Language C++, if i could just get a start on the programming of the project just to undersand which direction to take. Help is greatly appreciated!

Part 1: Background Gomoku, also known as Gobang and Five-in-a-row is a two-player board game played traditionally on a 15 x 15 board. Players take alternating turns to place black or white pieces in empty blocks on the grid. A player wins the game by placing 5 of their pieces in an unbroken line, horizontally, vertically or diagonally. In this project you are required to: 1. Implement the Gomoku game for a board size of nxn where 6 S n 15 2. Implement two different algorithms that will play Gomoku against each other