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Simple version of the classic pen and paper game, Naughts and Crosses / Tic Tac Toe

Credits

By Disco Rectangle

'Winter Song' by The Head and the Heart (adapted by Disco Rectangle)

Controls

Move ⬆️⬇️⬅️➡️

Select ❎ / z

Background

Created to familiarise myself with Pico-8 development, including:

• Working in Lua
• Complete app loop
• Basic game logic
• State machines
• Save data for player options
• Creation of sprites, basic animations, sound effects and music
• Particle effects and transitions

 Potential improvements, include:

• Current version has very basic opponent logic which selects a random empty square to play. This could probably be expanded without much difficulty to include an actually play algorithm, such as Minimax.
  
• Save function has been implemented but doesn't work with the HTML version of game so has been switch off for this version. Cart has save functionality activated.
• Game breaking bug if trying to play on an occupied square.

Closing Thoughts

I've had a lot of fun and success working with Pico 8, definitely more than my experiments with other engines. Being forced to severely limit the scope of the project both in terms of gameplay and art design has resulted in my first ever completed MVP.