Phase 1 Added basic game loop

java/src/main/java/com/github/zipcodewilmington/WordGuess.java

@@ -1,8 +1,106 @@
 package com.github.zipcodewilmington;
 
-/**
- * @author xt0fer
- * @version 1.0.0
- * @date 5/27/21 11:02 AM
- */
-public class WordGuess {}
+import java.util.Scanner;
+
+public class WordGuess {
+    static String[] wordList = { "magical", "dainty", "maerl", "signal"};
+    static char[] solution;
+    static char[] playerGuesses;
+    static int triesLeft;
+
+    static Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in);
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        String playAgain = "yes";
+
+        while (playAgain.equals("yes")) {
+            setupGame();
+            playGame();
+            System.out.print("Play again? (yes/no) ");
+            playAgain = scanner.nextLine().toLowerCase();
+        }
+        System.out.println("Game Over!");
+        scanner.close();
+
+    }
+    public static void setupGame() {
+        String word = pickRandomWord();
+        solution = word.toCharArray();
+        playerGuesses = buildEmptyGuesses(solution.length);
+        triesLeft = solution.length;
+        System.out.println("Let's Play Wordguess game");
+        }
+
+    public static String pickRandomWord() {
+        int index = (int) (Math.random() * wordList.length);
+        return wordList[index];    
+    }
+
+    public static char[] buildEmptyGuesses(int length) {
+        char[] guesses = new char[length];
+        for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
+            guesses[i] = '_';
+            }
+            return guesses;
+        }
+
+    public static void playGame(){
+        while (triesLeft > 0 && !new String(playerGuesses).equals(new String(solution))) {
+            printPlayerGuesses();
+            System.out.println("You have " + triesLeft + " tries left.");
+            System.out.println("Enter your next guess: ");
+
+            String input = scanner.nextLine().trim();
+
+            if (input.equals("-"))
+            break;
+            if (input.isEmpty())
+            continue;
+
+            char letter = input.charAt(0);
+            processLetter(letter);
+        }
+
+        printResult();
+
+    }
+
+    public static void processLetter(char letter) {
+        boolean found = false;
+        for (int i = 0; i < solution.length; i++) {
+            if (solution[i] == letter) {
+                playerGuesses[i] = letter;
+                found = true;
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (!found) {
+            triesLeft--;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static boolean isWordGuessed() {
+        for (char c : playerGuesses) {
+            if (c == '_')
+                return false;
+        }
+            return true;
+    }
+    public static void printCurrentGuesses() {
+        System.out.println("Current Guesses: ");
+        for (char c : playerGuesses) {
+            System.out.print(c + " ");
+        }
+        System.out.println();
+    }
+
+    public static void printResult() {
+        if (isWordGuessed()) {
+            printCurrentGuesses();
+            System.out.println("Congratulations, You Won!");
+        } else {
+            printCurrentGuesses();
+            System.out.println("Sorry, out of guesses. You Lost!");
+        }
+    }
+}   

java/src/main/java/com/github/zipcodewilmington/sample/Person.java

@@ -1,4 +1,20 @@
 package com.github.zipcodewilmington.sample;
 
 public class Person {
+
+    private String name;
+    private int score;
+    private int gamesPlayed;
+    private int gamesWon;
+
+    public Person(String name) {
+        this.name = name;
+        this.score = 0;
+    }
+
+    public void updateScore(int points) {
+        this.score += points;
+    }
+
+
 }

java/src/main/java/com/github/zipcodewilmington/sample/PersonInterface.java

@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 package com.github.zipcodewilmington.sample;
 
 public interface PersonInterface {
+    // Interface definition
+
+    /**
+     * Return the person's name
+     */
+
+    String getName();
+
     String getFirstName();
 
     void setFirstName(String firstName);
@@ -9,10 +17,19 @@ public interface PersonInterface {
 
     void setLastName(String lastName);
 
+    /**
+     * Return the person's current score
+     */
+
+    int getScore();
+
     Integer getAge();
 
     void setAge(Integer age);
 
     @Override
     String toString();
 }
+
+
+

java/src/test/java/com/github/zipcodewilmington/WordGuessTest.java

@@ -6,3 +6,5 @@
  * @date 2/5/2026
  */
 public class WordGuessTest {}
+
+

java/src/test/java/com/github/zipcodewilmington/sample/PersonTest.java

@@ -63,3 +63,5 @@ public void testSetAge(Integer age) {
         Assertions.assertEquals(expected, actual);
     }
 }
+
+