Sweeps - Puzzle Game

[James]

SWEEPS - NEW NDS HOMEBREW by me

I have created a puzzle game inspired by Minesweeper. There are 10 mines hidden in a grid of 64 squares. Every time you try the puzzle, the mines are in different (random) places.

Screenshot from NO$GBA

The objective is not to uncover any mines by touching them with the stylus. When there are no more squares to touch that would not reveal a mine, you win, and your time is displayed.

If a square is not a mine, it displays a number, which tells you how many mines surround it (there are 8 squares surrounding it). Also, you will see little indicators like "TR" and "B" on the screen, which you can use to play the game very fast.

The objective is to become "safe", and do so as fast as possible. Remember, your soldiers are relying on you!

The indicators tell you which squares contain mines in relation to the one you touched - the squares, therefore, to avoid. T means top, B bottom, L left, R right, M middle. Thus:

TR = Top Right
ML = Middle Left
B = Bottom
T = Top
...

I will make this game open-source once I release the next DSGM; it relies on a slight fix.

I would like to know your times. Currently I do it in 40 seconds but I have had a bit of practice. I made this game at 10pm on New Year's eve and had it finished by the new year. Speed!

[SM152]

wow, This game is really fun! I like the feel to it, just like minesweeper. I had to try it about 5 times till I got the whole board. It took me a minute and 40 seconds (timer).

P.S its only 7:22 were i'm at!

[James]

It's quite addictive; I've played it about 50 times now, of these times, completed it 5 I think.

I will work on it tomorrow; it's late here - 3:24 AM.

I just completed it now in 42 seconds. Happy

[James]

New time is 32 seconds.

EDIT: Done it in 29 seconds in DeSmuME in full screen.

[SM152]

new record, 58 seconds. Score:19

[James]

What's "Score: 19" about?

I haven't beaten 29 seconds yet BTW

[Thungbard]

My best is somewhere in the 80 second range, mostly because I keep playing it as MineSweeper and ignoring the letters that state where the Bombs are, which causes extra required thinking on my part.

[CZ Games]

when i was editing my profile on this forum and seen sweep time i LOl'd. I suck at this game by the way. I need to play it on my DS and actually concentrate i was trying to do it fast on the emulator.. but I failed.

[bksonic]

87.

I have to say, this is impressive (the game, not my score).

[JanMulder]

You think the coding is impressive? I personally think that it's only
if you press tile
little loop to look around how many mines are around you
set sprite frame to amount of mines around you
if the tile is a mine
boom

I like the game and the graphics, but it's not that the coding is really impressive...

[James]

I made this game at 10pm on New Year's eve and had it finished by the new year. Speed!

Yes; quoting myself. I was proper impressed this time; I wrote the bulk of the code and it worked first time on running it. That is why it didn't take much time.

I did use a whiteboard to draw part of the minesweeper grid to get my head round instancing. There's an array of mines (10 slots), but no array for every object. For example, to look at the square to the top left, it just takes 9 from [Me] because the squares are arranged from 0-63 in horizontal lines.

Of course you will see how it works when I release the source.

C is here: http://dsgamemaker.com/SweepSource.zip

EDIT: Fixed the link.

[pichubolt090]

Hehe, this is addicting!

[James]

Hehe, this is addicting!

Good. I have played it a lot too actually...

I'd like your suggestions for improving it, and to know your time.

I cannot beat 29 seconds by emulator or on DS.

[pichubolt090]

I'd like your suggestions for improving it, and to know your time.

Background. Black-to-white backgrounds never work out nicely on the DS. I suggest either using a darker shade of white or a brighter black.
My time? None. I suck at Minesweeper. lol

[James]

Background. Black-to-white backgrounds never work out nicely on the DS

The effect was actually deliberate, but I don't like it regardless.

[pichubolt090]

Yes, well, the top and bottom backgrounds 'don't fit with each other', if you know what I mean. The top background is a detailed image, contrasting heavily with the bottom, which is a mere gradient.

[CZ Games]

I got safe at 182 but as soon as i got safe and heard the explosion I got so scared i think i pooped a brick!

[Ryan]

Dude, I built this in ti basic on my calculator... I'm working on flood-fill when you click a block with no neighboring bombs. Like it does on all the other minesweeper games. Maybe you should consider adding this feature to your game.

EDIT:
I put together a function (that I think works... I don't know for sure. I never tested it. And I think C directly accesses arrays when sent as parameters but I don't remember.

Code: Select all


int floodFill(int xValues[8], int yValues[8], int placesToCheck_x[8], int placesToCheck_y[8]){
    bool runAgain = false;

    for(int x = 0; x < 8; x++){
        for(int y = 0; y < 8; y++){
            if (placeIsMarked(placesToCheck_x[x], placesToCheck_y[y]))//Place Is Marked For Checking For Flood Fill
            for(int temp_x = 0; temp_x < 3; temp_x++)
            for(int temp_y = 0; temp_y < 3; temp_y++){
                if (placeReturnsNoNumbers(xValues[x], yValues[y])){
                    markPlace();//Mark Place For Checking
                    runAgain = true;
                }
                if (placeReturnsNoBomb(xValues[x], yValues[y])){
                    markPlaceAsOpened(xValues[x],yValues[y]);
                }
            }
        }
    }
    if (runAgain)
        floodFill(xValues, yValues, placesToCheck_x, placesToCheck_y);
}
 

[James]

Dude, I built this in ti basic on my calculator...

I wrote this in Dynamic Basic in DSGM...

[jace]

What is the Game Player Number for this please?