Tic Tac Toe (Java Swing)

A simple desktop Tic Tac Toe game built with Java and Swing.

Features

• 2-player local gameplay

• Win detection

• Tie detection

• Highlighted winning tiles

• Play Again functionality

• Desktop GUI built entirely with Swing

Technologies Used

• Java
• Swing (Java GUI Toolkit)
• IntelliJ IDEA

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Running the Application

Option 1 — Run the Executable JAR (Recommended)

Requirements

You need Java installed on your system.

Check if Java is installed:

java -version

If Java is not installed, download it from:

https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/downloads/

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Download the JAR

Download the latest .jar file from the Releases section of this repository.

Example:

TicTacToe.jar

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Run the Game

Windows

Double-click the .jar file.

If double-clicking does not work:

1. Open Command Prompt
2. Navigate to the folder containing the jar
3. Run:

java -jar TicTacToe.jar

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Linux / macOS

Double-click the .jar file. If double-clicking does not work 👇🏻

Open a terminal in the jar directory and run:

java -jar TicTacToe.jar

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Running from Source

Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/YOUR_REPOSITORY.git

Open in IntelliJ IDEA

1. Open IntelliJ
2. Select "Open"
3. Choose the project folder

Run the Project

Run the Main class.

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Screenshots

Example:

![Gameplay Screenshot](screenshots/Screenshot.png)

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