Project 6: Wheel of Fortune

• Player 1 enters a secret phrase at the keyboard.
• Player 2 then has an unlimited number of turns to guess all the letters in the phrase.
• Before each turn, player 2 spins the "wheel" to pick an amount of money that each correct consonant will be worth (pick a random number between 1 and 100 using random.randint(100).
• If player 2 wants to guess a consonant, they get the spin value of the wheel multiplied by how many times the consonant occurs in the puzzle. For example, if they spin a 20 and guess the letter "c" and the puzzle has two c's, they win $20. If the puzzle has no c's, they don't win or lose anything.
• If player 2 wants to guess a vowel, the spin value of the wheel is ignored, and instead, player 2 is charged 10 dollars for every time their vowel is in the puzzle. So if the player spins a 20 on the wheel, they guess the letter "a," and the puzzle has three a's, then they are charged $30 (the 20 spin is ignored).
• The game ends when all the letters are filled in.
• The user should be prevented from guessing the same letter more than once in a puzzle.

What you need to do

You are given some code to begin with [download]. Fill in both of the functions defined in the starter code, and then write your main function. You will probably find the two functions in the starter code useful when writing your main function.

You may assume everything typed in by the players is in lowercase.

You may assume that the player's money value is allowed to drop into the negatives (if they buy too many vowels). A challenge problem (see below) is to prevent this.

Sample Interaction

(Program begins)
Enter a phrase: too hot to hoot

Puzzle is: ___ ___ __ ____
You have 0 dollars.
Consonants are worth 4 dollars.
Enter a letter: t

There are 4 t's.
You make 16 dollars.

Puzzle is: t__ __t t_ ___t
You have 16 dollars.
Consonants are worth 57 dollars.
Enter a letter: a

Letter not in the puzzle.

Puzzle is: t__ __t t_ ___t
You have 16 dollars.
Consonants are worth 46 dollars.
Enter a letter: o

You bought a vowel for 10 dollars each.
There are 6 o's.
You spend 60 dollars.

Puzzle is: too _ot to _oot
You have -44 dollars.
Consonants are worth 8 dollars.
Enter a letter: h

There are 2 h's.
You make 16 dollars.

You won -28 dollars!
The phrase was too hot to hoot.
(Program ends)

(Program begins)
Enter a phrase: rhodes college

Puzzle is: ______ _______
You have 0 dollars.
Consonants are worth 30 dollars.
Enter a letter: l

There are 2 l's.
You make 60 dollars.

Puzzle is: ______ __ll___
You have 60 dollars.
Consonants are worth 11 dollars.
Enter a letter: c

There are 1 c's.
You make 11 dollars.

Puzzle is: ______ c_ll___
You have 71 dollars.
Consonants are worth 98 dollars.
Enter a letter: r

There are 1 r's.
You make 98 dollars.

Puzzle is: r_____ c_ll___
You have 169 dollars.
Consonants are worth 36 dollars.
Enter a letter: h

There are 1 h's.
You make 36 dollars.

Puzzle is: rh____ c_ll___
You have 205 dollars.
Consonants are worth 22 dollars.
Enter a letter: e

You bought a vowel for 10 dollars each.
There are 3 e's.
You spend 30 dollars.

Puzzle is: rh__e_ c_lle_e
You have 175 dollars.
Consonants are worth 69 dollars.
Enter a letter: g

There are 1 g's.
You make 69 dollars.

Puzzle is: rh__e_ c_llege
You have 244 dollars.
Consonants are worth 36 dollars.
Enter a letter: o

You bought a vowel for 10 dollars each.
There are 2 o's.
You spend 20 dollars.

Puzzle is: rho_e_ college
You have 224 dollars.
Consonants are worth 89 dollars.
Enter a letter: d

There are 1 d's.
You make 89 dollars.

Puzzle is: rhode_ college
You have 313 dollars.
Consonants are worth 8 dollars.
Enter a letter: s

There are 1 s's.
You make 8 dollars.

You won 321 dollars!
The phrase was rhodes college.
(Program ends)

Hints

• Use a string variable to keep track of which letters have been guessed. Call it guessed_letters. This variable should start out empty, and every time a new letter is guessed, use string concatenation to attach the new letter to the variable. Then you'll be able to keep track of which letters have already been guessed.
• Don't try to write the whole program at once. Write a very simple program first and then refine it so it does what you want. For instance, first write a program that just lets the user type in the secret phrase. Then add a basic loop that lets the user type in letters. Then add in a part that prevents the user from guessing the same letter more than once. And so on.

What to turn in

Challenge Problems

• On the TV show, the wheel has a BANKRUPT space on it. If the player lands on that space, they lose all their money (and don't get to guess a letter). Implement this in your program (pick a percentage that this will come up, such as 5% of the time).
• If the user thinks they know the answer to the puzzle, let them guess the whole phrase at once, rather than making them guess each letter individually.
• Make the program work with three players (as in the TV show). Each player has their own amount of money. If the letter a player guesses is correct (occurs in the secret phrase), they get to keep guessing letters until they guess wrong. Then play passes to the next player.
• Add graphics to your program (the puzzle, money values, spinning wheel, etc).
• Let the program work with uppercase or lowercase letters.
• Prevent the player from buying a vowel unless they have enough money to pay for it.