Minefield: HTML5 Massively Multiplayer Online Minesweeper • Hacker News Board

Re: Minefield: HTML5 Massively Multiplayer Online Minesweeper

#31

Post by avel » Tue, Feb 23, 2016, 5:23 PM UTC

kyle_u wrote: post #30

I love it when people put a modern twist on a ubiquitous game like this. I'm reminded of http://bombermine.com (no longer up?), a massively multiplayer Bomberman clone. Personally, I've tried to modernize Solitare with http://solitaire.gg , but haven't figured out a way to make it massively multiplayer yet...

Bombermine has been renamed to Game of Bombs: https://clay.io/game/bombermine

Re: Minefield: HTML5 Massively Multiplayer Online Minesweeper

#32

Post by cpeterso » Tue, Feb 23, 2016, 5:34 PM UTC

kyle_u wrote: post #30

I love it when people put a modern twist on a ubiquitous game like this. I'm reminded of http://bombermine.com (no longer up?), a massively multiplayer Bomberman clone. Personally, I've tried to modernize Solitare with http://solitaire.gg , but haven't figured out a way to make it massively multiplayer yet...

Other classic games that I've thought might make good massively multiplayer games include Battleship or Stratego with teams on a huge map.

Re: Minefield: HTML5 Massively Multiplayer Online Minesweeper

#33

Post by OJFord » Tue, Feb 23, 2016, 5:37 PM UTC

fiatjaf wrote: post #28

iamthepieman wrote: post #6

clicked, 20 mintues later, what was I doing? It's a great simple idea executed well.

Not simple at all.

Parent said a simple idea, not that it didn't take a good deal of awesome work to make it happen.

Re: Minefield: HTML5 Massively Multiplayer Online Minesweeper

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Post by asciimo » Tue, Feb 23, 2016, 5:52 PM UTC

rtkwe wrote: post #21

splatcollision wrote: post #16

Does the whole thing still blow up if someone clicks a mine? Seems ripe for griefers, but I couldn't bring myself to do it!

No it looks like it's all score based so you get points for correctly flagging mines and lose for incorrect flags and hitting bombs.

Also, the number of exploded mines and incorrectly flagged squares go on your permanent record (if you create a profile).

Re: Minefield: HTML5 Massively Multiplayer Online Minesweeper

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Post by asciimo » Tue, Feb 23, 2016, 5:53 PM UTC

dubcanada wrote: post #13

MattSteelblade wrote: post #12

I don't like that the URL is mienfield.com

Why?

Prefers minekampf.

Re: Minefield: HTML5 Massively Multiplayer Online Minesweeper

#36

Post by conkrete » Tue, Feb 23, 2016, 5:55 PM UTC

halflings wrote: post #15

It seems even "Massively" Multiplayer Online games can't survive the HN effect. :)

Indeed. The creator should add a "donate to the creator" button when receiving maximum user limit message. We could help him quit his job so he could work on this full time.

Re: Minefield: HTML5 Massively Multiplayer Online Minesweeper

#37

Post by bduerst » Tue, Feb 23, 2016, 6:09 PM UTC

So I used my touch screen to speed things up, and was banned:

http://i.imgur.com/ZqsCqfO.png

Re: Minefield: HTML5 Massively Multiplayer Online Minesweeper

#38

Post by Hortinstein » Tue, Feb 23, 2016, 6:11 PM UTC

donretag wrote: post #29

j2bax wrote: post #22

Any details on the tech behind it?

node.js

any details? source?

Re: Minefield: HTML5 Massively Multiplayer Online Minesweeper

#39

Post by doodpants » Tue, Feb 23, 2016, 6:12 PM UTC

MattSteelblade wrote: post #12

I don't like that the URL is mienfield.com

I agree. If it were "meinfield", it would at least be a German pun.

Re: Minefield: HTML5 Massively Multiplayer Online Minesweeper

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Post by pg_is_a_butt » Tue, Feb 23, 2016, 6:12 PM UTC

"Massively" multiplayer, yet the page says in broken english that i can't play because he needs to do optimizations to make it work. pure garbage. don't just throw words like "Massively" if you don't mean in, liars.