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JavaScript

Peter Mingione
Peter Mingione
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Posted by Peter Mingione
Peter Mingione
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Very Confusing Instructions

I am lost and cannot follow this lesson. I don't understand how the game is played. How do 2 players run the game?

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Travis Alstrand
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Travis Alstrand
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Hey Peter Mingione 👋

Since this was posted in the general "JavaScript" topic, I'm unsure of what video/lesson you're referring to. Can you provide a link to the video you're on please?

Travis Alstrand
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Oh I see, well I haven't taken this course unfortunately, so I'm not 100% sure, but with looking at the code it doesn't look like the code itself contains a playable game, just the two functions that would likely be in the game that can be utilized for the testing: checkForShip(), fire() and damageShip(). Since the course is specifically aimed at Unit Testing, have a functional game isn't necessary.

If you're curious about how the game "Battleship" works in general, which is what is being replicated here, you can check out this blogpost about it with a description and images explaining it.