🎨 Palette: [UX improvement] Enhance CLI visuals and cross-platform exit behavior for NumberGuess

NumberGuess/NumberGuess.cpp

@@ -2,14 +2,27 @@
 #include <cstdlib> // For rand() and srand()
 #include <ctime>   // For time()
 #include <string>
+#include <iomanip>
 
 using namespace std;
 
+// ANSI Color Constants
+const string GREEN = "\033[32m";
+const string RED = "\033[31m";
+const string CYAN = "\033[36m";
+const string YELLOW = "\033[33m";
+const string BOLD = "\033[1m";
+const string RESET = "\033[0m";
+
 void showEasterEgg() {
-    cout << "\n[!] EASTER EGG ACTIVATED: THE ZEN MODE" << endl;
-    cout << "Inspired by the Word 1.1a secret found 29 years later." << endl;
-    cout << "EiJackGH Lab - Saying YES in 2026." << endl;
-    cout << "========================================" << endl;
+    cout << "\n" << CYAN << BOLD;
+    cout << "╔════════════════════════════════════════╗\n";
+    cout << "║ 🌟 EASTER EGG ACTIVATED: THE ZEN MODE ║\n";
+    cout << "╠════════════════════════════════════════╣\n";
+    cout << "║ Inspired by the Word 1.1a secret found ║\n";
+    cout << "║ 29 years later.                        ║\n";
+    cout << "║ EiJackGH Lab - Saying YES in 2026.     ║\n";
+    cout << "╚════════════════════════════════════════╝\n" << RESET;
 }
 
 int main() {
@@ -21,12 +34,12 @@ int main() {
     int guess = 0;
     int attempts = 0;
 
-    cout << "--- EI-JACK LAB: NUMBER GUESSER V1.0 ---" << endl;
+    cout << CYAN << BOLD << "--- 🎮 EI-JACK LAB: NUMBER GUESSER V1.0 ---" << RESET << endl;
     cout << "I'm thinking of a number between 1 and 100." << endl;
-    cout << "(Hint: Type 'zen' to see the credits)" << endl << endl;
+    cout << YELLOW << "(Hint: Type 'zen' to see the credits)" << RESET << endl << endl;
 
     while (guess != secretNumber) {
-        cout << "Enter your guess: ";
+        cout << BOLD << "Enter your guess: " << RESET;
         cin >> input;
 
         // Check for Easter Egg
@@ -39,23 +52,25 @@ int main() {
         try {
             guess = stoi(input);
         } catch (...) {
-            cout << "Invalid input. Please enter a number." << endl;
+            cout << RED << "⚠️ Invalid input. Please enter a number." << RESET << endl;
             continue;
         }
 
         attempts++;
 
         if (guess > secretNumber) {
-            cout << ">>> Too high! Try again." << endl;
+            cout << RED << "📉 Too high! Try again." << RESET << endl;
         } else if (guess < secretNumber) {
-            cout << ">>> Too low! Try again." << endl;
+            cout << RED << "📈 Too low! Try again." << RESET << endl;
         } else {
-            cout << "\nCONGRATULATIONS!" << endl;
-            cout << "You found it in " << attempts << " attempts." << endl;
+            cout << "\n" << GREEN << BOLD << "🎉 CONGRATULATIONS!" << RESET << endl;
+            cout << "You found it in " << YELLOW << attempts << RESET << " attempts." << endl;
         }
     }
 
     cout << "----------------------------------------" << endl;
-    system("pause"); // Essential for Dev-C++ to keep the window open
+    cout << "\nPress Enter to exit..." << endl;
+    cin.ignore(10000, '\n');
+    cin.get();
     return 0;
 }

requirements.txt

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 numpy
 pandas
 requests
-venv