def new_board(): board = {} for i in [13, 14, 15, 22, 23, 24, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 38, 39, 40, 42, 43, 44, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 58, 59, 60, 67, 68, 69]: board[i] = "!" board[41] = "O" return board def print_instructions(): print(""" HERE IS THE BOARD: ! ! ! 13 14 15 ! ! ! 22 23 24 ! ! ! ! ! ! ! 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 ! ! ! ! ! ! ! 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 ! ! ! ! ! ! ! 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 ! ! ! 58 59 60 ! ! ! 67 68 69 TO SAVE TYPING TIME, A COMPRESSED VERSION OF THE GAME BOARD WILL BE USED DURING PLAY. REFER TO THE ABOVE ONE FOR PEG NUMBERS. OK, LET'S BEGIN. """) def print_board(board): print(" " * 2 + board[13] + board[14] + board[15]) print(" " * 2 + board[22] + board[23] + board[24]) print(board[29] + board[30] + board[31] + board[32] + board[33] + board[34] + board[35]) print(board[38] + board[39] + board[40] + board[41] + board[42] + board[43] + board[44]) print(board[47] + board[48] + board[49] + board[50] + board[51] + board[52] + board[53]) print(" " * 2 + board[58] + board[59] + board[60]) print(" " * 2 + board[67] + board[68] + board[69]) def play_game(): board = new_board() while not is_game_finished(board): print_board(board) while not move(board): print("ILLEGAL MOVE! TRY AGAIN") def move(board): try: start = int(input("MOVE WHICH PIECE? ")) if not (board[start] == "'!'): return False end = int(input("TO WHERE? ")) difference = abs(end - start) center = (end + start) / 2 if (difference == 2 or difference == 18) and board[end] == 'O' and board[center] == '!': board[start] = 'O' board[center] = 'O' board[end] == '!' return True except: return False def main(): # if input("Do you want instrunctions?\n").lower().startswith("y"): print(" " * 33 + "H-I-Q") print(" " * 15 + "CREATIVE COMPUTING MORRISTOWN, NEW JERSEY") print_instructions() play_game() def is_game_finished(board): for pos in board.keys(): if board[pos] == "X": for space in [1,9]: nextToPeg = ((pos + space) in board) and board[pos + space] == "X" hasMovableSpace = (not ((pos - space) in board and board[pos - space] == "X")) or (not ((pos + space * 2) in board and board[pos + space * 2] == "X")) if nextToPeg and hasMovableSpace: return False return True if __name__ == "__main__": main()