Guess The Random

Guess The Random (GTR from now on) is a fun single player game where you can enjoy hours of gameplay against the computer.

At the start of each game the computer chooses a random number which it keeps a secret. The secret_number stays constant throughout the game.

secret_number = get_random_number()

Each turn:

On the start of each turn the computer generates a new temporary random number.

temporary_number = get_random_number()

It adds the temporary_number to the secret_number and gives the player the result as a hint.

hint = secret_number + temporary_number

After getting the hint, the player tries to guess the computer's secret_number and the turn ends.

guess = int(input(f"Hint: {hint}\nEnter guess: "))

The game ends and the player wins once they guess the secret_number correctly.

All numbers are assumed to be in the range of -limit to limit, where limit can be infinite.

import time
import random

LIMIT = 10**9
get_random_number = lambda limit=LIMIT: random.randint(-limit, limit)

start_time = time.time()
secret_number = get_random_number()

while True:
  temporary_number = get_random_number()
  hint = secret_number + temporary_number

  guess = int(input(f"Hint: {hint}\nEnter guess: "))

  if guess == secret_number:
    print(f"Congrats! You guessed the secret number in only {time.time() - start_time} seconds!")
    break

Hints: 1 2

A strategy to win

POC for correctly guessing the secret number

Notes