yousefakbar/battleship

🚢 classic battleship game on python

BATTLESHIP

Purpose

Battleship is a classic board game (AxB grid) with the aim of guessing and shooting enemy ships.

This is a python project I worked on in high school as part of my overall grade. The aim was to recreate a simple game using concepts taught in class.

Directions

To play, simply download the .py and run it with your local version of python.

Alternatively, you can pull to your desired location using git:

 git pull https://github.com/yousefakbar/battleship.git

and launch it from there.

How to play

When launched, the game generates a 5x5 grid with letters for rows and numbers for columns. Here is what the grid looks like:

When initiated, the game generates 5 ship locations and scatters them around the map.

Information about each grid element is stored in a 3-dimensional list. Information stored consists of co-ordinates, hit status, and ship_piece boolean value.

Status symbols: □ = Available, X = Not Available, # = Ship.

The game is won when all 5 ship pieces are destroyed. You cannot lose :).

Concepts mastered in this project

• RNG number generation
• List functionality and manipulation
• Usage of multi-dimensional lists as arrays
• While loops as a simple basis for gameplay
• Formatting print statements to display nicely

Enjoy!