IPC-Battleship

Overview

This project is a text-based version of the classic Battleship game. It utilizes shared memory for inter-process communication and ncurses for a simple graphical interface in the terminal. The game allows two players to play against each other, place ships on a grid, take turns to attack, and save/load the game state.

Features

• Shared Memory: The game state is stored in shared memory, allowing communication between multiple processes (e.g., for AI and player interactions).
• AI Opponent: A simple AI opponent that makes moves based on the last successful hit.
• Grid Display: The game uses ncurses to display grids in the terminal with color-coded ships and attack statuses.
• Save/Load Functionality: The game state can be saved to a file and loaded later, allowing players to resume their game.
• Ship Placement: Players' ships (Battleship, Cruiser, Destroyer) are randomly placed on the grid.

Dependencies

• ncurses: Used for creating the terminal user interface.
• Shared Memory: To store the game state, enabling inter-process communication.

Getting Started

To run this project, you need to have ncurses installed on your system. You can install it using the following command on Linux-based systems:

sudo apt-get install libncurses5-dev libncursesw5-dev

You can compile the project using gcc:

gcc -o battleship battleship.c -lncurses

To start the game, run the following command:

./battleship

Game Menu

The game will display a menu with the following options:

• Start New Game: Begin a fresh game with random ship placements.
• Show Grids: Displays the current state of both players' grids.
• Relocate Ships: Randomly places ships again for both players.
• Save and Exit: Saves the current game state to a file and exits the program.
• Load Saved Game: Load the game state from a previously saved file to continue playing.
• Display Saved Game State: View the last saved game state.

AI Behavior

• The AI opponent chooses random coordinates to attack if no successful hits have been made.
• If the AI hits a ship, it attempts to continue attacking nearby coordinates based on the last successful hit.

Game State

The game state includes:

• Grid1 and Grid2: Represent the two players' grids.
• Coordinates Hit by Player1 and Player2: Tracks successful hits.
• Current Player: Indicates whose turn it is (Player 1 or Player 2).
• Game Over Flag: Indicates if the game is over.
• Player Attacks: A matrix tracking the attacks made by each player on the opponent's grid.