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+# Kyler Olsen
+# CS 2450 Final Project
+# Apr 2025
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from socket import SocketIO
+
+
+class Player:
+
+    __name: str
+    __verse: str
+    __score: int
+    __server: SocketIO | None
+
+    def __init__(self, name: str):
+        self.__name = name
+        self.__verse = ""
+        self.__score = 0
+        self.__server = None
+
+    def join_game(self):
+        pass
+
+    def start_game(self):
+        pass
+
+    def guess_referene(self, ref: str):
+        pass
+
+    def new_round(self, difficulty: int):
+        pass
+
+    def end_game(self):
+        pass
+
+    def player_joined(self, name: str):
+        pass
+
+    def new_verse(self, text: str):
+        pass
+
+    def guess_incorrect(self):
+        pass
+
+    def guess_correct(self, points: int):
+        pass
+
+    def verse_guessed(self, url: str, player: str):
+        pass
+
+    def game_over(self, players: list[str], scores: list[int]):
+        pass
+