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Re: Axe Minesweeper
« Reply #15 on: August 30, 2010, 05:21:57 pm »
Flood fill?
It's a possibility, but it seems a bit inefficient. 

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I'm not sure what you mean - I checked the downloads and the archives from the old website, but there doesn't appear to be any Minesweeper games that does a mass reveal - they just seem to show only the adjacent squares without branching out.
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Re: Axe Minesweeper
« Reply #16 on: August 30, 2010, 05:30:47 pm »
Quote from: Michael_Lee on August 30, 2010, 05:21:57 pm
Flood fill?
It's a possibility, but it seems a bit inefficient.
That's pretty much the only way to do it and handle all cases correctly (because what happens when you click a blank space is the exact definition of a flood fill). As for being inefficient, you won't really have to worry about that when using Axe, as long as you code it well.
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Re: Axe Minesweeper
« Reply #17 on: August 30, 2010, 05:33:25 pm »
Yeah pretty much what calc84 said, you will need some sort of flood fill algorithm in order to code that properly, and while it may sound inefficient, it may not be as slow as you think, especially in Axe, and for such a small space.
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Re: Axe Minesweeper
« Reply #18 on: August 31, 2010, 01:29:45 am »
Quote from: Michael_Lee on August 30, 2010, 05:21:57 pm
Flood fill?
It's a possibility, but it seems a bit inefficient.  

@ DJ
I'm not sure what you mean - I checked the downloads and the archives from the old website, but there doesn't appear to be any Minesweeper games that does a mass reveal - they just seem to show only the adjacent squares without branching out.
I thought this one did? http://www.omnimaga.org/index.php?action=downloads;sa=view;down=195

Maybe I am confused about what you mean by branching out, though...

@Builderboy keep in mind if he uses way too much code from someone else and he decides to enter this to the contest (seeing there are no download provided) this might affect his score a bit, though. However that's up to him so...
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Re: Axe Minesweeper
« Reply #19 on: August 31, 2010, 02:19:18 am »
Nah, that technically doesn't branch out. All that one does is show the eight other squares around the center point where you clicked. If the spot is a number it shows it and if blank it shows blank. If it is a bomb it doesn't reveal. I'll take a screenshot of the Minesweeper and show you what the branching out is, if I get a good example.

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Here is the picture. See where there is like a "bubble" of numbers? What happens there is that you click on a square that is blank and then it branches out to all the blank ones that is by it until it hits a number creating that "bubble." Make more sense?
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Re: Axe Minesweeper
« Reply #20 on: August 31, 2010, 02:33:26 am »
Aah ok I see. Thanks for the info
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Re: Axe Minesweeper
« Reply #21 on: August 31, 2010, 02:34:43 am »
No problem :)
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Re: Axe Minesweeper
« Reply #22 on: August 31, 2010, 01:42:03 pm »
Haha, I've finally got expanding to work!
I can't post a screenshot because I'm at school right now, but it works, and it's respectably fast.  
It still has a few bugs though, and needs to be optimized, but I should hammer that out soon.

Edit: I might enter this into the contest, even though I'll probably lose a bunch of points for originality.  (There's an entire folder for BASIC minesweeper games on ticalc).  But hey, if few people are entering, I might have a shot.  (I think)
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Re: Axe Minesweeper
« Reply #23 on: August 31, 2010, 01:44:20 pm »
Great! Hope you can get those bugs fixed easily :)

Can't wait for screenshots :)
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Re: Axe Minesweeper
« Reply #24 on: September 01, 2010, 11:55:45 am »
I've got the very basics coded: it's now a playable game.  It still needs a lot of polishing though, but that should be easy.
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Re: Axe Minesweeper
« Reply #25 on: September 01, 2010, 12:01:18 pm »
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It still needs a lot of polishing though

And more mines :)

Regardless, that's awesome!  You've done some excellent work!
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Re: Axe Minesweeper
« Reply #26 on: September 01, 2010, 12:06:56 pm »
Wow looks really nice!
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Re: Axe Minesweeper
« Reply #27 on: September 01, 2010, 01:56:40 pm »
That looks really cool!  I notice that when the area is clearing, it doesnt update all at once, but kinda goes in a sweeping fashion.  Was this intentional or just a byproduct of the method?
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Re: Axe Minesweeper
« Reply #28 on: September 01, 2010, 03:16:38 pm »
@Hot_Dog:
I can easily change the number of mines.  I just set it at 10 so that the expanding process is more clear.  It's harder to test if I did it right if the bubbles are tiny.

@ Builderboy:
The sweeping is a byproduct.  Just a question, does it look better this way, or would be better if it was instantaneous?

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Re: Axe Minesweeper
« Reply #29 on: September 01, 2010, 03:34:03 pm »
I think it would be better if instantaneous, but as long as it won't freeze the grayscale during the entire loading process
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