Simple Hangman Game

This Simple Hangman was developed as a practice module for students learning front-end web development. This tiny, friendly word game was made with plain HTML, CSS and JavaScript and can be played in any modern browser. The reason why this game was developed using only front-end web technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) as the tech stack is to demonstrate to our coding students at AMZ IT Solutions the potentially vast applications of web coding skills.

Why this project matters

• It's fun and familiar. Almost everyone knows Hangman, so users may instantly understand the experience.
• It demonstrates practical front-end skills: DOM manipulation, styling, and data-driven UI (words come from a JSON file).
• It's approachable for people learning to code: everything's client-side and easy to inspect and modify.

What you'll notice at a glance

• A clean, minimal interface with a virtual keyboard.
• A cute face that reacts as you lose lives (the heart icons decrease and the face changes).
• A hint system (category labels) so players aren't left completely guessing.
• More than 1000 prebuilt words across categories like Animals, Electronics, Tools, and Transportation.

Technologies used

• Vanilla JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3 — no build tools required.
• jQuery for some DOM convenience.
• SweetAlert for friendly, modal alerts.
• Font Awesome for icons.
• A plain JSON file (js/questions.json) holds all the words and categories.

If you're a student just learning to code, this simple game can become a learning tool. Run the game, browse through the codes -- it's a relatively small reading -- and see how each line of HTML, CSS and JavaScript contribute to every feature in the game. You can also practice and learn by tweaking and customizing the game, such as by modifying the theme, integrating a scoring system and a leaderboard, adding difficulty levels, adding to the questions database, and so on. It’s a compact playground to practice DOM manipulation, events, and JSON data handling.

Final note

If you're interested to learn how to develop websites and web apps using web dev technologies, or if you're interesting in integrating this simple game into your own projects, feel free to contact us for assistance.