Randomness game!
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Here, you'll play a randomness game against an opponent.
This game is like battlehsip. But instead of playing on one big board that remains across turns, you'll play on a new mini-board each turn.
Here's how it will work:
One of you will be trying to place a ship in a random tile. You don't want your opponent to guess it, so try to be unpredictable.
The other will be trying to guess the random box. You'll be trying to guess your opponent's ship placement, and you'll have 3 tries to do so on each turn.
First, you'll be matched with another player. Then, you'll receive instructions on how to play.
The game will last 150 turns in total.
To be matched with another player, press the → key on your keyboard.
Let's go through a turn in the game. Place your ship in any of these tiles.
The guesser can submit their guesses as soon as you place your ship. Before you place your ship, their box will be empty. Then, once they start thinking, their box will have this symbol: ◊.
Once you've placed your ship, you'll be able to see your opponent's guesses update in real-time.
Your opponent will receive 3 guesses. If they guess the ship's location before their 3rd guess, we'll move on to the next turn and you will place the ship again
After both you and your opponent have submitted your choices in this practice turn, we'll be able to move on to the next step.
Let's go through a turn in the game. Your opponent is placing their ship in one of these tiles. Before they place their ship, your box will be empty.
After they place their ship, your opponent's box will have this symbol: ◊. Then, you'll see a full grid, and you'll be able to submit your responses.
Using your mouse, press on where you think the opponent is hiding their ship (on your side of the grid). You can input your guesses as soon as the opponent places their ship.
You'll have 3 guesses. If you guess the ship's location before your 3rd guess, we'll move on to the next turn and your opponent will place their ship again.
If you guess incorrectly, the tile will turn black. If you guess correctly, the tile will turn red.
After both you and your opponent have submitted your choices in this practice turn, we'll be able to move on to the next step.
After both players submit their choices, both the ship's real location and the guessed locations for the ship will be revealed to both players. In the real game, we'd then move on to a new turn of the game, allowing the generator to place the ship again.
Press the → key to proceed.
The rest of the game will look just like this.
Note that because you're playing against an opponent, they might think for a little bit before guessing on each turn. For that same reason, please don't take too long to make your choices!
Remember, you're trying to place the ship in a random tile to be as unpredictable as possible, and your opponent is trying to guess where you'll place the ship.
So, try to be as unpredictable as possible!
Your opponent will have 3 tries on each turn to guess the ship's location.
There will also be a point system in the game, just to make things more engaging. Every time your opponent can't get your ship with their 3 guesses, you'll get 1 point (but with an additional multiplier that we'll tell you about soon). On the other hand, if they guess it correctly on their first try, they'll get +8; if they guess it correctly on their second try, they'll get +6; and if they guess it correctly on their third try, they'll get +4.
However, there is a points multipler — that's what the little numbers in the corner of each tile mean. In other words, if a tile has a little "3x" in the corner, that means you get 3x as many points for successfully hiding your ship in that tile.
One reall important thing to note about this multiplier is that your opponent does not know about your multipliers (i.e., they don't know which tiles are most valuable). They're just seeing grey tiles with no multipliers (as you can see on their side). You can take this into consideration when making your choices. Their points will not be multiplied by this factor (i.e., their points are solely determined by how many guesses they needed).
Ready to play? If so, press the → key.
The rest of the game will look just like this.
Note that because you're playing against an opponent, they might think for a little bit before guessing on each turn. For that same reason, please don't take too long to make your choices!
Remember, you're trying to guess where your opponent will place their ship. Your opponent is trying to place the ship in a random location, and they will try to be as unpredictable as possible.
You'll have 3 tries on each turn to guess the ship's location.
There will also be a point system in the game, just to make things more engaging. If you hit your opponent's ship correctly on your first try, you'll get +8; if you guess it correctly on your second try, you'll get +6; and if you guess it correctly on your third try, you'll get +4. If you're unable to guess it in 3 tries, your opponent will get points.
Your opponent will earn points every time their ship survives. The number of points they will gain varies, depending on various factors. But your points are solely determined by how many guesses you needed.
Ready to play? If so, press the → key.
Opponent is waiting! Please provide a response.