Gemsweeper: A New Twist on Minesweeper

Date: 3/11/22

By: Lawrence O'Regan-Lloyd

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Trello Planning Board

Deployed Game

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Description

A mining themed twist on the classic game Minesweeper

Click boxes to explore. Numbers indicate the adjacent hidden objects. Right click suspected objects to flag them for removal. Flag all the hidden objects to win! Bonus points awarded for each gem object discovered

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Technologies Used

• HTML
• CSS
• JavaScript

Gameplay Images

Can you avoid the lava?

Future Updates

• Add mobile interaction
• Integrate sounds and game tile animations
• Include multiple difficulty settings
• Enable replay on the same board layout

Want to Install Locally?

To play locally, simply download all the files and open index.html in your browser

Credits

"Shiny Jewels" images by softwareatelier from opengameart.org

Titan One Font by Rodrigo Fuenzalida from Google Fonts

Similar gameplay has been seen in games such as Jerimac Ratliff's Cube and the Windows 3.1 classic Microsoft Minesweeper

Lava and gem elements inspired by Mojang's Minecraft

Special thanks to the members of the 2-22 GA SEI Cohort