node-battleship

Battleship game with NodeJS

Planned flow

1. Players connect to the node server
2. Once more than 1 players have connected, server starts the game and initiates "Setup Phase"
3. Setup Phase Game allocates equal number of ships to each player They are given a 6x6 grid to arrange the ships as they please Once done, players hit the "Done" button Game moves on to the next phase (Game) once all players are done
4. Game Server broadcasts the grid setup of all players to each other Players receive this, and store in their localStorage Players can only see their own ship positions From then on, game logic is done client-side Clicking on a cell with a ship will explode the said ship Clicks are sent to the server to sync with other players Exploded empty cells and exploded ships are highlighted differently Once all ships of a player are eliminated, that person quits being a player and is delgated to being an observer (can only observe, not interact) Once all but one player are eliminated, the winner is declared to all

============================================================================================================== Thoughts for the current version

1. Maybe decide on a fixed number of players instead of being a free-for-all, or
2. Setting an alpha-player who can decide when to start the game, thereby disallowing more players from joining
3. Change the server address to suit your needs

============================================================================================================== Path to future versions

1. Ships occupying multiple cells
2. Ships with varying "strengths" (number of hits it can take before exploding)
3. Players can align the ships as they desire (vertical/horizontal)