mastermind

A text-based game where you (or the computer) has to break a 4-color code. i.e. like Wordle but for colors. You have 12 attempts.

• If you guess a correct color in the correct place, you get a red peg
• If you guess a correct color in the incorrect place, you get a white peg

Pegs are awarded in no particular order, so you'll need to figure out which colors you've got right.

For a more thorough description of gameplay and roles, check out this wikihow article here

Status

Playable and enjoyable. :D

Still periodically adding test coverage and possibly features.

Installation

1. Clone our download the contents of this repo
2. Navigate to this directory
3. Run bundle install to install gems

You should be ready to play!

To Play

In your terminal, navigate to this directory and run ruby play_the_game.rb. Proceed as prompted.

Features

• Choose whether to make the code or break the code (or secret test mode)
  • If you are the code breaker: the computer sets the code and you do the fun part
  • If you are the code maker: watch the computer fail
• You only need to type the first 3 letters of colors
• Color names are printed in color

Coming Soon (maybe!) & Ideas:

• When the computer is code breaker:
  • add strategies for the computer as code_breaker
  • re-think how the computer guesses appear to the player - either omit or slow them down to be more observable in what would feel real-time to a human player

Quirks & Bugs

No known bugs.