mxdubois / tictactoe-ai

Java CLI tictactoe with minimax ai opponents.

tictactoe-ai

CLI tictactoe with minimax ai opponents. Now you can master those essential tictactoe skillz without embarassing yourself!

Setup

Ensure that you have jdk 7 installed. If you're on a debian/ubuntu machine, you can install the jdk with the following command:

sudo apt-get install openjdk-7-jdk

Ensure that the scripts in the scripts directory are executable. One of many ways to do this is:

chmod 775 scripts/*

Compile

To compile the project via bash and javac:

scripts/compile.sh   

Usage

Once you've compiled the project, you can run a TicTacToe game with:

scripts/run.sh user1 user2 [numMatches]

Where user1/user2 can be either a human player's name (string) or one of AI-1 to AI-9, where the number after AI- corresponds to the number of "plies" (turns in the game or levels in the minimax tree) that the AI will evaluate before making a decision.

If numMatches is provided, the users will play the specified number of matches before a winner is announced. Players alternate taking the first turn beginning with user1.