Node Battleship

Do you like Battleship? Do you like Node? Well, you're in luck!

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Battleship Terminal Game

Overview

This project is an implementation of the classic board game, Battleship, designed to be played in a terminal. The game was developed purely using JavaScript and the readline-sync npm package for synchronous readline. The main focus of the project was to enhance coding skills, understanding of fundamental data structures, and algorithms.

Features

Part 1: Basic Game Structure

  • On application load, the game prompts, "Press any key to start the game."
  • Two ships are randomly placed on the board once the user initiates the game.
  • The user can guess a location to attack. The game responds with messages whether the attack was a hit, miss, or a repeated location.
  • The game continues until all ships are destroyed, and offers an option to play again.

Part 2: Advanced Grid and Ship Placement

  • The grid structure was expanded to a 10x10 grid using letters A-J and numbers 1-10.
  • Added a dynamic grid builder function to create a grid of any given size.
  • The ship placement feature was improved, now allowing for one 2-unit ship, two 3-unit ships, one 4-unit ship, and one 5-unit ship to be randomly placed on the board without overlap.

Part 3: GUI Grid

  • Incorporated a GUI-based grid in the terminal, marking hits with "X" and misses with "O", which refreshes after every turn.

Part 4: Multiplayer Feature

  • Modified the game for a player vs. computer mode. Ships for both player and computer are positioned automatically at the start.
  • Each turn consists of the player's attack followed by the computer's attack, with feedback on the outcomes of both attacks.

Technical Details

This game was developed purely in JavaScript, and the following main technologies and techniques were used:

  • JavaScript: The game logic, data structures, and algorithms were implemented using JavaScript.

  • readline-sync npm package: This package was used to create a synchronous interface for readline, allowing the user to input their attack locations and game decisions.

  • Modular functions: The code was written in a way that each function performs a single objective, making the code more readable, modular, and reusable.

Conclusion

This terminal-based Battleship game serves as a demonstration of my proficiency in JavaScript, understanding of fundamental data structures and algorithms, and ability to create a user-friendly terminal game. With features like dynamic grid creation and a player vs. computer mode, this project reflects my capability to develop interactive and fun terminal-based games.