Battleship^TM  Demonstration and Discussion

• Demonstrate how to play the battleship game at /home/shomperk/CS1210/public/battle

• Discuss what information constitutes the battleship game, e.g,

  • Two game boards, where each board contains:

    • A 10x10 grid of marker positions (empty, hit or miss)

    • Five ships

      • Ships have size, position, and orientation

      • Ships are in various states of being sunk

• Discuss how the information above can represented in a program

  • What types would we use for the various information elements?

  • How would they be organized?