tric-tac-toe v0.6.1, written by Sean McKean (Gamechild Software)
Description:
The board resembles a Rubik's Cube surface; three players each
take turns filling up the surface of the board. When no more points
can be scored, a winner is declared according to the point totals of
each player.
The "tric"ky part is the connections on the board that score points.
Requirements:
SDL http://www.libsdl.org/download-1.2.php
SDL_ttf http://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_ttf
SDL_image http://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_image
Build instructions:
Type make at a suitable terminal in the main directory to build
the executable.
To run:
Under Linux, type ./tric-tac-toe at a terminal to run.
Under Windows, run "tric-tac-toe.exe" in the main directory.
Controls:
Mostly self-explanatory. To get possible command-line arguments,
type -h (or --help) after the program name. If the intro screen or
fading is too slow, you can click the mouse, or specify -ni (or
--no-intro) at the command-line. To turn off sound, type -ns (or
--no-sound) at the command prompt, and to keep the computer
player(s) from delaying for the default amount of time, specify -tf
(or --think-fast). The settings screen includes helpful texts at the
bottom portion of the screen. If you need to reach the tutorial
screen, press 't' from the settings menu; otherwise, make the
settings you desire, then hit 'start' (or type Enter).
Each player (human or computer) gets one cell to mark on their turn.
Cells are marked by pressing the left mouse button. The objective is
to amass as many points as you can until the full board has no
unchosen cells left. The way to make a point is to mark one cell on
each of the "sides" of the board that connect; connection is
determined if the three cells join together at a common origin
"inside" the cubed-board. If this seems like a strange explanation,
try playing around with the tutorial screen (from the settings
menu); it may seem like a tricky concept at first, but I'm convinced
that you'll find it provides an interesting twist, and once you get
it, you will be on your way to mastering the computer players and on
to playing other people. Two computer-player-types have been
included, the easier one being a little more random, while the
harder one plays with more balance.
The player with the highest score by the end of the game is declared
the winner; if two or more players have tied for first, then the
last player to place a cell defaults to winning.
Updates:
v0.6: Program now checks for whether cells left on board can add
points or not, and ends early if no points are available.
Added points display for end screen.
A few small fixes.
Included sound file author information.
v0.5b: Initial release.
Media file information:
click.wav (and kcilc.wav reversed):
sound-click3.wav by zippi1
http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=17893
cheering.wav (down-sampled and shortened):
cheering-16.flac by Halleck
http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=18665
boo.wav (converted):
http://www.mediacollege.com/downloads/sound-effects/audience/
blip.wav (down-sampled):
blip05.flac by Corsica_S
http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=38493
Author web page: http://www.freesound.org/usersViewSingle.php?id=7037
bloop.wav(down-sampled):
blip06.flac by Corsica_S
http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=38494
mouse.png & pc-xx.png:
http://www.iconspedia.com/
TODO:
Make computer a little less gullible and identify hot-spots better.
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