Minesweeper

Minesweeper is a game that would require no formal introduction but for those who were living under a rock, this logic puzzle game is available on just any platform out there. The game was developed by cowmatthew from youtube. The gameplay is quite simple you have to clear an minefield without detonating a mine. Here are the basic rules of the game when the game is started, the player is presented with a square grid which is subdivided in to multiple squares. The size and number of mines in the grid is dependent on the skill level chosen by the player, with higher skill levels having larger grids. If the player clicks on a square without a mine, a digit is revealed in that square, the digit indicating the number of adjacent squares which contain mines. By using logic, players can in many instances use this information to deduce that certain other squares are mine-free (or mine-filled), and proceed to click on additional squares to clear them or mark them with flag graphics to indicate the presence of a mine. The game can end in 2 ways you win by correctly marking all mines with a flag or you lose when you click on a mine.

This Windows Phone 7 game Minesweeper uses the same concept and offers 3 difficulty settings. It looks like the game will be in landscape mode and the graphics are rather too simple but this is a work in progress and the UI might get a face lift closer to the release date. Its always nice to see the classic games on WP7.

Want this on your current Windows Mobile device ? Click here. Its time for me to fire up minesweeper on my PC, whats the fastest time you can score on the basic 9×9 grid with 10 mines ?

Update : say hi to Matt Cowan, he is the man behind the game, he is also working on a tic-tac-toe game for WP7, check it out on his site mpcowan.wordpress.com

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