It’s Kataday – let's play Battleships kata

08 Oct 2022

Who doesn't love a game of Battleships?  Just perfect for a weekend afternoon.

This kata was written by Mark Gray, Software Craftsperson, and is aimed at the people who feel confident in their coding skills, yet still want to practice.   

The Battleships kata is a version of the classic game with three ships.  Using your skills in Outside-In TDD, Data Structures and object Oriented Design, you will create a game that allows players to be added, start a game, fire, show hits & misses, end turn and print out the game board.

If you want to up your coding skills further, then why not implement an AI player as well.

Getting set up can be the roadblock to starting a kata. In our screenkatas you can join our Software Craftspeople and let them show you how to set up your repositories for JavaPHPPython and Typescript. For other languages, check out our guide on GitHub.

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