Battleships Project: JTerm 2015

###Goals:

1. Simulate Battleship games using artificially intelligent players.
   

=================== ###Run Battleships: Run Battleships with the following cli command:

   python battleships.py [p1_name] [p2_name] [rounds (optional)]

For example, if you wanted to run the Dumb player against the Genetic player for 75 rounds:

   python battleships.py dumb genetic 75

Note: Battleships requires Python >= 3.4

====================== ###Defaults:

• Rounds: 50
• Placer: dumb
• Shooter: dumb
• Board Size: 10
• Ship List: Carrier, Battleship, Submarine, Destroyer, Cruiser

====================== ###Players: #####Computer Players:

1. Dumb Player [dumb]
   • Places ships and shoots to opponent board in predefined patterns that never change.
2. Probability Player [prob]
   • Places ships and shoots to opponent board based on probabilities calculated for each spot on the board.
3. Farnsworth Player [farns]
   • Uses tree-based searching of "heat map" states to get next shots.
   • Based on Nate Kohl's "Farnsworth Opponent": http://natekohl.net/files/FarnsworthOpponent.cs

#####Additional Players: Additional players can be added via the following steps:

1. Add a new folder [name] into the players folder.
2. Add [name]_placer.py and [name]_shooter.py files into your new folder.
   • Default placer or shooter will be used if a file is missing or misnamed.
3. Add [name]_placer.py and [name]_shooter.py to import list at top of battleships.py
4. Add relevant code to instantiation sections of battleships.py
5. Add [name] to list of players in b_globals.py