This is, yet again, another improvement to a script I created earlier, you can find this here.
What I have done is added some new games (3 to be exact) and also created some unnecessary “fancy” bits such as a loading screen and a “Goodbye” exiting message. I have also changed the menu to be a single “echo” command instead of the multiple “write-host” which makes the code look cleaner.
The three games I have added are pretty much all the same game. I was getting sick of guessing games and since making actual games in PowerShell is VERY complex. I decided to make a math game. Specifically one that give the user a math question and the user has to work out the correct answer. An example would be “4 * ? = 12”. Where the user would have to work out “?”.
I made three difficulties of this, easy (1-10), medium (1-20) and hard (1-50). This means that the answers in the easy section are from 1 to 10, the answers in the medium are from 1 to 20 and so on…
I also added a function to change the size of the window to something more appropriate and changed the window title to something more…fun.
Anyway, below is the code for this. Unfortunately, I didn’t break the “300 lines of code” achievement I had set for myself:
function changescreensizeforgames{
$pshost = get-host
$pswindow = $pshost.ui.rawui
$newsize = $pswindow.buffersize
$newsize.height = 500
$newsize.width = 500
$pswindow.buffersize = $newsize
$newsize = $pswindow.windowsize
$newsize.height = 15
$newsize.width = 51
$pswindow.windowsize = $newsize
$pswindow.WindowTitle = "Games Galore!"
}
changescreensizeforgames
function fakeloadingbar{
cls
echo "-....."
Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 150
cls
echo ".-...."
Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 150
cls
echo "..-..."
Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 150
cls
echo "...-.."
Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 150
cls
echo "....-."
Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 150
cls
echo ".....-"
Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 150
cls
echo "....-."
Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 150
cls
echo "...-.."
Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 150
cls
echo "..-..."
Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 150
cls
echo ".-...."
Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 150
cls
echo "-....."
Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 150
cls
}
fakeloadingbar
function exitscreenforgames{
cls
echo @"
#### # # ##### ##
# # # # # ##
##### ## #### ##
# # ## # ##
# # ## #
##### ## ##### ##
"@
Start-Sleep -Seconds 1
exit
}
#Window size change
#INTRO (Start Menu)
function menu2{
function Show-Menu{
param (
[string]$Title = 'My Menu'
)
Clear-Host
write-host @"
================ $Title ================
Guessing Games------------
1: Press '1' to play 1-10 with 1 guess
2: Press '2' for 1-100 with unlimited guesses
Multiplication Games------
3: Press '3' for easy mulitplication game (1-10)
4: Press '4' for medium multiplication game (1-20)
5: Press '5' for hard multiplication game (1-50)
Q: Press 'Q' to quit.
"@
}
Show-Menu -Title 'Select an option'
$selection = read-host "please make a selection"
if ($selection -eq "1"){
write-host "You chose option one" (1to10guessgame)
}elseif ($selection -eq "2"){
Write-Host "you chose option two" (1to100guessgame)
}elseif ($selection -eq "3"){
write-host "You chose option three" (easymathgame)
}elseif ($selection -eq "4"){
write-host "You chose option four" (mediummathgame)
}elseif ($selection -eq "5"){
write-host "You chose option four" (hardmathgame)
}elseif ($selection -eq "q"){
clear-host
Do {$areyousuremessage = Read-Host "Are you sure you want to quit? Y or N?"} while (("y","n") -notcontains $areyousuremessage)
switch ($areyousuremessage){
"y" {exitscreenforgames}
"n" {menu2}
}
}else {
(menu2)
}
}
#Single guess game
function 1to10guessgame{
clear-host
Write-Host "You only have one guess!"
Start-Sleep -Seconds 1
Write-Host "Are you ready?"
start-sleep -Seconds 1
$random = Get-Random -Minimum 1 -Maximum 11
do {
try {
$numOk = $true
[int]$input1 = Read-host "Make a guess between 1 and 10"
}catch {$numOK = $false}
}until (($input1 -ge 1 -and $input1 -lt 11) -and $numOK)
if ($input1 -eq $random){
Write-Host "You got it right!"
}else{
Write-Host "You got it wrong! the number was $random"
}
Start-Sleep -Seconds 2
do {$playagain1 = Read-Host "Do you want to play again? Y or N"} while (("y","n") -notcontains $playagain1)
if ($playagain1 -eq "y"){
(1to10guessgame)
}elseif ($playagain1 -eq "n"){
(menu2)
}
}
#1-100 Guess game
function 1to100guessgame{
clear-host
[int]$random100 = Get-Random -Minimum 1 -Maximum 101
Write-Host "Try and guess my number between 1 and 100"
while ($input100 -ne $random100){
Write-Host "enter your guess below"
$input100 = [int] (Read-Host)
$option1 = if ($input100 -gt $random100) {Write-Host "$input100 was too high"}
$option2 = if ($input100 -lt $random100) {Write-Host "$input100 was too low"}
$option3 = if ($input100 -gt [int](100) -or $input -lt [int](0)) {Write-Host 'between 1 and 100!'}
} Write-Host "Correct! the number was $input100"
do {$playagain1 = Read-Host "Do you want to play again? Y or N"} while (("y","n") -notcontains $playagain1)
if ($playagain1 -eq "y"){
(1to100guessgame)
}elseif ($playagain1 -eq "n"){
(menu2)
}
}
#easy math game 1-10
function easymathgame{
$easynewnumber1 = get-random -minimum 1 -maximum 11
$easynewnumber2 = Get-Random -Minimum 1 -Maximum 11
$easynumbermultiplied = $easynewnumber1 * $easynewnumber2
Clear-Host
Write-Host "Here is your question, can you work out '?'"
write-host "$easynewnumber2 * ? = $easynumbermultiplied"
do{
try{
$numOk = $true
[int]$easynewnumberinput = Read-Host "Enter your answer here..."
}catch {$numOk = $false}
}until (($easynewnumberinput -ge 1 -and $easynewnumberinput -lt 11) -and $numOk)
if ($easynewnumberinput -eq $easynewnumber1){
Write-Host "You got it right!"
}elseif ($easynewnumberinput -ne $easynewnumber1){
Write-Host "You got it wrong, the answer was $easynewnumber1"
} Start-Sleep -Seconds 1
do {$playagain1 = Read-Host "Do you want to play again? Y or N"} while (("y","n") -notcontains $playagain1)
if ($playagain1 -eq "y"){
easymathgame
}elseif ($playagain1 -eq "n"){
(menu2)
}
}
#medium math game 1-20
function mediummathgame{
$mediumnewnumber1 = get-random -minimum 1 -maximum 20
$mediumnewnumber2 = Get-Random -Minimum 1 -Maximum 20
$mediumnumbermultiplied = $mediumnewnumber1 * $mediumnewnumber2
Clear-Host
Write-Host "Here is your question, can you work out '?'"
write-host "$mediumnewnumber2 * ? = $mediumnumbermultiplied"
do{
try{
$numOk = $true
[int]$mediumnewnumberinput = Read-Host "Enter your answer here..."
}catch {$numOk = $false}
}until (($mediumnewnumberinput -ge 1 -and $mediumnewnumberinput -lt 20) -and $numOk)
if ($mediumnewnumberinput -eq $mediumnewnumber1){
Write-Host "You got it right!"
}elseif ($mediumnewnumberinput -ne $mediumnewnumber1){
Write-Host "You got it wrong, the answer was $mediumnewnumber1"
} Start-Sleep -Seconds 1
do {$playagain1 = Read-Host "Do you want to play again? Y or N"} while (("y","n") -notcontains $playagain1)
if ($playagain1 -eq "y"){
mediummathgame
}elseif ($playagain1 -eq "n"){
(menu2)
}
}
#Difficult math game 1-50
function hardmathgame{
$hardnewnumber1 = get-random -minimum 1 -maximum 50
$hardnewnumber2 = Get-Random -Minimum 1 -Maximum 50
$hardnumbermultiplied = $hardnewnumber1 * $hardnewnumber2
Clear-Host
Write-Host "Here is your question, can you work out '?'"
write-host "$hardnewnumber2 * ? = $hardnumbermultiplied"
do{
try{
$numOk = $true
[int]$hardnewnumberinput = Read-Host "Enter your answer here..."
}catch {$numOk = $false}
}until (($hardnewnumberinput -ge 1 -and $hardnewnumberinput -lt 51) -and $numOk)
if ($hardnewnumberinput -eq $hardnewnumber1){
Write-Host "You got it right!"
}elseif ($hardnewnumberinput -ne $hardnewnumber1){
Write-Host "You got it wrong, the answer was $hardnewnumber1"
} Start-Sleep -Seconds 1
do {$playagain1 = Read-Host "Do you want to play again? Y or N"} while (("y","n") -notcontains $playagain1)
if ($playagain1 -eq "y"){
hardmathgame
}elseif ($playagain1 -eq "n"){
(menu2)
}
}
menu2
Hopefully you’re as happy with this code as I am, if you have any improvements please let me know 🙂
Enjoy!
