Pyramid | Python Fiddle

# P Y R A M I D
import random

# FUNCTIONS

def rollDie():
    return random.randint(1,6)

# VARIABLES

turns = 0
top, middle, bottom = 0, 0, 0
topList = ['top', '1']
middleList = ['middle', '2']
bottomList = ['bottom', '3']

acceptable = topList + middleList + bottomList + ['hack']

# INTRODUCTION
# introduces game concept to the player
# TODO: improve the copy here
print("Hey! The goal of Pyramid is to make it so each of a 3-level pyramid's levels ",
    "has half as many points as the level below it. Each turn, ",
    "you'll roll a die and choose which level to put that number of points in. ",
    "The game tracks how many turns you take - the fewer, the better.\n\n------")

# MAIN
# TODO: write or find refine your own ambient music to play during the game - also
#       record different songs to play at different completion levels
# TODO: give different answers at the end depending on how many turns you took
# TODO: implement a simple statistical analysis function to track the number of turns
#       you take each game and give you an average score - figure out way to use that
#       data to improve the gameplay
# TODO: make a new prompt for the lowest possible score - 3
# TODO: create a GUI
# TODO: make the code more elegant and compact (low priority)
# TODO: improve code documentation
# notes: would work better if you showed the levels bottom to top or thought of it as
#       each level up times 2, to line up how the thought is organized with how it's
#       being visually represented onscreen
while True:
    roll = rollDie()
    print("\nYou rolled a {0}. Your pyramid looks like this - \n\n{1}\n{2}\n{3}\n".format(roll, top, middle, bottom))
    while True:
        turns += 1

placement = input("Where do you want to place it? (top, middle, bottom): ")

if placement.lower() in acceptable:
            if placement.lower() in topList :
                top += roll
            elif placement.lower() in middleList:
                middle += roll
            elif placement.lower() in bottomList:
                bottom += roll
            elif placement.lower() == 'hack':
                top = 1
                middle = 2
                bottom = 4
            break
        else:
            print("\n'fraid that won't do. Try again.\n")

if (top == middle/2) & (middle == bottom/2):
        if turns == 3:
            print("\nGoddamn. 3 turns. The best I've ever seen.\n")
        elif turns < 3:
            print("\ny0u cH471nG fUuUck\n\n\n--\n\n\n-----\n\n\n-\n\n{0}\n".format(turns))
        elif turns <= 10:
            print("\nHey! You won in {0} turns. Give yourself a pat on the back.\n".format(turns))
        elif turns <= 20:
            print("\n{0} turns? You did all right this time.\n".format(turns))
        else:
            print("\nAt least you won. {0} turns...\n".format(turns))
        break
    else:
        continue

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