Battleship

Classic Battleship against the computer on a 10×10 grid. This repo contains a console game with menus, difficulty settings, and save/load (src/), plus a Swing GUI in a separate source tree (gui/) so the two entry points stay easy to tell apart.

Features

• Fleet: Destroyer (2), Cruiser (3), Submarine (3), Battleship (4), Aircraft carrier (5).
• AI: Easy fires at random squares; Normal hunts adjacent cells after a hit.
• Console (BattleshipConsole): main menu, new game, load/save, gameplay loop.
• GUI (BattleshipGUI): menu, instructions dialog, ship placement and play screens (Java Swing).

Requirements

• JDK 8 or newer (code uses standard library only).

Build and run

From the repository root:

mkdir -p out
javac -d out src/*.java gui/*.java

To build only the console game (no Swing on the classpath):

javac -d out src/*.java

Graphical UI

java -cp out BattleshipGUI

Console

java -cp out BattleshipConsole

IntelliJ

Open the project folder (or Battleship.iml / module), then run BattleshipGUI or BattleshipConsole using the gutter ▶ on the class’s main method.

Project layout

Path	Role
src/BattleshipConsole.java	Console main, menus, game loop
src/GameRules.java, GameConstants.java	Board rules, ship logic, constants
src/ComputerPlayer.java, ConsoleDisplay.java, GamePersistence.java	AI, terminal UI, save/load
src/Main.java	Placeholder entry (not the launcher)
gui/BattleshipGUI.java	Swing shell: CardLayout (menu, game, placement)
gui/MenuPanel.java, GamePanel.java, ShipPlacementPanel.java	GUI panels

License

No LICENSE file is included; add one if you want to clarify terms for reuse.