Python Waiting (Time Guessing) Game

Introduction

In this tutorial we walk through the process of making a simple guessing game. Basic steps to follow are:

Display and introduction to the user.
Tell them how many seconds they need to wait before pressing enter
Wait until the user presses enter
Calculate the difference and tell them how well they did

Remember! If you are feeling confident, see if you can have a go at coding the game without watching the tutorial! You can always fall back on the tutorial if you get to a difficult bit!

Video Tutorial

Here is the full video tutorial. Make sure you listen to, as well as watch, the video as I explain how things work and why I did things the way I did them

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Full Code

	import random, time,os

	while True: #infinite loop
	os.system('cls') # linux - clear
	print("Welcome to the waiting game!")
	print("\n\n")
	print("Instructions\n")
	print("You will be told to wait a number of seconds.")
	print("Wait that number of seconds and then press ENTER")
	print("Are you ready? Press ENTER to start...")
	input()

	waitingTime = random.randint(5,10)
	start = time.time()
	input("please wait for " + str(waitingTime) + " seconds")
	end = time.time()
	elapsed = end - start

	difference = abs(round(waitingTime - elapsed,2))



	print("You were " + str(difference) + " seconds out")

	if difference < 0.5:
	print("Well done, you have good time keeping!")

	elif difference < 1:
	print("You did okay!!")
	else:
	print("You were rubbish!!!!")

	input("Press ENTER to try again")

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Stretch Challenges

Add an option to choose the difficult level, with the harder option having a longer wait time.
Add a high score table to your game where the player name and score is saved to a high score txt file (or database/csv/pickle file!)