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There was a Minesweeper variant called Kaboom, where you're playing against a computer that's trying to make you lose. The computer has to comply with all revea
by ooterness 2y ago
There was a Minesweeper variant called Kaboom, where you're playing against a computer that's trying to make you lose. The computer has to comply with all revealed information, but if you ever make a guess, no matter how improbable, it's have over.
https://pwmarcz.pl/blog/kaboom/ https://pwmarcz.pl/blog/kaboom/
Previous discussion on HackerNews:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21883875 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21883875
- omoikane 2y agoThere is also Yusuke Endoh's version, where the only thing you do is guess. Computer will automatically mark all the spots where it has enough information to make an inference. https://mame.github.io/minesweeper-spoiled-by-ai/ https://mame.github.io/minesweeper-spoiled-by-ai/
- rahimnathwani 2y agoThis reminds me of absurdle: https://qntm.org/files/absurdle/absurdle.html https://qntm.org/files/absurdle/absurdle.html
- ygra 2y agoOr the more evil version: https://dontwordle.com/ https://dontwordle.com/
- sph 2y agoI also like Mosaic, a variant of Minesweeper: https://www.puzzle-minesweeper.com/mosaic-5x5-easy/ https://www.puzzle-minesweeper.com/mosaic-5x5-easy/
- thaumasiotes 2y agoAs described, that would lead to a 100% loss rate. Even if you're allowed to make a guess on an empty board (classic Minesweeper will wait to generate the board until you do, so that your first guess is never a mine), most games end in a 50/50 chance.