SOS Oyunu

After learning the basics of Java I wanted to build something I could finish on my own. I picked SOS because the rules are simple enough for anyone to follow, yet there is real logic behind it: tracking turns, the state of the board and the scores.

I built the interface with Swing. The nine cells on the board are clickable buttons; a player first chooses which letter to place from the panel below, then clicks a cell. Whose turn it is, the selected letter and both players' scores stay visible and up to date on screen.

The most instructive part was the win check: after each letter is placed, the board has to be scanned horizontally, vertically and diagonally to see whether a new SOS has been formed. Writing it taught me how to work with arrays and how to keep the program's state separate from the interface — a habit that has stayed with me in later projects.