Just Minesweeper
This is Just Minesweeper. It's mostly... just minesweeper, as one might guess.
However, I've added 5 new tiles that will randomly replace blank tiles to mix things up just a little bit, while also (hopefully) not making something unrecognizable. Here are what they are, and what they do:
Star - An extra life.
Wall - Blocks auto reveals. (but can be clicked around, honestly this ended up not being much of an obstacle)
Music Note - Randomly clicks a safe, unrevealed blank tile, if any exist
Mystery - Shuffles all unrevealed tiles, and recalculates numbers to match
Detonator - Sets off a random mine, destroying itself and nearby tiles. These can set off chain reactions.
There is a normal mode where it loads a preset collection of levels, and a custom mode that lets you just configure your own levels. I've put some basic guards in place, but I would not be surprised if someone could break this if they tried. So... just be advised.
Actual gameplay is pretty straightforward, mouse controls should match normal minesweeper. Click to uncover tiles, right lick to set flags, double click/middle click/both click to auto click tiles. Scroll wheel also zooms in or out. I added some additional controls at the bottom for playing on a touch screen, a remnant and feature from when I was considering putting this on mobile. It might still mostly work on mobile, but I haven't tested the current version thoroughly on mobile yet.
Some of these levels might be hard. I don't have any saving mechanics beyond tracking your best level for that session, so be advised. There are 21 levels and while I think I specifically played most if not all of them, some are rather hard by design, and Minesweeper has always been a game where even perfect play is not always guaranteed a victory. I've tried to make mechanically faithful, but if I missed something, please let me know.
This project was thrown together haphazardly as I tried to learn more about Defold, so I am aware of some still existing weird bugs and sharp edges, but it mostly works and so I'm just putting it out there to get feedback on things I might have missed. I may or may not add bug fixes if people want.
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Install instructions
Download JustMinesweeper.zip, extract, and navigate to the Minesweeper folder inside and run the executable. It will probably throw some kind of error and will display the default Defold icon.



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