The programs/applications below were written in Microsoft's C#.

Hangman

This is something I had a go out purely for fun. There are no complex algorithms involved or spectacular graphics but it does the job, and my testers (Holly and Dad) claim it to be addictive. The application will randomly select a word from a textfile (containing every word in the English dictionary). It will certainly test your hangman skills. Soon available for download and free of course.

Noughts & Crosses

After studying some artifical agents and game theory at Uni, I thought it would be cool to try out my own game theory. This application allows both one player and two player mode. If one player mode is selected the user will be playing against the program. There are currently no levels of difficulty which may be frustrating since I cannot beat the program neither can anyone else who has played it (only lost or drawn). I will at some point provide this option.

The stratgies I have incorporated in to the program are those of defensive and attack. When the user has taken a move it will first scan the board for potential wins which is a default action. If no wins are available, it will then decide it's next move by deciding whether the user can win. The program is in defensive mode at this point. If there are no threats it will then get into attack mode, else it will decide the best defensive mode. If in attack mode, it will then take a move that is calculated according to previous moves in the hopeful build-up of winning.

This will also be available for download once I have provided a difficuly level option