Show HN: I made a live multiplayer Minesweeper game

Great stuff! Playing as meowth.

3 clicks per second would be a big upgrade. It was hard not to go over 2, but 3 would almost never screw me up.

This is super fun!... until you meet someone who is just sweeps (pun intended) the floor.

There is no way for me to even play with some players. I wish I could "block" them, because the fun is gone when every tile is gets completed before I can even react.

My best game was my first, where I played against people my skill. Whenever the user "rapidash" is in the lobby, I might as well just quit, since I won't be able to get in more than one or two correct placements.

Played a bit as "oxer", agree on all notes about the gameplay being steered towards observing and competing rather than collaboration. A few notes:

- Maybe flagging shouldn't trigger correctness checks: in traditional minesweeper, placing a flag is just a marker of "I believe there is a bomb here.", but to actually know you need to check.

- Chording doesn't seem to be fully taken into account: sometimes clicking a single empty spot will open up a large area, but still only counts as one point. Maybe if flags aren't checked, chording can become "dangerous" as it'll check multiple possible bombs.

- Not a fan of the action limit, but it serves as a skill leveler of sorts. With a ranking system in place it probably wouldn't be necessary from a gameplay perspective.

- If the objective is a collaborative experience, maybe taking a spin on the game, like adding turns or planning, would be nice

Really fun

After a bit more play:

I'm sure skill-based matchmaking would make this waaaay more complex, but a way to self-sort into skill buckets might be nice. I suspect it's not fun for most people to play with me, rapidash, or a few others I saw who are obviously long-time players.

Also, mistakes should be more punitive. I saw a few people random-clicking as quickly as they could, and in one case where I came in halfway and just viewed the rest the guy almost won.

The context menu shows up when I right click. Very annoying.