Explanation

As you can see,during the game you will ask the player to make a guess.Read a 5- letter word from the keyboard.If your program allows the user to input a word larger than 5 letters,validate the word and ask another time.There is a syscall that limits the number of chars that can be input,check it if you'd like to use it instead.

When a letter is not in the word,I just print it on its own x-I added spaces around it for consistency.When a letter was found on the word,but in the wrong location,I print it with parentheses(x).And if a letter is in the right location,I print it with square   brackets    [x].

The player only has 5 guesses.

Your assignment

Plan

This includes data structures you are planning to use,user inputs that may be invalid  and  you  need  to   account  for,etc.1.Think  of  which   functions  you  will  need  to implement,and what they will do:1)Start from the main function and split your program  into  multiple  steps.2)This  plan  is  not  going  to  be  enforced,but  it  should be thought through.2.Think of possible user inputs,and how they will impact the program negatively:Run over some examples with pen and paper and see make    sure the behaviour is correct.

Implement

Implement the MIPS assembly code that executes the game described above!

1. It begins by displaying a welcome message and an explanation of how to proceed.

2.If you  select  quit,program  exits.

3.If you  select play,the  game begins.

4.Then  your  program  will:

1. Randomly select a word from a list of at least 5!

2.  5 times

3.Ask the player for a 5-letter word.

4.  Wait for user input.

·  If the input is a 5-letter string,continue.

·  Otherwise,ask again.

5.Print  the  user  input  using  the  symbols  []()to  indicate  the correctness.

6.If the player guessed the word,print a victory message,and stop playing.

7.If you ran out of tries,print  a losing message.

5. When the game round is over,display the menu again.

The welcome message

I try to restrict your imagination as little as possible in this project.You do your own thing,as long as it fits the project!So,use the welcome message to explain to the

user anything that is not clear in the game.

User input

Some syscalls that you may want to use:

· print    character

· read  character.

o   read string.

o   randomint range.

Make sure your string variables (the ones you use for user input)can hold enough space for a user input (including \θ)!

Think about which function you need

If you are using strings,you may want to implement functions to compare/copy/etc those strings.(Maybe not!There are many ways to implement this code).Think

about those things.

The game is composed of simpler steps.Print and handle menu,run game loop,ask and handle word input,print guess,etc.

Think about those steps,and which functions you need.

Storing data

How will you store your list of words?Maybe an array of strings?How can you do that?What sort of limitations will it have and how will you access each string?

(maybe a function?).

Because all strings are the same size,I used a matrix of words!

Debug mode

You must have a variable named debug at the top of your code.The grader must be able to change its value to 1 to enable debug mode,or to o to disable debug mode!

In debug mode,the game should print the random word once it's selected!It will help you and the grader figuring out if all is working.

Project Stages

In order to help you be aware of your progress,I will recommend a series of mile

markers to help you divide up the work.You can,of course,ignore these if you wish. However,if you find you need some direction,by all means follow along.

I've divided this into three stages.You could consider accomplishing each stage one by one.

Stage 1-Plan!Create the data structures you think you'll need and print

Solving  a  project  is  more  than  writing  code!So,your  first  task  should  be  designing the  solution.

· How are you doing user interaction?

· What information do you need to store?

●  What will execution look like?

· What are the parts of your program and how do they interact?

So,for the first stage:

· Read the project description and understand it.

· Implement the strings and other variables you think you need.(Like messages for the player)

· Write the input/output functions (e.g.,I wrote a function to ask for a 5-letter word,one to print the menu)

· Break the program into smaller pieces (each should be a funcion).

If you finish early,move on to stage 2.

Stage 2 -Parsing user input

In stage 2,I suggest you tackle parsing user input.Write a function that takes user

input and decides if each input letter is:(1)in the correct position,(2)in the word

but in the wrong position,or(3)not in the word at all.You can print the feedback to the user as you go (making the code simpler).

At this point,you are really close to the end!

If you finish early,move on to stage 3.

Stage 3 -Finish the project

You should have a few weeks to the deadline,now it's time for testing!

Helpful Tidbits

Starting the code

This is a very simple program in a higher-level language!But it is much more

complex in assembly.As such,here are some advice for developing your program.

Plan ahead and start by writing high level comments on how you plan to approach the  problem:

· If you are not sure what to write,ask for help.

· Ifyou need,then write the program in a high-level language,draw a diagram, write pseudo-code,and then translate that into MISP assembly.

Testing

DO NOT TRY TO WRITE THE WHOLE PROGRAM BEFORE TESTING IT!!!!

· Really!Do not do it!It's the easiest way to get overwhelmed and confused without knowing what to do!

· Implement small parts of the code and test them!