I really like the take on this, even if I sometimes come across TNT that I swear shouldn't be there according to surrounding numbers. The upgrades though don't really do much though. Slightly increasing mining speed, and carrying capacity. Its little improvements but doesn't really help out much like most upgrades in incremental games. What about something that give you an ability to place a bomb to clear a space, or a device you can use from time to time that will confirm if TNT is in a spot that you're unsure about? Abilities you can buy that have timers so you can't just spam them. Something to give a little bit of help those of us who aren't masters at minesweeper. For example, an ability that has a 1 min timer that can confirm if a spot you're looking at has TNT or not. Upgrades to increase movement speed. There are probably other little upgrades that could be added that wouldn't take away from the challenge to much if done right.
When a 1 and a 4 is partially hidden behind a block they look so similar at a glance that it's very easy to mistake one for the other due to color. Also when you die, please don't just instantly respawn us. Give us a death screen so we can see what happened. I just died to mining a tile that based on what I saw was a 0% chance to be a TNT. The only way for it to actually have been a TNT is if I mistook a partially hidden 4 for a 1. But I have no way of knowing if that's actually what happened. Since the game instantly spawned me into a new world.
Unless you plan on adding other uses for it, I would love to play without the mouse, or integrate the mouse so the tiles you hover are the ones you target.
Also, ideas for improvements, some minesweeper apps allow you to click on the numbers and auto mine the obvious.
Honestly, while the two current upgrades are nice, they're not super helpful. The game is based off of Minesweeper, but neither of the upgrades actually help with the mine sweeping. Digging speed and being able to carry more stuff speed things up, but most of your time is still spent deducing where the mines are. I don't think the game should solve it for you, but it should make it easier as you progress.
It's often not clear where you're mining. I ended up dying because I was trying to mind a stone but accidentally mined the dirt south to it. The reticle should always be visible. Also, I saved a bunch for the diamond picaxe, and went from taking two hits to mine through dirt to... two hits to mine through dirt. Every upgrade should make you better.
Unless I'm missing something it feels like getting ore is so few and far between. I've been playing for 45 minutes without hitting any mines and I have a grand total of $15 and the only reason it's that high is because I got one singular coal that is worth $10. Considering the first upgrade costs $149 this signifies to me that this game is going to be a huge slog and not worth playing in it's current state
Thank you for the feedback. I doubled the amount of ores now. Maybe in the future I could make it so that going further from the center gives you better ores.
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That's a good idea, hope to see it gets more updates and more things to do.
I really like the take on this, even if I sometimes come across TNT that I swear shouldn't be there according to surrounding numbers. The upgrades though don't really do much though. Slightly increasing mining speed, and carrying capacity. Its little improvements but doesn't really help out much like most upgrades in incremental games. What about something that give you an ability to place a bomb to clear a space, or a device you can use from time to time that will confirm if TNT is in a spot that you're unsure about? Abilities you can buy that have timers so you can't just spam them. Something to give a little bit of help those of us who aren't masters at minesweeper. For example, an ability that has a 1 min timer that can confirm if a spot you're looking at has TNT or not. Upgrades to increase movement speed. There are probably other little upgrades that could be added that wouldn't take away from the challenge to much if done right.
How big is the map and is there a defined total amount of mines? Basically, is there actually a win condition or does it just go forever?
The map is infinite
There is a nice concept but it's not much exploited
When a 1 and a 4 is partially hidden behind a block they look so similar at a glance that it's very easy to mistake one for the other due to color. Also when you die, please don't just instantly respawn us. Give us a death screen so we can see what happened. I just died to mining a tile that based on what I saw was a 0% chance to be a TNT. The only way for it to actually have been a TNT is if I mistook a partially hidden 4 for a 1. But I have no way of knowing if that's actually what happened. Since the game instantly spawned me into a new world.
Unless you plan on adding other uses for it, I would love to play without the mouse, or integrate the mouse so the tiles you hover are the ones you target.
Also, ideas for improvements, some minesweeper apps allow you to click on the numbers and auto mine the obvious.
Loved playing the game.
Honestly, while the two current upgrades are nice, they're not super helpful. The game is based off of Minesweeper, but neither of the upgrades actually help with the mine sweeping. Digging speed and being able to carry more stuff speed things up, but most of your time is still spent deducing where the mines are. I don't think the game should solve it for you, but it should make it easier as you progress.
nice twist to a classic, great game
It's often not clear where you're mining. I ended up dying because I was trying to mind a stone but accidentally mined the dirt south to it. The reticle should always be visible. Also, I saved a bunch for the diamond picaxe, and went from taking two hits to mine through dirt to... two hits to mine through dirt. Every upgrade should make you better.
Hi, thanks for letting me know. I changed the cursor so that it now shows above the tile you’re mining.
Dying gives you more ores then doing mine sweeper
Unless I'm missing something it feels like getting ore is so few and far between. I've been playing for 45 minutes without hitting any mines and I have a grand total of $15 and the only reason it's that high is because I got one singular coal that is worth $10. Considering the first upgrade costs $149 this signifies to me that this game is going to be a huge slog and not worth playing in it's current state
Thank you for the feedback. I doubled the amount of ores now. Maybe in the future I could make it so that going further from the center gives you better ores.
It may be more due to not trying to mine those stones lying around in caves. It's been a while before I noticed that you should mine them for cash.