Noughts and Crosses: Oxford Modern Playscripts

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That's the NaC class finished so now we can move on to writing a UI. As I mentioned above I have written a console UI with curses but the NaC class has no user interface code so can be used with any library or framework, for example PyGame, Tkinter, PyQt or whatever. This function creates a list of nine dictionaries representing the nine possible win paths, ie straight lines of three squares. Each dictionary contains the row/column numbers of the three squares as well as the counts of each of the three possible states of a square: empty, "O" and "X". __populate_win_paths This is the other function passed to the NaC class and is called when the game is over. The winner argument is "X" for the player, "O" for the computer or " " for a draw. The function uses this to create a suitable message which is then displayed in an orange box in the middle of the board.

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The average level uses either idiot level or genius level at random with 50:50 probability. __computer_move_geniusThe first day of school is horrible for Sephy and Callum both. A mob outside protests the nought students, and Sephy gets the mob to disperse by screaming that her classmates are acting like “blankers.” Callum is hurt and offended, so Sephy agrees not to use the slur again. Sephy is the only Cross to attend Lynette’s funeral, but her presence isn’t well-received; Dad and Jude both tell her to leave. In the weeks after the funeral, Callum realizes that Dad and Jude are becoming more involved with the LM. Mother’s drinking escalates, which frightens Sephy—but her sister Minnie says they shouldn’t do anything.

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In idiot mode the computer searches at random for an empty square to place its "O" in. __computer_move_average The nac.py file contains a class implementing the game logic, independently of any user interface. The nacconsole.py file contains a class providing a console-based UI using curses. I wrote an introduction to curses a while ago which you might like to read before this article. Here we set the counts of each possible state per win path for use by __computer_move_genius as described above. __find_empty_square If it is starting the game the computer will always select the centre square. Otherwise it uses a list of win paths which I'll describe in a moment to find the optimum square. The stages it goes through are: For this make a function for game to restart. Define replay() function, which will take input from the player to play again or not. def replay():

The cell is expecting the General of the LM’s second-in-command to visit them at their remote location, but Callum is immediately suspicious of the man, Andrew Dorn. When Andrew asks to see Sephy, Sephy visibly startles at the sight of him. The next day, Andrew, Jude, and three other members of the cell, Morgan, Leila, and Pete, leave to deliver more demands to Mr. Hadley, leaving Callum to guard Sephy.