Week 2 Assignment

📝 Overview

In this assignment, you'll create an interactive Rock Paper Scissors game where a player competes against the computer in a best of 3 match. This project will help you practice:

• Variables & Data Types: Storing names, choices, and scores
• Lists: Creating a list of valid choices
• Random Selection: Using the random module to generate computer choices
• Loops: Repeating rounds until someone wins 2 games
• Conditional Logic: Determining winners based on game rules
• String Formatting: Displaying results in a formatted way
• Score Tracking: Keeping track of wins/losses and checking for a match winner

🎯 Learning Objectives

By completing this assignment, you'll be able to:

1. Use the random module to generate unpredictable choices
2. Use lists to store valid game options
3. Implement game logic with conditional statements
4. Track scores across multiple rounds
5. Format output strings for clear presentation
6. Create a complete, functioning game program

📋 Requirements

Your Rock Paper Scissors game must:

1. Get the player's name at the start
2. Play until someone wins 2 rounds (best of 3 — game ends immediately when someone reaches 2 wins)
3. In each round:
   • Display the round number
   • Ask the player to choose: Rock, Paper, or Scissors
   • Generate a random choice for the computer
   • Display both choices
   • Determine the winner of that round
   • Update the score
   • Display the result
4. Keep accurate scores for both player and computer and check after each round if someone has won 2
5. Display final results in this exact format:
   • If player wins: "{user_name} won game 1 with {choice1} vs {computer_choice}, and game 2 with {choice2} vs {computer_choice2}!"
   • If player loses: "{user_name} lost!"
6. Use the random module to generate computer choices
7. Use a list to store valid game choices
8. Validate input - ensure player chooses a valid option
9. Handle case-insensitive input - "rock", "Rock", "ROCK" should all work

📁 Files in Your Assignment

• rps.py — Your main game file with TODO markers to guide you
• cheat_sheet.py — Helpful reference code snippets (use when you get stuck)

🚀 Getting Started

1. Open rps.py in VS Code
2. If you need a code example, see cheat_sheet.py
3. Test your game by running it in the terminal: python rps.py