Okay, so I’ve been messing around with this idea of building a simple “memory check” thing, kind of like a psychological service, but really basic. I wanted to see if I could put something together myself, just for fun and to learn a bit.
First, I brainstormed what I actually wanted to do. I figured a simple memory game would be the easiest to start with. You know, like showing some items, hiding them, and then asking the user what they remember. Classic stuff.
The Setup
- I decided to use Python because, well, it’s what I’m most comfortable with,I think it can work for me.
- I didn’t want to get bogged down with fancy graphics or anything, so I stuck to the command line. Basic input and output, that’s it.
Then, I started coding. I made a list of random words – that would be the “memory items”. I used the `random` module in Python for that. I figured out how to display the words to the user for a few seconds, and then I used the `*()` function to give them time to memorize.
Next, I cleared the screen (well, I just printed a bunch of blank lines, which is basically the same thing in the command line) and asked the user to type in the words they remembered. Simple enough.
After that, the fun part: checking their answers! I compared the user’s input to the original list of words and figured out how many they got right. I printed out a little message saying how well they did, like “You remembered 3 out of 5 words!”
It was pretty rough, honestly. But it worked! I could show words, hide them, and check if the user remembered them. That’s a basic memory check, right?
I played around with it a bit, trying different numbers of words and different display times. It was interesting to see how changing those things affected how many words I could remember myself.
Of course, this is just a super simple, bare-bones thing. It’s nowhere near a real psychological service. But it was a fun little project, and I learned a few things along the way. Maybe I’ll try to make it a bit more complex later, add some scoring or different types of memory challenges. Who knows!
