Kryziukai-Nuliukai.bat
A Tic-Tac-Toe game for Windows, available in English and Lithuanian. You play as X against the computer. Get three marks in a row, column, or diagonal to win.
Play
The easiest way is to play online in English or Lithuanian. Wait for Windows to load inside your browser; the game opens automatically. Click inside the game, choose a difficulty, and use your keyboard to play. The flag links switch between the English and Lithuanian pages. Refreshing the page starts a fresh session.
To play on your own Windows computer:
- Download the latest release.
- Extract the ZIP file using Extract All. Keep
kryz.bat and the Language folder together.
- Open the extracted folder and double-click
kryz.bat.
The downloadable game requires Windows 2000 or newer and needs no installation. The browser version can be played on other operating systems too.
How to play
Choose a difficulty by typing 1, 2, or 3, then pressing Enter. During the game, type the number of an empty square (1–9) and press Enter to place your X.
Type exit at a move prompt to quit. After a game, press Enter to play again, or type no (English) or ne (Lithuanian) to stop. You can also use yes/y, no/n, taip/t, or ne/n in the selected language.
Difficulty
Press Enter at the difficulty prompt to accept the default: Normal the first time, then your last selected difficulty. The same difficulty stays active when playing again.
- Easy picks a random free square.
- Normal takes an immediate win, blocks an immediate loss, then picks a random free square.
- Hard plays optimally: you can draw, but cannot win.
Project status
This project is mostly inactive, with occasional updates when I have time and interest. Small fixes may be considered, but pull requests may go unanswered. See CONTRIBUTING.md for details.
Advanced options
The game is written in Windows Batch. No programming knowledge is needed to play. If you use Command Prompt, you can choose a language, difficulty, or display mode when launching it:
kryz.bat /L lt /D hard /MONO
/L en or /L lt: English or Lithuanian./D easy, /D normal, or /D hard: skip the difficulty prompt./MONO: disable colors./COLOR: request colors if the terminal supports them./ASCII: use simpler board characters./?: show help.
Difficulty choices, including those made with /D, are saved in %APPDATA%\kryziukai-nuliukai.bat\difficulty.txt. If saving fails, the game still works.
For browser demo development and deployment instructions, see web/README.md.
Display and compatibility
X is cyan and O is magenta when colors are supported. Winning marks turn green; without colors, brackets highlight them instead.
If the board looks wrong, try the simpler display by running kryz.bat /ASCII from Command Prompt. Windows 2000 uses this layout automatically. Colors are optional; the game can run without PowerShell or color support.
The screenshot shows the modern board layout. The Windows 2000 browser demo uses a simpler board with numbered squares. Its initial display has been checked in the emulator; full gameplay and a native Windows 2000 installation still need separate testing.
