A minimal, simple, terminal-based Tic-Tac-Toe game written in Java, supporting two-player gameplay with colored, clean console output, input validation and win patterns (row, col, main-diagonal, anti-diagonal).

• Classic 3×3 Tic Tac Toe board

• Input validation to prevent invalid or duplicate moves

• Automatically detects win, draw, or ongoing game

• Colored, clean and readable console-based UI

• Minimal and lightweight

• Java 8 or higher
• terminal or CLI interface

cd ~/Desktop

git clone https://github.com/manakcodes/tic-tac-toe-java.git

cd path-to/tic-tac-toe-java/

javac Main.java

java Main

rm *.class

• Select Your Symbol (X or O)

• Players take turns entering positions [1–9] on the board

• Player 1 always starts first

• The game ends when :

  • player gets 3 in a row (row, column, or diagonal), OR
  • The board is full (draw)

This project is licensed under MIT License.