Python Rock Paper Scissors Game
Planning
The first thing that I always do before coding a larger program is plan my game. I usually get out a piece of paper and sketch out my ideas for the different functions, variables and the user interface (the text screen).
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Player Choice Function
The first function that we are going to develop is the playerChoice() function.
This function will:
- Ask the user for an input
- Check if it is an acceptable input
- If it isn’t repeat the process of asking
- If it is, return either rock, scissors or paper.
Computer Choice Function
The next function we will create is the computer choice function
This function will:
- Pick a random choice from the list [“rock”,”paper”,”scissors”]
- Return the choice
Play a round function
The next part of our program is the play a round function. Here we will start to combine the other functions to make a basic working version of the game.
Main Function
Finally we pull the whole thing together with a main function. The job of this function is to:
- Run the code for each round
- Keep track of the round
- Keep track of the score
- Print out the final score
Complete Game Code