Advanced Battleship Game

A C++ implementation of an advanced version of the classic Battleship game, featuring different types of ships with special abilities and computer vs computer or player vs computer gameplay modes.

Game Overview

This version of Battleship is played on a 12x12 grid where each player has:

• A defense grid for positioning their ships
• An attack grid for tracking shots and sonar detections

Ships

Each player has 8 ships of three different types:

• 3 Battleships (5 cells long)
  • Action: Fire at target coordinates
• 3 Support Ships (3 cells long)
  • Action: Move and repair friendly ships in a 3x3 area
• 2 Explorer Submarines (1 cell long)
  • Action: Move and detect enemy ships in a 5x5 area

Game Mechanics

• Ships can be placed horizontally or vertically
• Each turn, a player can perform one action with one ship
• Support ships can repair friendly ships to full health
• Submarines can detect enemy ships (marked as 'Y' on the attack grid)
• Ships are destroyed when all their cells are hit
• Ships move relative to their center cell

Building the Project

Prerequisites

• CMake
• C++ Compiler
• C++ Standard Library

Build Instructions

mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
make

This will generate two executables:

• battaglia_navale (main game)
• replay (game replay viewer)

Running the Game

Main Game

The game can be run in two modes:

1. Player vs Computer:

./battaglia_navale pc

2. Computer vs Computer:

./battaglia_navale cc

Replay System

The replay system can be used in two ways:

1. View replay on screen:

./replay v [log_file_name]

2. Save replay to file:

./replay f [log_file_name] [output_file_name]

Game Commands

During Gameplay

• Move/Action Command Format: XYOrigin XYTarget
  • Example: B8 G10 (Ship at B8 targets G10)
• Show Game Boards: XX XX
• Clear Sonar Detections: AA AA

Ship Placement

At the start of the game, you'll be prompted to place your ships by providing bow and stern coordinates for each ship. Example:

>> Quali sono le coordinate per la corazzata 1:
>> B6 B10

Grid Display

Defense Grid

• C: Battleship
• S: Support Ship
• E: Explorer Submarine
• Lowercase letters indicate damaged sections

Attack Grid

• X: Hit
• O: Miss
• Y: Sonar Detection

Additional Notes

• The game automatically logs all commands to a file
• Computer players make random moves
• Games between computers have a maximum turn limit
• Ships cannot overlap during placement
• Ships can only move within grid boundaries