Game Development Reference
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8 - Flow Charts
We are forgetting something else, as well. What if the player guesses a letter that they've
guessed before? Rather than have them win or lose in this case, we'll allow them to guess a
different letter instead, as shown in Figure 8-8.
Figure 8-8: Adding a step in case the player guesses a letter they already guessed.
Offering Feedback to the Player
We also need some way to show the player how they're doing. In order to do this, we'll
show them the hangman board, as well as the secret word (with blanks for the letters they
haven't guessed yet). These visuals will let them see how close they are to winning or
losing the game.
We'll need to update this information every time the player guesses a letter. We can add
a "Show the board and blanks to the player." box to the flow chart between the "Come up
with a secret word" box and the "Ask player to guess a letter" box, as shown in Figure 8-9.
This box will remind us that we need to show the player an updated hangman board so they
can see which letters they have guessed correctly and which letters are not in the secret
word.
