🎮 Hangman Game

An advanced console-based Hangman Game built using Java and Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) principles.
This project demonstrates clean architecture, file handling, ASCII graphics, and game state management — ideal for beginners to intermediate Java developers.

✨ Features

• 🧱 OOP Design

  • Game – game logic & flow
  • Player – score & history tracking
  • WordManager – word loading & selection
  • HangmanDrawing – ASCII art rendering

• 🎨 ASCII Hangman Drawing

• 📁 Load words from external file (words.txt)

• 🔁 Hint system (1 hint per game)

• 📊 Score & game history

• 🔄 Replay support

• 🎯 Random word selection

📂 Project Structure

hangman/
│
├── Main.java
├── Game.java
├── Player.java
├── WordManager.java
├── HangmanDrawing.java
└── words.txt

▶ How to Run

1. Clone the repository

   git clone https://github.com/your-username/hangman-java.git

2. Navigate to project folder

   cd hangman-java

3. Compile all files

   javac *.java

4. Run the game

   java Main

⚠️ Make sure words.txt is in the same directory as the .java files.

🧪 Sample Gameplay

Word: _ _ _ _ _
Attempts left: 6
Enter letter (or 'hint'): a
✅ Correct guess!

💡 Hint revealed!

🧠 Concepts Used

• Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)
• Encapsulation & Separation of Concerns
• File Handling (Scanner, File)
• Collections (List, ArrayList)
• Loops & Conditionals
• ASCII Art Rendering
• User Input Handling