Linux Client/Server Tic-Tac-Toe Game

Utilizes Linux threading and socket APIs to create a multiplayer game experience

Source Code Link: https://github.com/andrade824/Client-Server-Tic-Tac-Toe-Game

This project consists of both client and server software to handle playing any number of Tic-Tac-Toe games simultaneously. This game was developed in C++ and utilized Linux sockets programming (TCP/IP) to provide for a networked gaming experience.

Server

• Developed to handle multiple games at the same time
• Kicks off a new thread for each client that connects
• Linked list of games is used to keep track of which players are playing who
• Mutexes provide inter-thread atomic data access
• Object-oriented programming was utilized to keep track of tic-tac-toe boards, players, and games between players

Client

• Connects to the server over TCP/IP
• Retrieves and validates user input
• Displays results of each move in the console
• Very small memory footprint because the game logic is handled server-side