i wisely decided not to check what the mimic does and just left the spot with a 10 value unexplored.
killed the dragon with one heart left unpicked and no life which is close enough to ideal for me, some luck with finding the loot pinata or the walls that break in less hits then the coins they give could improve this by a bit but i got two early 3 coin walls and the pinata reasonably early so thats good enough.
This is a brilliant game! However, I found a bad animation bug. When the XP meter fills, it starts animating. However, xpAnimation[] is getting absolutely flooded. I think there is logic to prevent elements from being added if they're are already in xpAnimation[] but it is not working. Every update another N elements get added, where N equals the size of the XP bar. In moments there are thousands of elements in it. This consumes a ton of CPU time. Once the player levels up, xpAnimation[] is cleared and everything runs smoothly again.
Finally got 303. There is a trick... or at least a realization that escaped me for the whole game, since nowhere it is said that you can do that. If you are stuck at 280 something, a hint: see the screenshots of the people that got a perfect score. What is missing?
A strategy for walls after looking at the source: 4 walls have 3xp, 3 have 1xp, it's probably worth hitting every wall twice early and keeping track of how many 3x's you got to try and get the most extra XP asap, save the rest for cleanup
Only one wall has 4hp so you don't want to break it until cleanup it's +0 best case -3 worst case
edit: looks like walls have a different graphic when theyre 1 hit from breaking so always hit every wall 1 time and only hit a 2nd time before cleanup if its 1 click from breaking best case is 6 hits for 12xp, worst case is 9 hits for 6xp
It is a brilliant game, I really enjoyed it and spent a couple of hours to get 303 points:)
Some tips for those who can't beat 100%:
1) You should only heal when you have 0 HP
2) If you have to choose between scroll and level up (for healing) — choose level up. Because it also increases your max hp and makes the scroll more valuable later in the game
3) My strategy was to explore the map quickly, try to save healing scrolls for later and not fight too often. You should find a wizard with level 11 and also mark as many bombs as possible. Then, when you reach lvl 11 (11hp) — kill the wizard and you will have lots of free gold spots marked. You can collect them to level up, heal yourself (and save scrolls for later)
4) Actually, when you have 11hp, you can explore any area (if there's no bomb for sure) because it's the maximum damage in the game. Don't forget this
I always like seeing minesweeper variants. Usually they are way too complicated, but I really liked the simplicity and the "learn it by trial and error" attitude the game had. I'll be following to see what you cook up next!
I fully cleared the board but somehow got 302 instead of 303 like so many are talking about, idk how I ended up 1 point short, but I'm still happy about it!
you got an unlucky board... sometimes a monster gets overwritten by a different, lower-scoring one by the generator as part of making the patterns I think
I believe a max score of 302 happens when the rat king spawns next to the dragon
the rat king is supposed to spawn 4 rats around himself, but if he spawns next to the dragon then he will only be able to spawn 3 rats since one of the spots where he would spawn one is taken up by the dragon
by the way you can tell from the start if a board will give a max score of 302 by checking the monsternomicon, if there are 16 rats you will get 303, but if there are only 15 you will get 302
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Outstanding game, really requires a mix of luck and understanding what the different monsters do through trial and error. Very addicting!
I am liking this game, but I cannot figure out why some squares display a question mark. Is one of the monsters causing this?
Yes.
Check the monsternomicon. It should catch your eye there.
If this does not help, check the other comments here.
Yes, one with an HP of 5. Listed as ? remaining in monster list. Is at the center of the ? tiles.
Look at the game over screen, its the beholder
I think that I cleared a minotaur but the game did not subtract its value from my HP. Is this a bug or behaviour to be observed?
Loved this neat little game! Big ups to everyone involved! You all crushed it!
nice.
took a couple runs to win.
i wisely decided not to check what the mimic does and just left the spot with a 10 value unexplored.
killed the dragon with one heart left unpicked and no life which is close enough to ideal for me, some luck with finding the loot pinata or the walls that break in less hits then the coins they give could improve this by a bit but i got two early 3 coin walls and the pinata reasonably early so thats good enough.
What a great little game though my score on first win was a paltry 186!
AlfoFish I did it!
I finished the game with one heal and six hearts left.
Cool game! I'd love to see other difficulty levels and/or some continuation too!
Very fun! 10/10 game, I'm awful at it though!
Went back and got the 303, good game!!!!
Bug: I get a the game window just goes black when I click "Run game" on Firefox. Works fine on Chrome.Works now that I rebooted my PCGreat game otherwise! Love the little things to notice while dead. Clearly wishing for more!
I'm on Firefox and having no issues. Might be an extension you're using?
I rebooted my PC yesterday night because Firefox displayed PDFs as just black. So probably the same problem. Now the game works on it. Weird!
nice
Really fun!
Top tier game design. And the music is inexplicably good.
Love the Jorge button detail. Hope that it gets animated when he's in trousers.
Okay so, the highest value (excluding mines of course) is sixty seven for big slime next to lich
Lich (11) + 2 big slimes (16) + 3 minotaurs (21) + mimic (10) + snake (6) = 67
Dragon (15) + 3 minotaurs (21) + 3 snakes (18) + mimic (10) = 64
3 big slime (24) + 3 minotaurs (21) + mimic (10) + snake (6) = 61
3 minotaurs (21) + mimic (10) + 4 snakes (24) = 55
My first win was a perfect win!
Great game
Fantastic game! Really enjoyed this a lot.
Yeeeeeeh! Finally!
Very entertaining! My girlfriend and I defeated it a couple of times. Now we are waiting for a 2.0.0. release!
loved the game, finally got 303
What a beautiful game, congratulations mr sr guy gal, you are awesome!
is 303 the maximum score??
I think so. However, I have cleared the board a couple times with a score of 302.
Alright
This game is great. My score is 297 points and one class skipped from school so far.
Edit: got 303 :D
This is a brilliant game! However, I found a bad animation bug. When the XP meter fills, it starts animating. However, xpAnimation[] is getting absolutely flooded. I think there is logic to prevent elements from being added if they're are already in xpAnimation[] but it is not working. Every update another N elements get added, where N equals the size of the XP bar. In moments there are thousands of elements in it. This consumes a ton of CPU time. Once the player levels up, xpAnimation[] is cleared and everything runs smoothly again.
Yes, it will be fixed in the upcoming update
omg i had to try so many times and finally got it. this is such an amusing take on minesweeper. loved it
I love this game, it took me like 2 hours to get through it but it was worth it! I cannot stop playiing till defeating the dragon.
yeah, finally!
Such a cool game. Also the music goes so hard, please release it somewhere
this is actually so peak dude
I did it!
Finally got 303. There is a trick... or at least a realization that escaped me for the whole game, since nowhere it is said that you can do that. If you are stuck at 280 something, a hint: see the screenshots of the people that got a perfect score. What is missing?
Amazing game! It took me a few tries to grasp the mechanics, but after that I was hooked.
I’d definitely pay a few bucks for a mobile version.
A strategy for walls after looking at the source: 4 walls have 3xp, 3 have 1xp, it's probably worth hitting every wall twice early and keeping track of how many 3x's you got to try and get the most extra XP asap, save the rest for cleanup
Only one wall has 4hp so you don't want to break it until cleanup it's +0 best case -3 worst case
edit: looks like walls have a different graphic when theyre 1 hit from breaking so always hit every wall 1 time and only hit a 2nd time before cleanup if its 1 click from breaking best case is 6 hits for 12xp, worst case is 9 hits for 6xp
Some tips for those who can't beat 100%:
1) You should only heal when you have 0 HP
2) If you have to choose between scroll and level up (for healing) — choose level up. Because it also increases your max hp and makes the scroll more valuable later in the game
3) My strategy was to explore the map quickly, try to save healing scrolls for later and not fight too often. You should find a wizard with level 11 and also mark as many bombs as possible. Then, when you reach lvl 11 (11hp) — kill the wizard and you will have lots of free gold spots marked. You can collect them to level up, heal yourself (and save scrolls for later)
4) Actually, when you have 11hp, you can explore any area (if there's no bomb for sure) because it's the maximum damage in the game. Don't forget this
I always like seeing minesweeper variants. Usually they are way too complicated, but I really liked the simplicity and the "learn it by trial and error" attitude the game had. I'll be following to see what you cook up next!
Was a very fun experience, once you figure out the strategy it's quite engaging, great game!
I fully cleared the board but somehow got 302 instead of 303 like so many are talking about, idk how I ended up 1 point short, but I'm still happy about it!
you got an unlucky board... sometimes a monster gets overwritten by a different, lower-scoring one by the generator as part of making the patterns I think
I believe a max score of 302 happens when the rat king spawns next to the dragon
the rat king is supposed to spawn 4 rats around himself, but if he spawns next to the dragon then he will only be able to spawn 3 rats since one of the spots where he would spawn one is taken up by the dragon
by the way you can tell from the start if a board will give a max score of 302 by checking the monsternomicon, if there are 16 rats you will get 303, but if there are only 15 you will get 302
great game! had a blast figuring out the rules. it was nice challenge to clear the board and get 303.
i keep coming back to this — it's so fun! so far, my high score is 284