button below. If you have queries, suggestions or feedback you can drop them in the comments below.
Happy Coding!
ertertert
Updat code to Hungarian characters as well?