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Post #AvakWbWntOTjkAERE0 by [email protected] |
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In my Portable Puzzle Collection, it was recently (a few weeks ago) the 20th bi… |
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Post #AvakWbexP5069S2wvw by [email protected] |
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I've always wondered why Mines has attracted *so many* reports of insolubil… |
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Post #AvakWbm2yifiVRMbz6 by [email protected] |
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(OK, there was _one_ report of a Mines solubility problem which I never managed… |
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Post #AvakWbs4cJUao8BQNU by [email protected] |
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Speaking of speed play, the most interesting email conversation I've ever h… |
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Post #AvakWby6FuJT6p0Els by [email protected] |
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@simontatham Your game pack is the first place I ever learned about a whole bun… |
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Post #AvbRdkFw8Wp6rvzgDg by [email protected] |
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@simontatham I wonder if some of this is a misunderstanding of the set of infor… |
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Post #AvbRdkNjfX3tG7duNM by [email protected] |
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@DRMacIver @simontatham Indeed, the total number of mines is sometimes required. |
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Post #AvdxQmtYbCeG8eJLaC by [email protected] |
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@simontatham Sounds like this relates to what makes Mines and games like it com… |
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Post #AvdxRU5lzeyC6zMD5s by [email protected] |
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@simontatham Just running the edge of what was already discovered and/or marked… |
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Post #AvdxRUCrZIdoSyfs92 by [email protected] |
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@simontatham Oh, well, I already noticed I have wrongly marked a B/S in the low… |
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Post #AvdxRUJFBZkGmley5g by [email protected] |
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@RandamuMaki I'm afraid the things you've filled in on the top 4 rows a… |
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Post #AvdxRUOuqUHZ4MJUvo by [email protected] |
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@simontatham Not unsolvable, indeed. A few (nearly) surrounded safe spaces thou… |
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Post #AvdxTHGaeKZougGurg by [email protected] |
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@simontatham man, I've loved the portable puzzles for *so long*. They'r… |
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Post #AvdxTjqiNc6tYpOA3k by [email protected] |
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@simontathamI always enjoy playing your collection. And I'm glad it's s… |
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Post #AvdxUIxfpjTOSXuiGW by [email protected] |
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@simontatham The one puzzle I'd love to see added to your collection is a s… |
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Post #AvdxUJ4PQgrQnR45lQ by [email protected] |
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@agreeable_landfall there's a Klotski implementation in the code base, in f… |
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Post #AvdxUXV9m2ZhYRgeOm by [email protected] |
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@simontatham I take it Row 1 column 7 one has to do right at the end, relying o… |
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Post #AvdxW6SLIaxYFo7Gym by [email protected] |
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@simontatham I wish more Minesweeper style games took such care in generation. … |
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Post #AvdxWO1Lzg4AjJcyPY by [email protected] |
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@simontatham just went and played a game of mines on my phone, in honour of the… |
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Post #AvdxWsaqKIHPY4SjtQ by [email protected] |
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@simontatham Have to confess, I loved this game. Haven't seen it in ages. |
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Post #AvdxXR6vzU9UbRjqdM by [email protected] |
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@abacabadabacaba @simontatham Yeah, I figured it was intentional, but what I me… |
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Post #AvdxYCbNQ7QhtTLK6q by [email protected] |
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@simontatham this is very cool. Is there a way to play it on a mobile browser? … |
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Post #AvdxYhOKweQ1O0TqaW by [email protected] |
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@simontatham I know that when I was new to it, it hadn't occurred to me tha… |
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Post #AvdxYhVQWI5djznVdg by [email protected] |
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@RavenWorks not using the mine count is certainly *a* mistake that some of my b… |
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Post #AvdxaZq007TGXOJZoG by [email protected] |
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@simontatham I played the Windows version as a speed game (decades ago) until I… |
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Post #Avdxfkyc0w5qX3oUIi by [email protected] |
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@simontatham at some point, we need to build an up-to-date copy of GTK2, since … |
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Post #AvdxgZTsEyoDAUp9yC by [email protected] |
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@simontatham I and everyone I knew who mineswept raged at those last three clic… |
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Post #Avdxh0yI20BKQeGKcy by [email protected] |
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@simontatham Same as this? https://www.interactive.onlinemathlearning.com/fun_m… |
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Post #AvdxhHLv7uahEZRQgK by [email protected] |
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@profdc9 true, but the Minesweeper consistency problem has remarkably little to… |
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Post #Avdxhxftm1WkUh6yeW by [email protected] |
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@pseudomonas exactly, and at least one other square too. Any unreachable square… |
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Post #AvdxivzTWMpzYmjSUq by [email protected] |
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@simontatham There’s a Minesweeper clone on the iOS store, Mineswifter, with … |
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Post #Avdxj5afpQwNKlCnE8 by [email protected] |
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@simontatham I like to race the Hadoop cluster: can I solve the game before my … |
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Post #AvdxlhN8KQMp5g7Gc4 by [email protected] |
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@simontatham I just replaced the mines version I had been playing for the past … |
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Post #Avdxm8yHiP7ygiholk by [email protected] |
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@simontatham I am a big fan of this puzzle collection. Wonder why only mines ha… |
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Post #AvdxohNwjhXG03vXhg by [email protected] |
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@simontatham I had never thought much about the determinability of minesweeper … |
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Post #Avdxoy0ouw8bZGEoW8 by [email protected] |
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@knutaf @simontatham In addition to Simon's sensible answer, there is a stu… |
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Post #Avdxpz0IiS9ivtTmxE by [email protected] |
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@simontatham Thank you so much for these games! I've had the page you host … |
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Post #AvdxqAarcqwGsTfdyK by [email protected] |
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@simontatham OMG! Love your puzzle pack! Is my go to time sink <3 especially… |
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Post #AvdxqBvoeRID1kTtGi by [email protected] |
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@knutaf I'm afraid I've never figured out how to make the web version f… |
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Post #AvdxqwncOjf6Nw0VW4 by [email protected] |
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@simontathamThere are two solutions.Either prevent undoing the first click.Or r… |
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Post #Avdxqwv3x3cIl1US7U by [email protected] |
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@leeloo @simontatham confusing people who cheat seems acceptable |
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Post #AvdxrXg7Hae6lNmXSa by [email protected] |
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@simontatham I love Mines! |
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Post #Avdxrl7tHdaSTHsP3Y by [email protected] |
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@RandamuMaki @simontatham the other S/B in that corner is also wrong (or at lea… |
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Post #AvdxryiWkjcKcg7LSy by [email protected] |
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@simontathamI have a trick when there seems to be a bug:Open a second copy of t… |
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Post #AvdxsZLmYGPMEqlCeO by [email protected] |
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@balki because only Minesweeper is _traditionally_ timed.But yes, I've alwa… |
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Post #AvdxtWmlZa38Zcq5Oy by [email protected] |
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@simontatham What platform is this on? Have you considered adding screen reader… |
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Post #AvdxuJcW0Txs21Q5j6 by [email protected] |
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@[email protected] Happy anniversary. I have played Mines less than oth… |
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Post #Avdxv9ma4IuhoIWrdQ by [email protected] |
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@simontatham I love the Android port of the puzzle connection so much, it has b… |
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Post #AvdxwDaTPMRdtrN7vU by [email protected] |
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@simontatham Despite having used PuTTY for decades or so, I've only just le… |
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Post #AvdxxFjYudk6qa7Hyi by [email protected] |
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@simontatham so first click is never next to a mine? |
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Post #AvdxyntTOOiD57UYkq by [email protected] |
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@leeloo I agree that works in most games and not Untangle, but Mines is another… |
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Post #Avdxz2lA7ZydBgidNo by [email protected] |
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@KyleBorah it's called "Portable" Puzzle Collection because it ru… |
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Post #Avdy232dWuTMvkKDRY by [email protected] |
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@iagox86 @simontatham I’ve had to redirect Simon’s domain to localhost on m… |
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Post #Avdy2ggi7qhXtKNGoy by [email protected] |
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@simontatham I just went and played it. Happy anniversary! |
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Post #Avdy2if0n8Wy0dawS0 by [email protected] |
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@freya I think someone did once suggest a pure Xlib front end, making the more … |
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Post #Avdy3Jx295vnfFJMB6 by [email protected] |
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@simontathamGuess is obvious, I guess my eyes skipped that one looking down the… |
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Post #Avdy44OFUF27gyOjz6 by [email protected] |
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@simontatham I play Light Up several times per day and never found an unsolvabl… |
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Post #Avdy4EGSm2kOJipfEm by [email protected] |
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@simontatham happy 20th to mines! your collection is basically the only game i … |
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Post #Avdy4rg0F1LkYE56xc by [email protected] |
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@pseudomonas @simontatham So noted. :) |
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Post #AvdyA1AWNQJ1RFoUJk by [email protected] |
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@simontatham honestly we're just going to fucking build a recent GTK2 for S… |
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Post #AveNl53fNPBz4PNPhQ by [email protected] |
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@iagox86 @simontatham I still play loopy too :) |
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Post #AveO2oj8pkNJdIEYQS by [email protected] |
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@bjh21 @knutaf @simontatham this is a fun way of playing to make easy boards mo… |
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Post #AzUWD8l3wOaRGnmGlE by [email protected] |
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@simontatham ooh! so, a friend just started a random puzzle, tapped the very mi… |
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Post #AzUWD8tvPRfxiHvLZg by [email protected] |
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@archenoth hmmm. If I press the solve button to see the mine pattern, there'… |
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Post #AzUWD8zx32Uq0yk9y4 by [email protected] |
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@simontatham ooh, interesting! i didn't see an undo, but it's possible … |
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Post #AzUWD95ygdJiJfYyMS by [email protected] |
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@archenoth a saved game file would have shown more information, because it woul… |
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Post #AzUWD9CMIuQAdSY4J6 by [email protected] |
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@simontatham oh! i have one of those too! i can send an email! |
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Post #AzUWD9INwVF2w9MshU by [email protected] |
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@archenoth received, thank you! The first MOVE line in the file says "O4,4… |
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Post #AzUWD9PTW8ufI8gXke by [email protected] |
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@simontatham that's neat! happy to add to the growing list of "every s… |
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Post #AzUWD9VV9jjXapVM92 by [email protected] |
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@archenoth I may have to think about tweaking the UI to prevent undoing of the … |
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Post #AzUWD9bWnKYPtWKAXQ by [email protected] |
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@archenoth I've done this now. The current version of Puzzles on my website… |
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Post #AzUWDJ1NmZaD6JURaS by [email protected] |
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@simontatham yoooo! thank you! :blobheart:i didn't expect you to go out of … |
