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Bazing Games - Blazing Table Collection - 3D Tic Tac Toe

3D Tic Tac Toe

The classic game in three dimensions!

Page Last Updated: April 1, 2006

 

Introduction

This is a 3 dimensional version of the classic tic tac toe game. This game was originally created with Flash 5 in January of 2001. The goal was to create a game to test Flash's new Action Script language to see if Flash had evolved enough to create the type of games I wanted. This game is also part of the Blazing Games Guide to Flash Game Development eBook.

Playing the Game

When the 4 menu buttons appear, click on the one you want to start.

• The single player game pits you against a very tough opponent
• The two player game lets you play against another person (on the same computer).
• The instructions provide a more graphical version of the instructions below.
• About is a must read section.

The way you win this game is by forming a line consisting of four of your pieces while preventing your opponent from doing the same. We will be looking at the various types of winning lines later on in the instructions. The board is made up of 4 layers. Each of these layers is made up of 4 rows and four columns.You may place your piece on any of the 64 locations available, but can not place a piece on an occupied location. As with tic tac toe, 3D Tic Tac Toe is a turn based game. This means that the first player makes a move, and only after he or she has made a move can the second player make a move. By Tic Tac Toe tradition, the first player is assigned X and the second player is assigned O. In single player mode, the computer always plays player 2.

Lines can be formed horizontally, vertically, or elevated. Combinations of the 3 are also allowed. There are a lot of ways to win (or lose) the game

• Horizontal Win a horizontal win is a line that is straight across a level. There are 16 different ways to win horizontally.
• Vertical Win I am defining vertical as what would be vertical if a level was two dimensional. There are 16 different ways to win vertically.
• Horizontal and Vertical Win In the classic game, this type of win was commonly referred to as diagonal. Each level has two of these wins making for a total of 8 wins.
• Evelated Win The elevated win is defined as a win where the same location in each of the 4 separate levels contains the same piece. As each level has 16 pieces, there are 16 different elevated wins.
• Elevated Horizontal Win The diagonal but with a three dimensional twist to it. There are 8 of this type of diagonal.
• Elevated Vertical Win The diagonal but with a three dimensional twist to it. There are 8 of this type of diagonal.
• Elevated Horizontal and Vertical Win The ultimate diagonal! There are four of these! I personally consider winning with one of these to be the ultimate win (or most humiliating loss).

System Requirements

This game requires the Flash Player 6 or greater plugin be installed in your brower.
You can get this plugin at the Adobe web site by clicking here.

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PLAY 3D Tic Tac Toe

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