Tic Tac Toe, also known as noughts and crosses or Xs and Os, is a popular two-player strategy game played on a 3x3 grid. The game is typically played with Xs and Os, with the first player placing X in an empty square, followed by the second player placing O in a different empty square, and so on.
The objective of the game is for a player to place three of their marks in a horizontal, vertical, or diagonal row on the grid, while preventing their opponent from doing the same. The game ends in a draw if all nine squares are filled without either player achieving a winning position.
Tic Tac Toe is often used as a teaching tool to introduce young children to the concepts of strategy, planning, and critical thinking. It is a simple and fun game that can be played virtually anywhere with nothing more than a piece of paper and a pen or pencil.
Here is an example code:
- 3x3 grid, copy the code from 3x3TicTacToeInPython.py
- 5x5 grid, copy the code from 5x5TicTacToeInPython.py
In this implementation, we use a nested list to represent the game board, where each element is initially set to None. We use the create_board() method to create a 5x5 grid of buttons in the GUI, and the handle_click() method to handle clicks on the buttons. The check_win() method checks if the current player has won the game, and the check_draw() method checks if the game has ended in a draw. Finally, the reset() method resets the game board and GUI to their initial state.
To run the game, simply run the code in a Python environment that has Tkinter installed, and a GUI window will appear with the game board and reset button. Clicking on a button will place the current player's mark (X or O) in the corresponding square, and the game will continue until one player wins or the game ends in a draw. Clicking the reset button will reset the game board and allow for a new game to be played.
*Note that this implementation uses the messagebox module from Tkinter to display the winner or draw message in a pop-up window. You can import it by adding the following line at the top of the file:
from tkinter import messagebox
Additionally, this implementation does not have any specific design, but you can customize the GUI by changing the font, colors, or layout of the game board and reset button.