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If you''ve seen my last post you know I''m trying to make Zelda, but a friend urged me to make a text based game first, so I''m gunna code tic tac toe and get it over with. I''ll post the code up soon...
Tic Tac toe isn''t that hard of a game. You should try a real Text RPG type game. It will most likely help you out in the long run and will give you valuable experience on the components of an RPG.
It depends on how much you know of the programming language you use. I am very new to C++ myself and truth be told to programming too. I tried to make a text based TIC-TAC-TOE and rather soon figured out i knew WAY to little of C++. But i suppose that TIC-TAC-TOE is a good thing to start with... 
I wrote tic-tac-toe. No AI thought, it scares me. Kept me from finishing my pacman game 
. I''m gonna pick it back up one day
and try again.
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. I''m gonna pick it back up one dayand try again.
AtomicGames[http://www.geocities.com/agdev2k/]
What on earth is tic-tac-toe? I heard about that program when I was about five (Amiga + Amstrad 5inch demos!) and now it''s coming back to haunt me!
Stuffing feathers up your ass does not make you a chicken.
Stuffing feathers up your ass does not make you a chicken.
Ive pasted my TicTacToe code for ya here. Im not sayin just copy it but if you are going to make it and need understanding at any point lookin at it might help. Its got some real primative AI too.
tictactoe.h
funcdefs.cpp
tictactoe.cpp
tictactoe.h
using namespace std;extern int choice;//Function declarationsvoid drawboard (); //draws out the tictactoe boardvoid pchoice (); //gets the players choicevoid compchoice (); //gets the computers choicevoid wincheck (); //checks if a player has won int AI (int);//finds which sqare the comp chooses funcdefs.cpp
//Defining functions and globals#include <iostream>#include <time.h>#include "TicTacToe.h"using namespace std;//Globalsint player = 2; //which player is choosingint choice = 0; //which sqare they choseint randnum = 0; //for finding randsint max = 0; //max for randschar xoboard [9] = {''1'', ''2'', ''3'', ''4'', ''5'', ''6'', //contents of the board ''7'', ''8'', ''9''};int sqaremark [9] = { 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, //puts marker on chosen sqares 0, 0, 0, }; //for wincheck /*********************DRAWBOARD********************/void drawboard () //makes drawing of board on the screen{ cout << "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n"; //makeshift clearscreen cout << " " << xoboard [0] << " | " << xoboard [1] << " | " << xoboard [2] << " " << endl; cout << "---+---+---" << endl; cout << " " << xoboard [3] << " | " << xoboard [4] << " | " << xoboard [5] << " " << endl; cout << "---+---+---" << endl; cout << " " << xoboard [6] << " | " << xoboard [7] << " | " << xoboard [8] << " " << endl; cout << "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n"; return;}/*********************PCHOICE********************/void pchoice () //finds which sqare is chosen and switches the player{psqarechoice: //for player cout << "Pick a sqare: "; cin >> choice; if (((choice < 1) || (choice > 9)) || (sqaremark [choice - 1] != 0))//colision detection { cout << endl << "That sqare is not accesable" << endl; goto psqarechoice; //return back to sqare choosing } else //if sqare is not allready chosen { sqaremark [choice - 1] = 1; //marks a 1 on sqaremark xoboard [choice - 1] = ''O''; //drawes ''O'' in chosen srare and makes player = 2 player = 2; } return;}/*********************COMPCHOICE********************/void compchoice (){compsqarechoice: AI (choice); if (((choice < 1) || (choice > 9)) || (sqaremark [choice - 1] != 0))//colision detection { goto compsqarechoice; //return back to sqare choosing } else { sqaremark [choice - 1] = 2; //marks a 2 on sqaremark xoboard [choice - 1] = ''X''; //drawes ''X'' in chosen srare and makes player = 1 player = 1; } return;}/*********************WINCHECK********************/void wincheck (){ if ( //rows (sqaremark [0] == 1 && sqaremark [1] == 1 && sqaremark [2] == 1) || (sqaremark [3] == 1 && sqaremark [4] == 1 && sqaremark [5] == 1) || (sqaremark [6] == 1 && sqaremark [7] == 1 && sqaremark [8] == 1) || //coloms (sqaremark [0] == 1 && sqaremark [3] == 1 && sqaremark [6] == 1) || (sqaremark [1] == 1 && sqaremark [4] == 1 && sqaremark [7] == 1) || (sqaremark [2] == 1 && sqaremark [5] == 1 && sqaremark [8] == 1) || //diagonals (sqaremark [0] == 1 && sqaremark [4] == 1 && sqaremark [8] == 1) || (sqaremark [6] == 1 && sqaremark [4] == 1 && sqaremark [2] == 1) ) { cout << "Player is the winner" << endl << endl; //displays if player 1 has 3 in a row } else if ( //rows (sqaremark [0] == 2 && sqaremark [1] == 2 && sqaremark [2] == 2) || (sqaremark [3] == 2 && sqaremark [4] == 2 && sqaremark [5] == 2) || (sqaremark [6] == 2 && sqaremark [7] == 2 && sqaremark [8] == 2) || //coloms (sqaremark [0] == 2 && sqaremark [3] == 2 && sqaremark [6] == 2) || (sqaremark [1] == 2 && sqaremark [4] == 2 && sqaremark [7] == 2) || (sqaremark [2] == 2 && sqaremark [5] == 2 && sqaremark [8] == 2) || //diagonals (sqaremark [0] == 2 && sqaremark [4] == 2 && sqaremark [8] == 2) || (sqaremark [6] == 2 && sqaremark [4] == 2 && sqaremark [2] == 2) ) { cout << "Computer is the winner" << endl << endl; //displayes if player 2 has 3 in a row } return;}/*********************AI********************/int AI (int) //finds the sqare the computer chooses{ //For the win //across //line 1 if ( sqaremark [2] == 1 && sqaremark [1] == 1 && sqaremark [0] == 0) { choice = 1; return choice; } if ( sqaremark [2] == 1 && sqaremark [0] == 1 && sqaremark [1] == 0) { choice = 2; return choice; } if ( sqaremark [1] == 1 && sqaremark [0] == 1 && sqaremark [2] == 0) { choice = 3; return choice; } //line 2 if ( sqaremark [5] == 1 && sqaremark [4] == 1 && sqaremark [3] == 0) { choice = 1; return choice; } if ( sqaremark [5] == 1 && sqaremark [3] == 1 && sqaremark [4] == 0) { choice = 2; return choice; } if ( sqaremark [4] == 1 && sqaremark [3] == 1 && sqaremark [5] == 0) { choice = 3; return choice; } //line 3 if ( sqaremark [8] == 1 && sqaremark [7] == 1 && sqaremark [6] == 0) { choice = 1; return choice; } if ( sqaremark [8] == 1 && sqaremark [6] == 1 && sqaremark [7] == 0) { choice = 2; return choice; } if ( sqaremark [7] == 1 && sqaremark [6] == 1 && sqaremark [8] == 0) { choice = 3; return choice; } //down //line 1 if ( sqaremark [6] == 1 && sqaremark [3] == 1 && sqaremark [0] == 0) { choice = 1; return choice; } if ( sqaremark [6] == 1 && sqaremark [0] == 1 && sqaremark [3] == 0) { choice = 2; return choice; } if ( sqaremark [3] == 1 && sqaremark [0] == 1 && sqaremark [6] == 0) { choice = 3; return choice; } //line 2 if ( sqaremark [7] == 1 && sqaremark [4] == 1 && sqaremark [1] == 0) { choice = 1; return choice; } if ( sqaremark [7] == 1 && sqaremark [1] == 1 && sqaremark [4] == 0) { choice = 2; return choice; } if ( sqaremark [4] == 1 && sqaremark [1] == 1 && sqaremark [7] == 0) { choice = 3; return choice; } //line 3 if ( sqaremark [8] == 1 && sqaremark [5] == 1 && sqaremark [2] == 0) { choice = 1; return choice; } if ( sqaremark [8] == 1 && sqaremark [2] == 1 && sqaremark [5] == 0) { choice = 2; return choice; } if ( sqaremark [5] == 1 && sqaremark [2] == 1 && sqaremark [8] == 0) { choice = 3; return choice; } //diagonal //diag 1 if ( sqaremark [8] == 1 && sqaremark [4] == 1 && sqaremark [0] == 0) { choice = 1; return choice; } if ( sqaremark [8] == 1 && sqaremark [0] == 1 && sqaremark [4] == 0) { choice = 2; return choice; } if ( sqaremark [4] == 1 && sqaremark [0] == 1 && sqaremark [8] == 0) { choice = 3; return choice; } //diag 2 if ( sqaremark [6] == 1 && sqaremark [4] == 1 && sqaremark [2] == 0) { choice = 1; return choice; } if ( sqaremark [6] == 1 && sqaremark [2] == 1 && sqaremark [4] == 0) { choice = 2; return choice; } if ( sqaremark [4] == 1 && sqaremark [2] == 1 && sqaremark [6] == 0) { choice = 3; return choice; } //For the block //across //line 1 if ( sqaremark [2] == 2 && sqaremark [1] == 2 && sqaremark [0] == 0) { choice = 1; return choice; } if ( sqaremark [2] == 2 && sqaremark [0] == 2 && sqaremark [1] == 0) { choice = 2; return choice; } if ( sqaremark [1] == 2 && sqaremark [0] == 2 && sqaremark [2] == 0) { choice = 3; return choice; } //line 2 if ( sqaremark [5] == 2 && sqaremark [4] == 2 && sqaremark [3] == 0) { choice = 4; return choice; } if ( sqaremark [5] == 2 && sqaremark [3] == 2 && sqaremark [4] == 0) { choice = 5; return choice; } if ( sqaremark [4] == 2 && sqaremark [3] == 2 && sqaremark [5] == 0) { choice = 6; return choice; } //line 3 if ( sqaremark [8] == 2 && sqaremark [7] == 2 && sqaremark [6] == 0) { choice = 7; return choice; } if ( sqaremark [8] == 2 && sqaremark [6] == 2 && sqaremark [7] == 0) { choice = 8; return choice; } if ( sqaremark [7] == 2 && sqaremark [6] == 2 && sqaremark [8] == 0) { choice = 9; return choice; } //down //line 1 if ( sqaremark [6] == 2 && sqaremark [3] == 2 && sqaremark [0] == 0) { choice = 1; return choice; } if ( sqaremark [6] == 2 && sqaremark [0] == 2 && sqaremark [3] == 0) { choice = 4; return choice; } if ( sqaremark [3] == 2 && sqaremark [0] == 2 && sqaremark [6] == 0) { choice = 7; return choice; } //line 2 if ( sqaremark [7] == 2 && sqaremark [4] == 2 && sqaremark [1] == 0) { choice = 2; return choice; } if ( sqaremark [7] == 2 && sqaremark [1] == 2 && sqaremark [4] == 0) { choice = 5; return choice; } if ( sqaremark [4] == 2 && sqaremark [1] == 2 && sqaremark [7] == 0) { choice = 8; return choice; } //line 3 if ( sqaremark [8] == 2 && sqaremark [5] == 2 && sqaremark [2] == 0) { choice = 3; return choice; } if ( sqaremark [8] == 2 && sqaremark [2] == 2 && sqaremark [5] == 0) { choice = 6; return choice; } if ( sqaremark [5] == 2 && sqaremark [2] == 2 && sqaremark [8] == 0) { choice = 9; return choice; } //diagonal //diag 1 if ( sqaremark [8] == 2 && sqaremark [4] == 2 && sqaremark [0] == 0) { choice = 1; return choice; } if ( sqaremark [8] == 2 && sqaremark [0] == 2 && sqaremark [4] == 0) { choice = 5; return choice; } if ( sqaremark [4] == 2 && sqaremark [0] == 2 && sqaremark [8] == 0) { choice = 9; return choice; } //diag 2 if ( sqaremark [6] == 2 && sqaremark [4] == 2 && sqaremark [2] == 0) { choice = 3; return choice; } if ( sqaremark [6] == 2 && sqaremark [2] == 2 && sqaremark [4] == 0) { choice = 5; return choice; } if ( sqaremark [4] == 2 && sqaremark [2] == 2 && sqaremark [6] == 0) { choice = 7; return choice; } //middle sqare if ( sqaremark [4] == 0 ) { choice = 5; return choice; } //new rand seed srand((unsigned)time( NULL )); //Corners if ( sqaremark [0] == 0 || sqaremark [2] == 0 || sqaremark [6] == 0 || sqaremark [8] == 0 ) { int max = 4, randnum = rand() % max; //get rand between 0 and 4 if ( randnum == 0) { choice = 1; return choice; } if ( randnum == 1) { choice = 3; return choice; } if ( randnum == 2) { choice = 7; return choice; } if ( randnum == 3) { choice = 9; return choice; } } //Anything else else { int max = 9; randnum = rand() % max; choice = randnum + 1; return choice; }} tictactoe.cpp
//program loop#include <iostream>#include <time.h>#include "TicTacToe.h"using namespace std;extern int choice; //sqare player choosesextern int player; //what player it is (1 or 2)extern int randnum; //for finding randsextern int max; //max for randsextern char xoboard []; //the 9x9 board contentsextern int sqaremark [];//marked sqaresint main (){ for (int i = 9; i > 0; i--) //execute loop 9 times { drawboard (); //draws board wincheck (); //checks for a winner if (player == 1) { pchoice (); } //gets player choice else { compchoice (); }//gets comps choice } return 0;}
All of those if statements hurt my brain. There''s gotta be a fairy simple algorithim to determine the best square to choose, assuming the goal is a tie (as it should be in tic-tac-toe).
/me suddenly knows what he''s going to spend the night doing.
/me suddenly knows what he''s going to spend the night doing.
Yeah i think sombody suggested the minmax algorith or sumthin like that but i was more in the mood for some cuttin and pastin, well it might of been that or that i have no idea what a minmax algorith is, or just a plain algorithm for that matter. Maybe i should research that.
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