This reminds me of one of my very first programs, a tic-tac-toe game I wrote in high school. It displayed hardcoded grids of Xs and Os and blanks very similar to what's shown here. This approach worked because of the much more limited move possibilities. The program could always win if it made the first move, and always win or tie if the human moved first, depending on if the human made mistakes. I wish I still had the code.

[–] Tja@programming.dev 17 points 22 hours ago (3 children)

Did the program cheat? Tic tac toe is a tie if opponents play correctly.

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago

I'm probably remembering it wrong, it was a long time ago. It definitely always either won or tied but could never lose, because it knew the right responses to every move. No, it didn't cheat lol.

[–] Couldbealeotard@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

How do you define cheating in such a simple game?

[–] rat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Placing moves in invalid locations, passing a turn, or making multiple moves on one turn?

[–] Couldbealeotard@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

There are no invalid locations in tic Tac toe, passing a turn provides no advantage, I suppose you could take extra turns to cheat.