Play the game here. Grab a friend (or enemy) because this game requires two people.
Background
Tic Tac Toe is incredibly boring. For most people, the game is synonymous with “draw” or “tie” or “cat’s game.” At some point in middle school, I was introduced to Ultimate Tic Tac Toe, a game of Tic Tac Toe with nine smaller games of Tic Tac Toe happening inside of it.
I didn’t play it much because keeping track of the last moves and legal actions was a bit tedious, but it was a really fun way to pass the time. Rather than manage all the boring stuff on my own, I decided to let a computer do it for me.
Rules
I explain the rules on the README for the project, but I’ve also included them below. You can access the source for the project here.
x goes first…
- On the first move, x can play anywhere on the board.
o goes second…
- o can only play in the section of the global board that corresponds to where x played in the local board.
- ex. If x plays in the center of the top left board, then o can play anywhere in the center board.
the game repeats…
- Now x is restricted to the section that corresponds to o‘s last move.
- If the corresponding section has been won (more on that later), or it is full, the player can play anywhere.
until someone wins.
- If you get 3 in a row in a local board, you win that board.
- If the local board is a draw, no one gets it.
- Three local boards in a row, and you win the game.
- If the game finishes without anyone getting 3 local boards in a row, it’s a draw.