can I use the SharedMatrix to create a ticktacktoe game in fluid framework?

[Sassyprogrammer1]

I want to develop a ticktacktoe game on top of fluid framework, can I use the SharedMatrix to create a ticktacktoe game in fluid framework. can we manage state history in fluid dds?

[tylerbutler]

Yes, you could, but there are some things to note.

First, Fluid isn't a great fit for turn-based games/apps. You can definitely do it, but you will need to enforce the turns (i.e. make sure only one player can change data at a time) yourself. If your goal is to explore Fluid, I would recommend not worrying about the turn-base aspect and instead make a "tic-tac-toe grid simulator." All users could write an X or an O in any grid, so there would be no enforcement of the game rules, but there would be a shared game board where the players can "collaborate" on the board contents. This would enable you to focus on the Fluid pieces, assuming that's what you want.

Second, I wouldn't recommend SharedMatrix for this. SharedMatrix is designed for tabular data that can grow in any direction (i.e. add more rows/columns to the data) and may be sparse (i.e. the matrix is 1000 columns wide but only the first and last columns have data), and in this case, you have a grid of a fixed size.

Instead, I would recommend using a SharedMap. You can assign IDs to each of the nine game board cells, and store an "X", "O", or "" in each SharedMap key. When a player changes a value on the board, update the value stored in the map.

[Sassyprogrammer1]

Thanks @tylerbutler for reaching out. Actually I already made a multiplayer tictactoe board after getting some help from Sam Broner. I used shareMap for that, but my actual intention was to develop a game which is somehow like a tournament of tictactoe's. Like multiple teams can play a tournament. I am using the Audience object which gives me client name and id but the actual problem I am getting is that when ever you refresh the page the client info is changed.