BattleShipJava

A simple command-line Battleship game written in Java.

This project uses a 10x10 grid where:

• the player places 5 ships
• the computer places 5 ships
• both sides take turns attacking coordinates
• the game ends when one side loses all ships

What the code demonstrates

• 2D arrays
• nested loops
• user input with Scanner
• random number generation with Random
• conditionals and game-state tracking

How the board works

The game stores the board in a 2D integer array called map.

Board values:

• 0 = empty water
• 1 = player ship
• 2 = computer ship
• 3 = player ship that was sunk
• 4 = computer ship that was sunk
• 5 = player miss
• 6 = computer miss

How to run

Compile:

javac Battleship.java

Run:

java Battleship

Current improvement ideas

• extract repeated logic into helper methods
• improve coordinate validation
• separate board rendering from game logic
• create a JavaScript version as a follow-up project