skysocket / mineblower

MineBlower - by Niamh Brady

mineblower's Issues

First click is never a bomb

To avoid needless obstacles in starting the game.

screenshots would be really useful

It would be great to update README.md to display a screenshot

This would be useful for users, and also to see the result of corresponding code changes over time

Grid size option

Gives players control of what size they want the grid to be.

Shows how many mines are left.

Support themes

For example flowers and bees for flags and mines (Maybe with a yellow based colour).

Auto set window size to field size at startup

Levels?!?

should disallow right click when game over

Auto clear squares with no surrounding mines

This will avoid mindless clicking and make the game more enjoyable.

Correctly flagged mines should be distinguished upon hitting a mine

Currrently when you hit a mine, all mines get a dark gray background.
It would be good to distinguish correctly flagged mines as follows:

diff --git a/Mine Blower.py b/Mine Blower.py
index fd8dd86..b1c5524 100644
--- a/Mine Blower.py    
+++ b/Mine Blower.py    
@@ -19,8 +19,11 @@ def square_to_widget(row, column):
 def square_open(r, c, text, auto=True):
     tk_square = square_to_widget(r, c)
     if text == death:
+        square_text = tk_square.cget("text")
         if auto == False:
             bg = "red"
+        elif warning in square_text:
+            bg = "light blue"
         else:
             bg = "#808080"
     else:

should support keyboard shortcuts

For increased flexibility and accessibility.
It would be good to use the same bindings as for minesweeper:

Arrow keys move the cursor one square at a time. Hit [Enter] to click, press 1 to flag and [Shift][Enter] to middle click (auto clear clicked numbers). It is also possible to use [Spacebar] to click, [Shift][Spacebar] to flag or middle click. In all versions [F2] starts a new game

Use a consistent number of mines

fix determination of end of game

Currently if all no mine squares have been cleared the game finishes.
It should finish when all squares have been flagged or cleared.

Sound effects

This will make the game entertaining

Right clicking a square places a flag

This is to make sure you don't press the bomb by an accident after knowing it's clear.

Start timer only after first click

A high score

Gives players a goal to beat.

A clock symbol beside the timer

Put a clock symbol beside the timer ⏱

consider only using time as the score

Auto clear non flagged squares when clicking a number

If you've flagged all mines surrounding a revealed square,
then auto clear the remaining surrounding squares
when clicking the number