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Minefield - the simplest game ever!
Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2011 10:49 am
by miko
Hello,
here is my first officially released game for Love
Don't expect too much (note the file size!), it is an example of how to write a simple game (it took me something like 2 hours to write it), so you can treat it as a tutorial/demo more than a game.
The same game I wrote for ZX Spectrum, and it was really one of my first games (yes, ASCII art). But that was eons ago.
Edit:
Changes in version 2:
- added menu
- added resolution/fullscreen change
- added a timer
- added option to disable checking of diagonal bombs
Re: Minefield - the simplest game ever!
Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2011 2:17 pm
by T-Bone
Gah! It's hard!
Re: Minefield - the simplest game ever!
Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2011 2:43 pm
by miko
T-Bone wrote:Gah! It's hard!
If you had looked at the source code, you could spot small cheat - press "b". Otherwise, keep trying
Re: Minefield - the simplest game ever!
Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2011 2:58 pm
by The Doctor
Good job!
Simple, but challenging!
Re: Minefield - the simplest game ever!
Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2011 4:27 pm
by T-Bone
Wait, there's no 'ö' in the title?
Re: Minefield - the simplest game ever!
Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2011 9:11 pm
by Tesselode
It would be good if you could mark where you think mines are.
Re: Minefield - the simplest game ever!
Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2011 9:48 pm
by SoggyWaffles
maybe not show the mines that are diagonal to your position? but then again thats part of the challenge and fun!
Also! Without cheating!
Re: Minefield - the simplest game ever!
Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2011 10:39 pm
by Taehl
Mines?... Swept.
I didn't cheat, I'm just a Windows user.
Re: Minefield - the simplest game ever!
Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2011 11:16 pm
by miko
T-Bone wrote:Wait, there's no 'ö' in the title?
Oh no, you uncovered my secret failure! Let's say that it is because of translation error, the original was "Pöle minöwe"
Still, could be worse:
http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/then-well ... ound-15632
Tesselode wrote:It would be good if you could mark where you think mines are.
That would be mess... Besides, the controls would be much more complicated (using mouse? another keys?)
SoggyWaffles wrote:maybe not show the mines that are diagonal to your position? but then again thats part of the challenge and fun!
That's the point!
SoggyWaffles wrote:Also! Without cheating!
It happened to me too. I blame pseudo-random number generator. I could increase the number of bombs (to minimize the probability of this situation), but then the game would be really hard.
Taehl wrote:Mines?... Swept.
I didn't cheat, I'm just a Windows user.
OMG, I should have added a timer also
Re: Minefield - the simplest game ever!
Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 10:59 pm
by stripwax
It would be better if it was playable on systems with lower screen resolutions! e.g. by rescaling to fit actual maximum screen resolution. This seems to require way more than 1024x600. Wait, didn't the ZX Spectrum have 256x192 resolution :-D