BattleShips Web

During my time at Makers we created a website where players could play battleships locally, using a battleships ruby gem for the game logic but I was not happy with it only being playable locally. During lab week I built an online PVP game of battleships. I built the logic for the game myself in ruby and created a more dynamic way for the games to play out using Javascript.

Please find the website on Heroku here

Skills Used

• I used ruby to create the logic for manipulating the game state.
• The server was created using Sinatra.
• I used Javascript to control when players can fire at the boards.
• PostgrSQL and Datamapper was used to create and manipulate the database used.

Skills Gained/ Improved

• I had to learn how to use convert into YAML because I needed to store the game state in the database so two computers could play the same game.
• I needed use interval functions in jQuery to make get requests to my own server to find changes in the game state, this was used to manage player's turns.

Technologies Used

• Production: Ruby, Sinatra, PostgreSQL, Datamapper, HTML, CSS, Javascript, JQuery
• Testing: Rspec, Capybara, Database Cleaner

How To Use

• First clone and run bundle to install all relevant gems.
• You will also need to create a database for test and development to be able to run tests and

User Stories

To Save on typing I will assume you know the rules of battleships

As a Player
So playing feels more personal
I would like to set my username

As a Player
So I can play a game of battleships
I would like to be able to start a game against a person online

While Playing

As a Player
So I can play strategically
I would like to place different sized ships on the board

As a Player
So I can win
I would like to be able to fire at my opponents board

As a Player
To make the game competitive
My opponent should be able to fire also

As a Player
So the game is fair
Me and my opponent should alternate turns

As a Player
So I can strategize
I would like to be able to see where I have previously fired 

As a Player
So I can strategize
I would like to know when I have sunk an opponents ship

As a Player
So I know how close my opponent is to winning
I would like to see my ships and where my opponent has fired.

As a Player
So the game does not go on forever
I would like to be declared nautical combat master when I win

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As a Player
So I can stop the robot advancement
I would like to play against a computer player