BoardBots

This is a coding game in which players code up tic-tac-toe bots in .Net and have them play each other in a tournament.

To see it in action, call RunGame.bat.

To have a real game:

Create one or more bots which implement the BoardBots.Shared.IPlayer interface, compiled to a single dll. There are base solutions in the 'Base Bot Solutions' folder to make this quicker.
Put the bots in a folder with BoardBots.exe and BoardBots.Shared.dll (or just in the GameFiles folder, which already has these files). You need at least two bots. There are a few test bots around the place if you need a second one, for example BoardBots.RandomPlayer.dll in the GameFiles folder.
Run BoardBots.exe

When playing a tournament, some stuff will happen:

The bots will load

Players Loaded

BoardBots.RandomPlayer.RandomPlayer  
GrantsAwesomeFSharpBot.GrantsAwesomeFSharpBot

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The tournament will run

Tournament in Progress

Game 1: RandomPlayer vs GrantsAwesomeFSharpBot.. GrantsAwesomeFSharpBot Wins!  
Game 2: GrantsAwesomeFSharpBot vs RandomPlayer.. GrantsAwesomeFSharpBot Wins!  

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The results will be shown

Tournament Results

+-------------------------------------------------------------------+  
¦ Player                     ¦ Played ¦ Won ¦ Drawn ¦ Lost ¦ Points ¦  
+----------------------------+--------+-----+-------+------+--------¦  
¦ GrantsAwesomeFSharpBot     ¦      2 ¦   2 ¦     0 ¦    0 ¦      4 ¦  
+----------------------------+--------+-----+-------+------+--------¦  
¦ RandomPlayer               ¦      2 ¦   0 ¦     0 ¦    2 ¦      2 ¦  
+-------------------------------------------------------------------+  

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You will get a menu

Games Menu

1. Show Tournament results
2. Show Game results
3. Playback all games (random order)
4. Playback individial game
5. Exit BoardBots

You can watch the games if you want

Game 1: RandomPlayer ('X') vs GrantsAwesomeFSharpBot ('O')

Move 6: GrantsAwesomeFSharpBot plays at [0,2]

    0   1   2
  +-----------+
0 ¦   ¦ X ¦ O ¦
  +---+---+---¦
1 ¦ X ¦ O ¦   ¦
  +---+---+---¦
2 ¦ O ¦ X ¦   ¦
  +-----------+

** GrantsAwesomeFSharpBot Wins!  **

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