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IT 211 -- Project 2

Part A (50 points): Write Pseudocode for an Algorithm that Occurs in Everyday Life

• Write pseudocode for an algorithm that occurs in everyday life.
• Your pseudocode should have at least one if statement and at least one while loop.
• Look at the Baking Bread, Washing Clothes, and Sorting Mail algorithms in the Structured Programming Details document.
• Some examples of algorithms that occur in everyday life:
  
  1. Deciding which golf club to choose when hitting a ball.
  2. Deciding what to buy at the grocery store.
  3. Detailed steps for calling a friend. (Include what happens when line is busy or there is no answer.)
  4. Deciding which clothes to wear when getting dressed in the morning.
  5. Deciding who to ask out on a date.
• Grading breakdown: Correctness: 75%; Originality/Creativity: 15%; Indentation: 10%.

Part B (100 points): Implement a Rock-Paper-Scissors Game

• Write a Python script that allows a human player to play the Rock-Paper-Scissors game against the computer.
• To play the game, the human player chooses one of "rock," "paper," or "scissors." The computer also chooses, randomly with equal probability, one of these three plays.
• These phases determine the winner for each combination: "rock crushes scissors", "scissors cuts paper," and "paper covers rock."
• In this diagram, each arrow points from the winner to the user.
• If both the human and the computer choose the same play, there is a tie.
• Here is a sample script output. The human player's choices are shown in red.
  

  Enter human play (rock, paper, scissors): paper
  Computer plays rock.
  Paper covers rock.
  Human wins.
  Score: Human 1, Computer 0.
  
  Enter human play (rock, paper, scissors): scissors
  Computer plays scissors.
  Tie.
  Score: Human 1.5, Computer 0.5.
  
  Enter human play (rock, paper, scissors): scissors
  Computer plays rock.
  Rock crushes scissors.
  Computer wins.
  Score: Human 1.5, Computer 1.5.
  

• You can base your script on this pseudocode:
  

  set human score to 0.0
  set computer score to 0.0
  
  while true
  
      input human play with prompt
      choose random number from 0, 1, or 2
    
      if random number is 0
          set computer play to rock
      else if random number is 1
          set computer play to paper
      else if random number is 2
          set computer play to scissors
      end
    
      if human plays rock and computer plays rock
          Result is tie.
          Add 0.5 to each score.
      else if human plays rock and computer plays paper
          Result is computer wins.
          Add 1 to computer score.
      else if human plays rock and computer plays scissors
          Result is human wins.
          Add 1 to human score.
      else if human plays paper and computer plays rock
          Result is human wins.
          Add 1 to human score.
      else if human plays paper and computer plays paper
          Result is tie.
          Add 0.5 to each score.
      else if human plays paper and computer plays scissors
          Result is computer wins.
          Add 1 to computer score.
      else if human plays scissors and computer plays rock
          Result is computer wins.
          Add 1 to computer score.
      else if human plays scissors and computer plays paper
          Result is human wins.
          Add 1 to human score.
      else if human plays scissors and computer plays scissors
          Result is tie.
          Add 0.5 to each score.
      end
      display human score and computer score
  
  end
  

• Use Control-C to interrupt and terminate your script when you are finished playing the game.
• If hope to get an A in this class, you should implement this enhanced game called Rock-Paper-Scissors-Lizard-Spock,from the Big Bang Theory TV show. The rules of the enhanced game are shown in this diagram. Whereas the original game has 9 (3 × 3) possible move combinations, the enhanced game has 25 (5 × 5) move combinations. You can even order a shirt with the Rock-Paper-Scissors-Lizard-Spock diagram.
• Grading breakdown: Functionality: 70%, User interface, including spelling and grammar: 10%, Comments: 10%, Submitted properly: 10%