Bishops-and-Knights

An extended version of Tic-Tac-Toe game introduces new tactical elements by allowing piece movement after the initial placement of pieces and some more added game rules that make the gameplay experience more complex and strategic.

What is Tic-Tac-Toe ?

A classic paper-and-pencil game that is often played on a 3x3 grid. Players take turns marking an empty cell with either an "X" or an "O," to get three of their marks in a row horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.

Game Setup:

• The game is played on an n x n grid, where n is the number of rows and columns and n >= 3
• Each player has a set of two different pieces such as Bishop which represents a dot(O) and Knight which represents a cross(X), with a maximum of n pieces for each player.

Game Play:

• same as the rules of Tic-Tac-Toe
• The game starts with an empty 3 x 3 board.
• Players take turns placing their pieces on the board, one at a time. Here by convention Bishop will play first turn.
• If a player manages to create a winning line (horizontally, vertically, or diagonally) during the initial piece placement phase, that player wins the game.

Extended Gameplay:

• If both players have placed their maximum number of pieces and the game has not ended, the game proceeds to an extended phase.
• The player who has the next turn can choose to move one of their pieces to an adjacent empty square, either vertically or horizontally or diagonally.
• The objective is to create a straight line of your own pieces (Bishops or Knights), either horizontally or vertically, to win the game.
• The game continues until one player successfully creates a winning line in the extended phase.

Strategy and Considerations:

• Players will need to consider both initial placement and subsequent movement of pieces to create winning lines.
• Strategic thinking will be required to block opponent's potential winning lines and to set up one's own winning opportunities.
• Players can anticipate potential moves and counter moves to gain an advantage.

Language, Tools , and Frameworks

Programming Language : Python (Version: 3.11.4)
Development and Testing Tool : Visual Studio Code
Special Library or Framework: pygame

Main Features of this Designed Game:

• Play this game against a friend locally on a single machine with Interactive graphical interface.
• Turn-based gameplay with visual indications for player turns
• Complete game sounds from start to end of play which also can be muted.
• Planned extension: AI opponent for single-player gameplay. i.e., AI Knight (coming soon!)

Controls

• Keyboard inputs for game controls:
  • Press Q to Quit the game
  • Press R to reset the game
  • Press M to mute and unmute the game sounds
  • Press I or UP_KEY to increase the game board dimesion and reset the game
  • Press D or DOWN_KEY to decrease the game board dimesion and reset the game
• Mouse inputs for game controls:
  • Click on empty squares for initial placement of pieces when your turn to play.
  • Click on your piece, and then click on an adjacent empty square to move your piece when your turn to play.

Future Plans

• Implement AI Knight opponent for single-player gameplay to enable playing against the computer.
• Enhance the user interface with additional themes and customization options.
• Add additional game modes or variants, such as timed matches or some puzzles.
• Improve the overall user experience based on feedback and suggestions.

Running the Game

Do you want to play without looking at the source codes?

• Go to releases and download the latest release.
• You can download the executable file(Bishops&Knights.exe) with game images, and sounds by downloading zipped file(Bishops&Knights-SetUp.zip) from the latest release.
  Extract the zipped file and run the executable file(Bishops&Knights.exe) to play the game.
• If you want to do installation of the game in your PC, you can download the SetUp file(Bishops&Knights-SetUp.exe) from the latest release.
  Run the SetUp file(Bishops&Knights-SetUp.exe) and follow the instructions to install the game.
  After the installation, you can run the game by runnnig the executable file(Bishops&Knights.exe) in the installed directory.

Do you want to look at the source codes and play?

1. Make sure you have Python 3.x installed on your system.
2. Clone this repository to your local machine or download the source code as a ZIP file.
3. Install the necessary dependencies using pip if not installed

   pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Open a terminal or command prompt and navigate to the project's directory.
5. Run the game using the following command:

   python ./src/main.py

6. The game window will open, and you can start playing Bishops and Knights with a friend!

Contributions

Contributions to this project are welcome! If you have any bug reports, feature requests, or improvements, please open an issue or submit a pull request.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. Feel free to use, modify, and distribute this code for personal and educational purposes.

Look at these Some Gameplay Screenshots

Start and reset pop-up image	3-Dimension Initial Board Look
Random 3-Dimension Gameplay	Random 4-Dimension Gameplay
Drag Bishop	Knight WON
Bishop WON	A win before all placed in 3-Dimension Board