Pyzzle
A puzzle game coded entirely in Python.
This is a school project created by me, Mohit Singh.
The .exe file, created from the main.py script, is a short puzzle game with a plethora of little features and details.
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The moment you enter the game, it first checks if you are a
returning player and displays a short tutorial accordingly. Even if
the game has been played on your device once, it skips the tutorial.
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It then asks for your name. If you are a returning player, it then
displays your highest score yet, else it skips to the main menu of
the game.
Prompt for name:
Displaying highest score of the player:
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In the main menu, you can select one option from 'Play', 'Tutorial',
'Scoreboard', or 'Quit', to perform the respective actions. This
selection can be performed by typing in the required command. I have
also made sure that case doesn't matter anywhere in the game, making
the experience just a bit better.
Main Menu:
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Selecting 'Play' launches the main game. This consists of a
series of questions which you have to answer correctly. Some of
the questions also have certain time limits and you are given
points on the basis of the time you take. The quicker you
answer, greater points you score. If you answer incorrectly or
take too much time, you lose the game. Here, I have created a
short answer checking algorithm so that it is not necessary to
enter all the words correctly. If even a part (single word) of
the answer matches the correct answer, then full points are
given. (For example, 'an egg' is treated to be same as 'egg' or
'the egg').
Gameplay:
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Selecting 'Tutorial' brings up the same short tutorial that is
shown to new users.
Tutorial:
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Selecting 'Scoreboard' brings up the scoreboard with a list of
scores of all the players, arranged in descending order
according to the respective scores. You are automatically
returned to the main menu after 5 seconds.
Scoreboard:
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Selecting 'Quit' save the current progress and closes the game
window.
Quit Game:
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Selecting 'Play' launches the main game. This consists of a
series of questions which you have to answer correctly. Some of
the questions also have certain time limits and you are given
points on the basis of the time you take. The quicker you
answer, greater points you score. If you answer incorrectly or
take too much time, you lose the game. Here, I have created a
short answer checking algorithm so that it is not necessary to
enter all the words correctly. If even a part (single word) of
the answer matches the correct answer, then full points are
given. (For example, 'an egg' is treated to be same as 'egg' or
'the egg').
Troubleshooting Features
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Right when the game starts and asks for your name, if you input
'reset' or 'restore', it will perform the respective actions.
'Reset' renames the score.txt file to old_score.txt, thus creating a
backup of the previous score as well as resetting the game to the
fresh-install state. 'Restore' searches for the old_score.txt file
and reverts it back to score.txt, thus bringing back the old scores.
Reset and Restore:
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While in the main menu, you can type 'reset' to perform the same
action as in 1, except for the fact that in this case, the game also
saves the current player's score in the backup and then closes the
window.
Reset in Main Menu:
