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Build a Tic Tac Toe game using Amazon Q

Build a Tic Tac Toe game using Amazon Q

Use prompts to work with AI programming tools to iterate on the game requirements

Abhishek Gupta
Amazon Employee
Published Nov 5, 2024
In a previous blog post, I had demonstrated how to get started with AWS Lambda and Go with the help of Amazon Q. That was a while back (given how time flies when it comes to advancements in generative AI!). This time, I tried building a simple game only using Amazon Q. Here is how it went....

Prompts used to build the game

I started with something really simple - no detailed instructions, or specifications. I wanted to see what Amazon Q comes up with:
Create a two-player, interactive tic-tac-toe game in Python
The result was reasonable and I got the code for a working game.
The game exited awkwardly as soon as it ended - win or tie. Like I said, I did not provide any specifications to begin with. So I asked Amazon Q to update the code based on my feedback:
Before the game begins, allow players to enter their names and associate X or O with each of them. When a game ends, announce the result (who won, or was it a tie) and provide the option to exit the game or play another round.
The code did what I asked it to. But the interactions (asking for player names, etc.) were on the CLI, not the GUI.
I should have been clearer! Never mind, I asked Amazon Q to improve it:
Use the GUI to accept player names, announce results and exit options.
When I ran the resulting code, I got this error:
I Amazon Q to "fix" the code. It identified the issue in the __init__ method and provided a corrected version:
This new version fixed the issue, but there were a few other issues, particularly the window size.
I asked Amazon Q to take care of it:
The window is too small. Also, I don't see which player was assigned what - X or O. The option at the end of the game is not visible as well.

Final Tic-Tac-Toe version

After all the improvements, the game worked as expected.
Here is the final version of the code that Amazon Q provided:

Wrapping up

There is always scope for improvement, but I stopped here. This reinforced the idea of being clear with specifications and requirements - with or without AI. To make sure I don't offend anyone, I won't add memes to support this statement ;)
If you're ready to build your own game, AWS is running a hackathon through the month of November. From a simple tic tac toe game built with HTML/CSS/JS to a complex Unity game -- all skill levels and tech stacks are welcome. Join now on DevPost: https://awsdevchallenge.devpost.com!
 

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