Tic Tac Toe

Tic Tac Toe in the terminal. A technical challenge from a prospective employer.

Features

• Input validation with feedback: only correct input is accepted. Input must be in the form [column, row], e.g. "B1".
• Help messages: guide the user to input in the correct format
• Emoji board: the game board is drawn with emojis because text is boring
• Win detection: checks across rows, columns, and diagonals
• Early draw prediction: predicts a draw when it's inevitable
• Game state feedback: announces winner and loser, or if game is a tie
• Entertaining messages to the user
• exit / quit / :q commands

Running the Game

git clone https://github.com/its-all-waves/tic-tac-toe.git
cd tic-tac-toe
python3.12 main.py

Python 3.12 or higher is required. A virtual environment is not necessary as there are no external dependencies.

Tested on macOS, Debian 12. Windows 11's emoji set is differrent such that the game board does not render as intended.

Running the Tests

cd tic-tac-toe
python3.12 -m unittest