Games: Menu

Mix.install([
  {:jason, "~> 1.4"},
  {:kino, "~> 0.9", override: true},
  {:youtube, github: "brooklinjazz/youtube"},
  {:hidden_cell, github: "brooklinjazz/hidden_cell"}
])

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Games: Menu

In your existing Games project, you’re going to create a Games.Menu module which allows players to select which game they would like to play.

$ iex -S mix
iex> Games.Menu.display()
Select a game:
1. Guessing Game
2. Rock Paper Scissors
3. Wordle
Select: 

Depending on their choice, this let the player play either the Guessing Game, Rock Paper Scissors, or Wordle games you have already created.

Select a game:
1. Guessing Game
2. Rock Paper Scissors
3. Wordle
Select: 3
Enter a five letter word:  

Games: Escript

Configure your game as an Escript. You’ll need to create a Games.CLI module with a main/1 function to display the Games.Menu.

defmodule Games.CLI do
  def main(args) do
    Games.Menu.display()
  end
end

And configure the Games.CLI module using the :escript option inside of the Games.MixProject.project/0 function.

  def project do
    [
      ...
      escript: [main_module: Games.CLI]
    ]
  end

You should be able to build and start the games project as an escript.

$ mix escript.build
$ ./games
Select a game:
1. Guessing Game
2. Rock Paper Scissors
3. Wordle
Select: 

Bonus: Finish Game

Allow the user to type "stop" to end any game. They should then be re-prompted with the menu to select the game they want to play.

Select a game:
1. Guessing Game
2. Rock Paper Scissors
3. Wordle
Select: 1
Enter your guess:
stop
Select a game:
1. Guessing Game
2. Rock Paper Scissors
3. Wordle
Select: 

This may require custom stop logic in each existing game.

Commit Your Progress

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Run git status to ensure there are no undesirable changes. Then run the following in your command line from the curriculum folder to commit your progress.

$ git add .
$ git commit -m "finish Games: Menu exercise"
$ git push

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