Battleship Game in RUST

#rust #gamedev #cli #programming

Hey! Amir here! 🌟

First of all: Thank you so much for the incredible interaction I had had when I shared my Rust Full Course for Beginners last month.
I'm glad to know that it was helpful to you, even if just a bit.
Every opportunity to provide value and help you learn is something I cherish deeply.
I'll always be ready to support your learning journey, guys.

Today, I’m super excited to share my latest project with you all: a classic Battleship game implemented in Rust.
This isn’t just a throwback to those childhood days of sinking ships on graph paper, but also a neat little journey through the awesomeness of Rust's standard library for I/O handling and random number generation.
So, let me show you what I have for you today, and maybe even contribute to this Battleship game.

Features

Let's kick things off by highlighting some cool features of our Battleship game:

Random Ship Placement: Ships are placed randomly ensuring no overlaps or out-of-bounds positioning.
User Input: You can fire at coordinates through basic user input.
Game Board Display: The game board displays hits, misses, and ships using different symbols.
Simple Game Loop: The game runs in a turn-based loop.
Game Over Detection: It checks for game over conditions, so you know when you've won (or lost)! # Installation First things first, you need to have Rust installed. If you haven’t got it yet, head over to rust-lang.org and get it.

Once Rust is all set up, cloning the repository is your next step. Here’s how you do it:

git clone https://github.com/BekBrace/rust-bship-game.git
cd battleship-rust
cargo build
cargo run

Here's the game tutorial if you prefer to watch it :-)

Game Rules

For those who need a quick refresher on how Battleship works, here are the basics:

Each player has a 10x10 board.
Ships of different sizes (5, 4, 3, 3, 2) are randomly placed on the board.
Players take turns firing at each other’s boards by entering coordinates.
Hits are marked with a red dot (●), and misses with a blue dot (·).
The game continues until all ships of one player are sunk.

And there you have it, folks! A full Battleship CLI game in Rust.
Whether you're a Rustacean or just someone looking to play a fun game, I hope this project brings you as much joy as it brought me creating it.

Stay safe, happy coding, and may the best captain win :-)
Catch you next time,
Amir 🚀