Ticky Tacky - updated

#1 I like the look of it. Problem with tick tack toe is that it's one of the few games that has been proven to be unbeatable. It's an excersize in futility. Looks pretty though. I suggest you make a bigger game board and create some fun version of hexagon or something for a second project.

#2 :-) thanks for the feedback

for the AI side, it currently has 3 difficulty levels, i've won about 65% of games on medium and about 45% of games on hard, I've made some improvements over look, in as much as you can pick themes, also added a timer, scores, and the ability to select which game board out of 9 you wish to play on, its getting there but not finsihed, i should have an undate in next few days, i'm thinking about increasable board sizes for this project (i.e playing on 3x3, 4x4 or 5x5 grid)

on subject of next projects i have another project i may port over to tgb (depending on how this turns out lol) thats a pretty fun take on Reversi, more to come on that another time tho

#3 Yeah I've never played reversi before.. sounds like something I would like to try. I would think the AI would be the hardest part to do. There are known algorithms to make it so there is a zero percent chance you can win it though, lol. Changing the board size could make it more complicated for sure. Why not make some crazy version of tic tac toe where you can either put down a piece (x or o) OR shift the entire playboard one direction. erasing one side of the board. Something like that would create a new level of stratagy possibilities.

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ok fine.. this version has another never ending stale mate situation. I am just thinking out loud. You could probably find some mode that would add a slant to the game.

I'll say again though that your game looks way better then anything I could make. Also it seems to be very complete with a lot of extra modes. I'm just thinking out loud of what kind of things you could do to add some new flavor to it... An extra mode maybe?

#4 I actually really like the shifting idea....hmmm......its finding a way to limit the shifts, maybe players could use points they have aquired from playing games to buy shifts? it could be an added bnous mode outside of main game mode......very good thinking.....many thanks indeed

#5 :0) double post so far apart? unless my eyes are getting tired

#6 Fixed doublepost

#7 Hi all

just quick update, have updated above screenshots, will add more tonight.


implemented:
Basic multi level AI.
Theme System
Multi size playing areas

Working on at moment:
More advanced AI
Sounds
More themes
Splash Screen
And Tournement mode

More of an update later.

Thanks

#8 Just another quick update, some more shots:

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#9 Added a quick build, only has single player in this one and the skin option in the settings dialogue doesnt work, oh and ai is well too easy, will hopefully fix another build tonight when i get back from work that already has all these things fixed and has selectable grid sizes

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