Description

I wish to create a Tic Tac Toe game with interactive help for my project.

Interface

The project will consist of four or five forms. There will be one parent form, the child Board form, the child Help form, the About form, and a possible child High Score Form.

Parent Form

The parent form will contain the child forms as well as the menu:

• File
  • New Game (CTRL + N)
  • High Scores (maybe) (CTRL + S)
  • Exit (CTRL + X)
• Help
  • Interactive Help (CTRL + H)
  • About Tic Tac Toe (CTRL + A)

Board Form

The board form will consist of a graphical title, the running score, and the board itself. I will use line controls to separate the labels that are used to contain the X, O, or blank values. When one of these lables is clicked, the main board algorithm is run.

Help Form

The help form will contain a scrolling list of expected questions. When one of these is chosen, the lable will be updated to contain the appropriate information.

About Form

The about form, as expected will give the program name, author name, publisher, version, license and copyright information, etc.

High Score Form (maybe)

If I implement this, it will be a matter of reading a file upon load and parsing it. It would probably be a comma-separated values file.

Algorithm

Tic Tac Toe Algorithm

The basic Tic Tac Toe Algorithm will be run upon the click of one of the label boxes in the Tic Tac Toe board form. In pseudocode, it is:

• When label is clicked,
  • Check if label has a value
  • If label has a value then
    • Display Error
  • Else
    • Set array value
    • Update board
  • Check for User Win
  • If User Win then
    • Congrats message
    • Increment Score
    • Prompt for New Game
  • Else
    • Check if board filled
    • If Board Filled then
      • Tie
      • Prompt for New Game
    • Else
      • Computer Moves
      • Check Computer Win
      • If computer Win Then
        • Lose message
        • Increment Score
        • Prompt for New Game
      • Else
        • Check if Board Filled
        • If board filled then
          • Tie
          • Prompt for New Game

Help Algorithm

The help algorithm will be:

• When topic selected,
  • Display appropriate label text

Miscelaneous

Upon exit, it will be necessary to save high scores (if implemented). The High Score form will also have a function to clear previous high scores.