// Somewhat naive approach to implement a Tic Tac Toe A.I.
// I honestly don't know much about the strategy involved in the game, but i'm assuming
// the steps described below make sense and work as a base for a somewhat decent A.I. that can play this sort of games
public Vector2Int MakeMove(Board gameplayBoard, TurnTracker turnTracker, GameplayBotDifficulty difficulty = GameplayBotDifficulty.EASY)
{
// Get available spaces
var boardFreePositions = gameplayBoard.GetAvailableLocations();
// if the game is set to easy difficulty
if (difficulty == GameplayBotDifficulty.EASY)
{
// Just pick something at random
return(boardFreePositions[Mathf.FloorToInt(Random.Range(0, boardFreePositions.Count))]);
}
// Else make a move using a better strategy
// Get the play pieces for each player
GameplayPieceTypes ownedPieces = turnTracker.GetCurrentTurnPieceType();
GameplayPieceTypes rivalPieces = turnTracker.GetRivalTurnPieceType();
//if first move, or the center has not been taken, take center (assuming this is the best possible position to take, as this is the case in most board games)
var bestMove = new Vector2Int(1, 1);
if (difficulty == GameplayBotDifficulty.MEDIUM)
{
if (boardFreePositions.Contains((bestMove)))
{
// Just pick something at random
return(boardFreePositions[Mathf.FloorToInt(Random.Range(0, boardFreePositions.Count))]);
}
var scoresMedium = this.AlphaBetaMax(gameplayBoard, 0, Mathf.Infinity, -Mathf.Infinity, ownedPieces);
// return bestMove;
return(new Vector2Int(scoresMedium[0], scoresMedium[1]));
}
//if first move, or the center has not been taken, take center (assuming this is the best possible position to take, as this is the case in most board games)
if (boardFreePositions.Contains((bestMove)))
{
return(bestMove);
}
// higher depth means, even further analisis of deeper brancher of the possible plays
var scoresHard = this.AlphaBetaMax(gameplayBoard, 3, Mathf.Infinity, -Mathf.Infinity, ownedPieces);
// return bestMove;
return(new Vector2Int(scoresHard[0], scoresHard[1]));
}
private void initializeTurnTracker()
{
TurnTracker = new TurnTracker((List <BaseUnit>)Allies.Concat(Enemies));
}
void Start()
{
turnTracker = FindObjectOfType <TurnTracker>();
sliceAnimator = FindObjectOfType <SliceAnimator>();
audioSource = GetComponent <AudioSource>();
}
public void pTwoSelectButton()
{
playerTurn = TurnTracker.playerTwo;
}
public void pThreeSelectButton()
{
playerTurn = TurnTracker.playerThree;
}
//Changes the player who is selecting their character
public void pOneSelectButton()
{
playerTurn = TurnTracker.playerOne;
}
public void pFourSelectButton()
{
playerTurn = TurnTracker.playerFour;
}