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bs - battleships game
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battle [ -b | -s ] [ -c ]
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This program allows you to play the familiar Battleships
game against the computer on a 10x10 board. The interface is
visual and largely self-explanatory; you place your ships
and pick your shots by moving the cursor around the `sea'
with the rogue/hack motion keys hjklyubn.
Note that when selecting a ship to place, you must type the
capital letter (these are, after all, capital ships). During
ship placement, the `r' command may be used to ignore the
current position and randomly place your currently selected
ship. The `R' command will place all remaining ships
randomly. The ^L command (form feed, ASCII 12) will force a
screen redraw).
The command-line arguments control game modes.
-b selects a `blitz' variant
-s selects a `salvo' variant
-c permits ships to be placed adjacently
The `blitz' variant allows a side to shoot for as long as it
continues to score hits.
The `salvo' game allows a player one shot per turn for each
of his/her ships still afloat. This puts a premium scoring
hits early and knocking out some ships and also makes much
harder the situation where you face a superior force with
only your PT-boat.
Normally, ships must be separated by at least one square of
open water. The -c option disables this check and allows
them to close-pack.
The algorithm the computer uses once it has found a ship to
sink is provably optimal. The dispersion criterion for the
random-fire algorithm may not be.
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Originally written by one Bruce Holloway in 1986. Salvo mode
added by Chuck A. DeGaul (cbosgd!cad). Visual user
interface, `closepack' option, code rewrite and manual page
by Eric S. Raymond (eric@snark.uu.net) August 1989.
Page 1 (printed 7/3/94)