Build a Tic-Tac-Toe Game Engine With an AI Player in Python

When you’re a child, you learn to play tic-tac-toe, which some people know as naughts and crosses. The game remains fun and challenging until you enter your teenage years. Then, you learn to program and discover the joy of coding a virtual version of this two-player game. As an adult, you may still appreciate the simplicity of the game by using Python to create an opponent with artificial intelligence (AI).

By completing this detailed step-by-step adventure, you’ll build an extensible game engine with an unbeatable computer player that uses the minimax algorithm to play tic-tac-toe. Along the way, you’ll dive into immutable class design, generic plug-in architecture, and modern Python code practices and patterns.