bmeyer99/yahtzee

Yahtzee CLI Game

Overview

Yahtzee CLI Game is a command-line implementation of the popular dice game Yahtzee. It allows users to play Yahtzee directly from their terminal. Roll the dice, score your combinations, and compete for the highest score!

The catalyst for this project was to create a yahtzee iMessage game for my daughter and I to play. I did this to get a hang of the logic behind the game and then quickly realized that no one creates iMessage games anymore. I also started this project to test out the new Github CoPilot within VS Code and all I can say is HOLY COW!!! I started this yesterday with no code, and honestly forgetting how to start a python file. I then performed some prompts on ChatGPT This got me going and then I used CoPilot and ChatGPT to greatly assist in this project. This is not meant to be perfect and CoPilot or ChatGPT aren't even close to perfect but it is tremendously helpful. CoPilot alone removes so much extra typing. To be able to write psuedo-code and then have copilot fill in the details, be careful, its wrong a lot and adds weird little bugs here and there.

There are so many things I want to add. Maybe I'll take this and make web version.

Features

• Roll the dice: The game automatically rolls the dice for you.
• Score combinations: Choose from various scoring categories to score your dice rolls.
• Scorecard display: See your current scores and track your progress on the scorecard.
• Automatic turn progression: The game progresses through 13 turns automatically.
• Interactive gameplay: The game prompts the user for inputs and displays information during gameplay.
• Randomized dice rolls: The dice are rolled randomly for each turn.

Installation

1. Clone the repository: git clone https://github.com/your-username/yahtzee-cli-game.git
2. Navigate to the project directory: cd yahtzee-cli-game
3. Install the required dependencies: NO DEPENDENCIES

Usage

1. Run the game: python yahtzee.py
2. Follow the prompts in the terminal to play the game.
3. Make choices by entering the corresponding numbers or letters.
4. Enjoy playing Yahtzee!

Rules

The rules of Yahtzee can be found here.

Example

$ python yahtzee.py

Welcome to Yahtzee!

Turn 1 of 13:
First rolling of the dice...
Roll 1...
Your roll: [2, 4, 1, 6, 3]
Possible categories: ['ones', 'twos', 'threes', 'fours', 'fives', 'sixes', 'three-of-a-kind', 'four-of-a-kind', 'full house', 'small straight', 'large straight', 'yahtzee', 'chance']

Choose a category to score:
1. Ones
2. Twos
3. Threes
4. Fours
5. Fives
6. Sixes
7. Three-of-a-kind
8. Four-of-a-kind
9. Full house
10. Small straight
11. Large straight
12. Yahtzee
13. Chance

Enter the number of your choice: 4

Scorecard:
1. Ones: Not scored yet
2. Twos: Not scored yet
3. Threes: Not scored yet
4. Fours: 12
5. Fives: Not scored yet
6. Sixes: Not scored yet
7. Three-of-a-kind: Not scored yet
8. Four-of-a-kind: Not scored yet
9. Full house: Not scored yet
10. Small straight: Not scored yet
11. Large straight: Not scored yet
12. Yahtzee: Not scored yet
13. Chance: Not scored yet

Turn 2 of 13:
First rolling of the dice...
Roll 1...
Your roll: [1, 2, 4, 4, 5]
Possible categories: ['ones', 'twos', 'threes', 'fives', 'sixes', 'three-of-a-kind', 'four-of-a-kind', 'full house', 'small straight', 'large straight', 'yahtzee', 'chance']

Choose a category to score:
1. Ones
2. Twos
3. Threes
4. Fours
5. Fives
6. Sixes
7. Three-of-a-kind
8. Four-of-a-kind