Tic-Tac-Toe Game || C Code Projects for School students

 Reference: CCP_L01_B04_Tic-Tac-Toe Game

Introduction

Are you looking for an exciting C programming project? The Tic-Tac-Toe game in C is a perfect choice for beginners and students (8-16 years old) to practice arrays, functions, file handling, and game logic. In this project, we’ll implement a two-player Tic-Tac-Toe game with a file-based scoreboard to keep track of game history.

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Project Features

✅ Two-player Tic-Tac-Toe game (X vs. O)
 ✅ Move validation to prevent overwriting a spot
 ✅ Win and draw detection (horizontal, vertical, diagonal)
 ✅ Scoreboard using file storage ("scores.txt")
 ✅ Leaderboard that displays past game results

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System Design & Code Structure

The project follows a modular approach with key functions such as:
 🔹 initializeBoard() – Initializes the game board
 🔹 displayBoard() – Prints the Tic-Tac-Toe board
 🔹 playerMove() – Takes user input for moves
 🔹 checkWin() – Determines if a player has won
 🔹 checkDraw() – Checks for a draw
 🔹 saveGameResult() – Saves the winner in scores.txt
 🔹 displayLeaderboard() – Reads and displays past game results

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How the Scoreboard Works

Each time a game ends, the result is saved in "scores.txt". When the game restarts, the leaderboard is displayed, showing the history of past wins and draws.

Example of scores.txt:

Game Result: Player X Wins

Game Result: Draw

Game Result: Player O Wins

Game Result: Player X Wins

 

This makes the game more interactive and competitive!

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Setting Up in Code::Blocks

1️⃣ Create a new C project in Code::Blocks IDE
 2️⃣ Copy and paste the C code into tic_tac_toe.c
 3️⃣ Compile and run using MinGW compiler
 4️⃣ Play the game, and results will be stored in scores.txt

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Conclusion

This Tic-Tac-Toe project in C is an excellent way for students to learn C programming, game logic, and file handling in a fun and interactive way. You can further enhance it by adding AI-based gameplay using the Minimax algorithm.

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