tictactoe-textbased

Build a game of tic tac toe that is text based.

Setup

• create an index.html file in this repo.
• include the starter code script.js file.

Taking user input

At any point in our JS code, if we write prompt(), a pop up box will open in our browser for a user to enter in text.

// prompts user and stores value in the variable
var valueOfPrompt = prompt()
// logs value stored
console.log(valueOfPrompt)

You can also pass in a string as an argument to have the pop up box contain that string as a ... prompt.

var age = prompt("How old are you?")
alert("You are " + age + " years old.")

Whatever we type into the textbox in the window that prompt() brings up, is returned by prompt to the variable age.

1. Create a working game

• create a game that users can play and that fills each square as they select it

2. Detecting a win state

• modify your game so that the game knows when one player has won or lost

3. Further

• when the game ends, or when the page is reloaded / loads for the very first time, prompt your users to ask if they want to play
• ask the names of players 1 and 2 and display that back to them as they play and win

4. Even Further - Dynamic Board

• Ask the user in the beggining on the game how large of a board they want.
• Ask them how many in a row they want to qualify as a win
• Detect the win state

4. Even Further!!!11!! - Computer Player

• ask the player if they want to play against the computer
• make the computer play by randomly picking a spot on the board
• modify the computer player to be defensive and block the human player from winning
• modify the computer player to be offensive and try to win the game