Ultimate Tic Tac Toe

Games

board game

SHOW HN2013

160points
50comments
#101of 1,739 in 2013
Top 6%of 2013 by points

How HN took it

DebatedReal support and real criticism

6 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 4 critical, out of 16 comments about the project. Thread score +0.09.

Design: 0 for, 2 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against

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What HN said

What people liked

Objections

  • First player always wins

    From 1 comment
  • Bug where X won with fewer boards

    From 1 comment
    • http://i.imgur.com/QuPvQyF.png this is the bug i found with this game, how x can win, when I(in blue) scored 4 before x reaches 3
      ramki on HN

Requests

  • Add an AI opponent

    From 2 comments
    • Nice... it'd be really cool to get an AI to play against as well.
      Falling3 on HN
    • matchu posted an implementation earlier today (with an AI!) using the Khan Academy CS environment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5901365
      spicyj on HN
  • Add multiplayer

    From 1 comment
    • Now to make a multiplayer version... I would use Firebase and Angular probably. Unfortunately I don't feel like staying up all night on a project tonight :-p
      atjoslin on HN

Alternatives named

  • Joey Robert's ultimate tic tac toe implementation

    From 1 comment
    • Fwiw I found this one better and it has a rudimentary AI too. (not mine) http://joeyrobert.org/projects/ultimatetictactoe/
      sigkill on HN
  • Khan Academy CS implementation with AI

    From 1 comment
    • matchu posted an implementation earlier today (with an AI!) using the Khan Academy CS environment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5901365
      spicyj on HN

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