How to Create a Tic Tac Toe Game in C#

How to Create a Tic Tac Toe Game

Here is a simple game created in Visual Studio 2015.  It’s awesome!  Try it out for yourself.  Test your skills.

What you need:

·        A menu strip at the top of the form

·        9 buttons

·        Determination to finish.

·        Oh, Visual Studio 2015

This is the copy of the source code:

using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.ComponentModel;

using System.Data;

using System.Drawing;

using System.Linq;

using System.Text;

using System.Threading.Tasks;

using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace TicTacToe

{

    public partial class Form1 : Form

    {

        bool turn = true;  //true = X turn, false = Y turn

        int turn_count = 0;

        public Form1()

        {

            InitializeComponent();

           

            

        }

        private void aboutToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

        {

            MessageBox.Show("By Roxanne Reyes", "Tic tac toe About");

        }

        private void exitToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

        {

            Application.Exit();

        }

        private void button_click(object sender, EventArgs e)

        {

            Button b = (Button)sender;

            if (turn)

                b.Text = "X";

            else

                b.Text = "O";

            turn = !turn;

            b.Enabled = false;

            turn_count++;

            checkForWinner();

        }

        private void checkForWinner()

        {

            bool there_is_a_winner = false;

            //Horizontal checks

            if ((A1.Text == A2.Text) && (A2.Text == A3.Text) && (!A1.Enabled))

                there_is_a_winner = true;

            else if((B1.Text == B2.Text) && (B2.Text == B3.Text) && (!B1.Enabled))

                there_is_a_winner = true;

            else if ((C1.Text == C2.Text) && (C2.Text == C3.Text) && (!C1.Enabled))

                there_is_a_winner = true;

            //Verticle checks

            if ((A1.Text == B1.Text) && (B1.Text == C1.Text) && (!A1.Enabled))

                there_is_a_winner = true;

            else if ((A2.Text == B2.Text) && (B2.Text == C2.Text) && (!A2.Enabled))

                there_is_a_winner = true;

            else if ((A3.Text == B3.Text) && (C2.Text == C3.Text) && (!A3.Enabled))

                there_is_a_winner = true;

            //Diagonal checks

            if ((A1.Text == B2.Text) && (B2.Text == C3.Text) && (!A1.Enabled))

                there_is_a_winner = true;

            else if ((A3.Text == B2.Text) && (B2.Text == C1.Text) && (!C1.Enabled))

                there_is_a_winner = true;

           

            if (there_is_a_winner)

            {

                disableButtons();

                string winner = "";

                if (turn)

                    winner = "0";

                else

                    winner = "X";

                MessageBox.Show(winner + " wins!" + " Congratulations!");

            }//end if

            else

            {

                if(turn_count == 9)

                    MessageBox.Show("It's a draw!", "Try again!");

            }

        }

        //end check for winner

        private void disableButtons()

        {

            try

            {

           

            foreach(Control c in Controls)

            {

                Button b = (Button)c;

                b.Enabled = false;

            }//end foreach

        }//end try

            catch

            {

            }

}

        private void newGameToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

        {

            turn = true;

            turn_count = 0;

            try

            {

                foreach (Control c in Controls)

                {

                    Button b = (Button)c;

                    b.Enabled = true;

                    b.Text = "";

                }//end foreach

            }//end try

            catch

            {

            }

        }

    }

}