Triple-A Minesweeper

larrydag a few seconds ago | parent | next [-]

I love the parody. Is this a treatise on modern game development? I hope so.

devin 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

So good.

Maybe lean into some of the metal gear solid dialogue by having a long back and forth about "What's a mine?" "What do you mean 'mark a mine'?" "How do I know when I'm done?" etc.

	▲	mkobit 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I really enjoy this trope. The "Zelda Ocarina of Time if it were a modern game" series has the MGS style discussion, and the whole series is incredible. Here is the forest temple video which is a short sample of what to expect: https://youtu.be/KC656o7_zVk
	▲	dormento 33 minutes ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		"Sweeper, press the X button to mark a mine." "X... button?" "Focus, Sweeper! Sweeper? SWEEPEEEER!"

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grumbel an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

There is also the classic "Minesweeper - The Movie"[1]

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHY8NKj3RKs

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NSUserDefaults an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Nice but the logos are skippable, which is not realistic.

	▲	LugosFergus 33 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Also, since it's an Unreal game, it's missing long load times, camera jitter, frame spikes, and dynamic resolution constantly kicking in.

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fidotron 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

But I didn't need to install a publisher specific launcher to run it.

	▲	ravenstine 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		And then be forced to download a 42GiB update.

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jordigh 6 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

icymi, we can also do this with Mario https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMh_APo2Xss

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theroadnotbacon an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I was absolutely hoping to see production babies in the credits. Can’t win ‘em all.

	▲	jameshart an hour ago \| parent [-]
		No pets credited either.

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magnat 18 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Felix Varga and Johanna Kowalski (Online Services Engineers) must have done a really good job - with all the traffic from the HN front page login servers didn't go down and queue was almost instant.

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lapetitejort 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Missing:

Sidequest to sweep 10 mines.

Achievement after sweeping 5 mines

The yellow diamond is nice but what if I don't notice the diamond? I need a colored scent trail leading from my cursor to the yellow diamond, and a pinging noise when my cursor is near a mine

Mocapped mines

Jack Quaid

$70

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jandrese 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

There should be additional audio logs you can find under some squares that provide snippits of backstory.

	▲	lapetitejort 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		This is minesweeper 33. I'n out sweeping mines and I ran across one that looks different than the others. I'll keep investigating while mine sweeping. I'm recording this 30 second clip onto an entire recording device with a 64gb SD card. I'll leave it on this rock for others to find. Don't worry, I have 11 other devices to record my short messages. Wait, the mine, it's glowing! I can't--

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rf15 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Sorry, did you mean Achievement for Starting the Game for the First Time?

	▲	buran77 an hour ago \| parent [-]
		"Only 7.89% of gamers unlocked this".

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xbar 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I was angry at the wasted 30 seconds of opening licensed 3rd party software listings, but I stayed through to the end of the credits roll, laughing until I cried.

This is Art.

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nottorp an hour ago | parent [-]

I think the opening logo sequence is too short. Also it's missing agreement to 2-3 EULAs that you have to scroll down all the way for the accept button to get enabled. And the epilepsy warning. And the disclaimer that it's all a work of fiction.

	▲	adamanonymous 19 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Also missing the redirect to your browser to connect to Epic Games and create a SweeperPro account with 2FA
	▲	jameshart an hour ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Failed certification because it didn’t warn you not to turn off when the save icon is spinning.

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MisterMunchkin 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Please expand this into a full open-world minesweeping game

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derac 8 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

What no 30 minute shaders compiling sequence?

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xoxxala an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

10/10 story. I look forward to the forthcoming motion picture adaptation from Skydance directed by Michael Bay.

	▲	test6554 an hour ago \| parent [-]
		After Singapore, there just wasn't any choice.

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LunicLynx an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Needs:

- Checkpoints after each mine

- DLC for rounded corners

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franze 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

so, in case if you like minesweeper and doom ... https://dreadsweeper.franzai.com/

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donkey_brains 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

So good. Looking forward to level 2 so we can find out what happened in Singapore.

	▲	jameshart 44 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		That will be coming in the first DLC in a few months, delayed because it is being developed by a new team after the original development studio was bought by Activision, retasked to making a mobile solitaire game, then laid off.

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361994752 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

the non-stopping narration makes it so hard to actually sweep the mines....

	▲	nvme0n1p1 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Don: Sounds like you're getting rusty. The Sweeper I knew in Singapore would never have choked like this from just a little background noise.
	▲	MitPitt 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Focus, M.

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isoprophlex 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

No lootboxes?

	▲	ravenstine 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		There aren't even any skins I can buy with my mom's credit card.

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jandrese 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I like the part where it doesn't even matter if you hit a mine, you are on this train ride regardless of what you do.

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wredcoll 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

That was a great parody, but how much of those effects still worked even though you knew it was coming? The fade ins, blurring the outsides, the emotional voice talking to you... it definitely raised my interest more than just opening minesweeper!

I mean, it doesn't last very long without something else going on, but there is a reason.

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thaumasiotes an hour ago | parent [-]

> That was a great parody, but how much of those effects still worked even though you knew it was coming? The fade ins, blurring the outsides, the emotional voice talking to you...

Worked?

The game takes a very long time to load. This is funny, but not desirable in an actual game.

There is voiceover dialogue as you start. You can listen to it, but at some point you'll want to start playing the game.

There is an indicator telling you which square to clear next. I ignored this for several reasons:

- I want to know if you're compelled to follow it (you aren't);

- It's pointing to the wrong square;¹

- Following it would defeat the entire purpose of playing the game.

Dialogue continues as you play. But you can't listen to it because your mind is occupied. Following the indicator would solve that problem...

¹ There is a game you can find called Hexcells that is supposed to be an "improved" version of minesweeper. The "improvements" are two:

1. It's a hex grid, not a square grid.

2. In general, there is only one hex known to be clear at any given time. This means that the structure of the game is that you mindlessly reveal whichever tile you just gained information about rather than suffering under any obligation to think about what you can tell from the board.

I'm not sure why this was supposed to be an improvement; the only effect is to remove the entire puzzle aspect from a puzzle game. But hey, Steam reviews are "overwhelmingly positive". https://store.steampowered.com/app/265890/Hexcells/

	▲	johnnyanmac an hour ago \| parent [-]
		>First, the game takes a very long time to load. This is funny, but not desirable in an actual game. In unrealistic fashion, you can in fact mash through the license logos once you load in. So thr game itself doesn't actually take long at all to boot up on a technical level; the delays were a design choice.

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NSUserDefaults an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

And which half of the staff gets fired day after release?

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forgotTheLast 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Where do I enter my credit card info for the Season Pass and the special operator skin?

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ixo an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Sweep (2026)

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avereveard an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Not even a dlc and cosmetics?