Tic Tac Neon

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About the game

Noughts and crosses against the computer. It plays well but slips up now and then — seize the moment. You have three lives.

How to play

  1. You play crosses, the computer plays noughts.
  2. Get three in a row — across, down or diagonally.
  3. A win gives 100 points, a draw 30, a loss costs a life.

Controls

  • ⌨️ KeyboardArrows — cell, Space — move
  • 📱 TouchTap a cell
  • ⏸ PausePause button or the P key

Tic Tac Neon is noughts and crosses against the computer on the classic 3×3 grid. You play crosses; the first move alternates from round to round.

The computer usually finds the best move, but from time to time it plays at random — that is your chance. A win gives 100 points, a draw 30, and each loss takes one of your three lives.

Tips

  • When you move first, take a corner: it creates the most ways to build two threats at once.
  • When the computer starts in a corner, answer in the centre — anything else loses against perfect play.
  • Always check whether the computer has two in a row before making your own plan.

Questions and answers

Can the computer be beaten?

Yes. It deliberately makes a random move now and then, and a good player turns that into a win.

When does the game end?

When all three lives are gone.