Develop a snake ladder game

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A classic snake ladder game where players roll dice to move along the board, encountering snakes and ladders.

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import random

class SnakeLadderGame:

def __init__(self, num_players):

self.num_players = num_players

self.players = {}

self.position = {}

self.snakes = {16: 6, 47: 26, 49: 11, 56: 53, 62: 19, 64: 60, 87: 24, 93: 73, 95: 75, 98: 78}

self.ladders = {1: 38, 4: 14, 9: 31, 21: 42, 28: 84, 36: 44, 51: 67, 71: 91, 80: 100}

for i in range(1, num_players + 1):

player_name = input(f"Enter the name of Player {i}: ")

self.players[i] = player_name

self.position[i] = 0

def roll_dice(self):

return random.randint(1, 6)

def play_turn(self, player_num):

print(f"{self.players[player_num]}'s turn. Press enter to roll the dice...")

input()

dice_roll = self.roll_dice()

print(f"{self.players[player_num]} rolled a {dice_roll}.")

self.position[player_num] += dice_roll

if self.position[player_num] in self.snakes:

print(f"Oops! {self.players[player_num]} got bitten by a snake and moved down to {self.snakes[self.position[player_num]]}.")

self.position[player_num] = self.snakes[self.position[player_num]]

elif self.position[player_num] in self.ladders:

print(f"Great! {self.players[player_num]} climbed a ladder and moved up to {self.ladders[self.position[player_num]]}.")

self.position[player_num] = self.ladders[self.position[player_num]]

print(f"{self.players[player_num]} is now at position {self.position[player_num]}. ")

def play_game(self):

winner = None

while True:

for player_num in self.players:

self.play_turn(player_num)

if self.position[player_num] >= 100:

winner = self.players[player_num]

break

if winner:

print(f"Congratulations! {winner} wins!")

break

if __name__ == "__main__":

num_players = int(input("Enter the number of players: "))

game = SnakeLadderGame(num_players)

game.play_game()

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