How To Create a Guess The Word Game in C#
in this c# form tutorial , we'll learn how to create an entertaining Guess the Word game using the C# programming language.
game rules:
- The PC presents a word with several missing letters, as in '_c _ a _ a', and it is the user's task to correctly guess the word..
tools:
- c# programming language.
- microsoft visual studio express 2013.
- pixabay.com (images).
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- The Project Source Code
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Windows.Forms;
namespace Csharp_GuessWordGame
{
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
string[] words = new[]{"driver","signature","history", "response",
"president","highway", "computer", "appartment",
"forest", "chocolat", "lawyer"};
int index = 0, score = 0;
Random random = new Random();
// button start
private void button_start_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
index = 0;
score = 0;
label_result.Text = "Result";
label_result.BackColor = Color.Peru;
label_score.Text = "00";
displayWord();
button_next.Enabled = true;
button_start.Enabled = false;
}
// button next
private void button_next_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
checkWord();
if(index < words.Length - 1)
{
index++;
displayWord();
}
}
// create a function to display the words
public void displayWord()
{
int pos1 = random.Next(words[index].Length);
int pos2 = random.Next(words[index].Length);
int pos3 = random.Next(words[index].Length);
string word = words[index];
word = word.Remove(pos1, 1).Insert(pos1, "_");
word = word.Remove(pos2, 1).Insert(pos2, "_");
word = word.Remove(pos3, 1).Insert(pos3, "_");
label_word.Text = word;
}
// create a function to check if the guessed word is correct
public void checkWord()
{
if(textBox_guess.Text.ToLower().Equals(words[index]))
{
label_result.Text = "Correct";
label_result.BackColor = Color.Green;
score++;
}
else
{
label_result.Text = "Wrong";
label_result.BackColor = Color.Red;
}
if(index == words.Length - 1)
{
button_start.Enabled = true;
button_next.Enabled = false;
}
textBox_guess.Text = "";
label_score.Text = score.ToString() + " / " + words.Length.ToString();
}
}
}
OUTPUT:
