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 # ShipGame
 
-Backend for the ShipGame written in Python
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+This program was my final project for **CS 162 - Introduction to Programming
+II** at Oregon State University. ShipGame is a Battleship-like game
+for two players.
+
+## Program Description
+
+Each player has a 10x10 grid on which they place their ships. On their
+turn, the player fires a torpedo at a square on their opponents grid.
+Player 'first' gets the first turn, after which the players alternate. A
+ship is sunk when all of its squares have been hit. A player wins when
+all of their opponents ships have been sunk.