ascii-hangman-backend

title: ASCII-Hangman - hangman game for children with ASCII-art rewarding author: Jens Getreu no_filename_sync: true

A little game designed for primary kids to revise vocabulary in classroom. Setting up the vocabulary list is part of the learning process.

Hangman is a paper and pencil guessing game for two or more players. One player thinks of a word, phrase or sentence and the other tries to guess it by suggesting letters or numbers, within a certain number of guesses. In this version for children the computer selects a word, phrase or sentence randomly out of a word-list defined in a configuration file. As a reward, with every guessed letter, some ASCII-art is gradually disclosed. ASCII-Hangman comes with a library containing more than 300 different built-in ASCII-art images.

ASCII-ART HANGMAN FOR KIDS

          ,.
         (_|,.
        ,' /, )_____
     __j o``-'
    (")
     `-j
       `-._(
          |_\  |--^.
         /_]'|_| /_
            /_]'  /

Lifes:	7 	Last guess: k

 g o o d   l u _ k

Type a letter, then press [Enter]:

ASCII Hangman is available as a Web-Application and as a Desktop-Terminal-Application for several architectures. Try ASCII-Hangman-Web-App online.

Highlights:

• simple, non distracting user interface,
• setting up word lists is part of the learning process,
• visual non distracting reward system with more than 300 built-in ASCII-art images,
• no built in traditional gallows image,
• designed for group learning in classroom,
• fully configurable:
  • design your own ASCII-art (depending on the learning subject) and associate it with your word list,
  • provide the user with hints by disclosing some characters from the start,
• web-application: play without installation,
• desktop versions: play without network access,
• open source software: guaranteed availability, always free of charge.

The first versions of ASCII-hangman were published as desktop versions only. With the rising of cyber-crime and the following security related restrictions, it became more and more difficult for teachers to install their own software. This is why from version 5.0 on, ASCII-hangman is also available as web-application.

Read more in ASCII-Hangman's user manual.

Documentation

User documentation:

• User manual:

  ASCII-Hangman user manual - html

  ASCII-Hangman user manual - pdf

Developer documentation:

• API documentation

Source code

Repository:

• ASCII-Hangman on Gitlab

• ASCII-Hangman on Github (mirror)

Distribution

ASCII-Hangman web application

As the ASCII-Hangman-Web-App is hosted on https://getreu.net, there is nothing to install. Just follow the link and enjoy playing: ASCII-Hangman-Web-App

ASCII-Hangman desktop version

• Binaries for latest release (Linux, Windows, iOS)

  1. Open: Releases - getreu/ascii-hangman

  2. Open the latest release.

  3. Open assets.

  4. Download the packed executable for your operating system.

  5. Installation: see below.

• Binaries and packages (usually built from latest commit):

  • Executable for Windows:

    x86_64-pc-windows-gnu/release/ascii-hangman.exe

  • Binary for Linux:

    x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/release/ascii-hangman

    x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/release/ascii-hangman

  • Package for Debian and Ubuntu:

    x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/debian/ascii-hangman_5.7.2_amd64.deb

• Zipfile with all binaries and documentation:

  • ascii-hangman all

Building and installing

This section describes how to download and build the desktop version of ASCII-Hangman.

1. Install Rust, e.g.

   curl https://sh.rustup.rs -sSf | sh
   

2. Download, compile and install:

   cargo install ascii-hangman
   sudo cp ~/.cargo/bin/ascii-hangman /usr/local/bin
   

   See also the user manual for a more detailed installation description.

This project follows Semantic Versioning.

About

Author:

• Jens Getreu

Copyright:

• Apache 2 licence or MIT licence