Sweepercraft
Games
minesweeper puzzle
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28points
9comments
#1,652of 3,515 in 2024
Top 47%of 2024 by points
How HN took it
QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project
1 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 4 comments about the project.
Idea: 1 for, 0 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Fun to play
From 1 comment
This is fun! In trying to find an edge with generating based on a word, from what I can tell it also has a border of not-bombs which gives the player an edge they wouldn't have…
trevoragilbert on HN
Clever idea of hiding text in a board
From 1 comment
With this you can even roll a QR code into a game of minesweeper:…
cobbal on HN
Objections
Boards generated from words are tedious to play, with many high numbers and few gaps
From 1 comment
Surprisingly tedious playing the board generated from a word. Lots of high numbers and few gaps made for a lot of clicking. The fact that I tried a few times to click left+right…
Zobat on HN
Generated boards have a border of safe squares that gives an edge
From 1 comment
This is fun! In trying to find an edge with generating based on a word, from what I can tell it also has a border of not-bombs which gives the player an edge they wouldn't have…
trevoragilbert on HN
Page renders blank on an older iPad
From 1 comment
Browsing from an (older) iPad and linked page shows up as a blank. Just FYI.
eps on HN
Requests
Keyboard shortcut to generate a QR code from text
From 1 comment
Love it! I wonder what CSS tweaks would be needed to get phone cameras to read these properly. Would definitely accept a pull request for a keyboard shortcut "q" that words like…
breck on HN
Alternatives named
Claude 3 Sonnet can generate similar games quickly
From 1 comment
Oh my goodness. Claude 3's Sonnet can whip up this sort of thing now in seconds: https://x.com/breckyunits/status/1803864247983837537 It struggles with a few of the more advanced…
breck on HN