26.1 UIC Hot Air Balloon
For project 1, you'll be creating a UIC hot air balloon using ASCII (text) art. Your program will also display original art of your own creation.
Main Menu
The main menu gives the user a choice of displaying your own art, or the hot air balloon.
If the user chooses your art, your program should display your own original ASCII art (requirements are listed below in the Original Art
section).
If the user chooses the hot air balloon, your program should ask what the size of the hot air balloon should be, and then create the hot air
balloon
Hot Air Balloon
The appearance of the balloon will be determined by the size the user enters. You may assume the user enters a number 2 or above (a size
1 balloon doesn't look very good).
For example, a size 2 balloon is shown below. Note that:
• The vertical sections are each 2 tall (since the size is 2). These are made using the characters: / | and \
• The top is 4 wide (2x size), and is made using the underscore character _
• The bottom of the balloon is 4 wide (2x size) and is made using the equals character =
• The basket at the bottom of the balloon is 2 tall (size) and 4 wide (2x size) and is made using the pound/hash symbol #
• the connection between the balloon and the basket is always 2 tall (even if size is bigger, this remains 2 tall) and uses the same
characters as the vertical pieces: \ | and / It is centered below the balloon/above the basket.