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Triple-A Minesweeper

132 points robin_reala 3 hours ago 41 comments

justmaris 3 hours ago | parent

This is fun.

etchalon 1 hour ago | parent

I laughed way way way too hard

lapetitejort 1 hour ago | parent

Missing:

Sidequest to sweep 10 mines.

Achievement after sweeping 5 mines

The yellow diamond is nice but what if I don't notice the diamond? I need a colored scent trail leading from my cursor to the yellow diamond, and a pinging noise when my cursor is near a mine

Mocapped mines

Jack Quaid

$70

rf15 38 minutes ago | parent

Sorry, did you mean Achievement for Starting the Game for the First Time?

jandrese 34 minutes ago | parent

There should be additional audio logs you can find under some squares that provide snippits of backstory.

lapetitejort 30 minutes ago | parent

This is minesweeper 33. I'n out sweeping mines and I ran across one that looks different than the others. I'll keep investigating while mine sweeping. I'm recording this 30 second clip onto an entire recording device with a 64gb SD card. I'll leave it on this rock for others to find. Don't worry, I have 11 other devices to record my short messages. Wait, the mine, it's glowing! I can't--

Razengan 1 hour ago | parent

Pac-Man as a Modern AAA Game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaoUVVD-hUc

kennywinker 10 minutes ago | parent

I should follow those pac-dots...

isoprophlex 57 minutes ago | parent

No lootboxes?

ravenstine 33 minutes ago | parent

There aren't even any skins I can buy with my mom's credit card.

devin 56 minutes ago | parent

So good.

Maybe lean into some of the metal gear solid dialogue by having a long back and forth about "What's a mine?" "What do you mean 'mark a mine'?" "How do I know when I'm done?" etc.

mkobit 48 minutes ago | parent

I really enjoy this trope. The "Zelda Ocarina of Time if it were a modern game" series has the MGS style discussion, and the whole series is incredible.

Here is the forest temple video which is a short sample of what to expect: https://youtu.be/KC656o7_zVk

361994752 56 minutes ago | parent

the non-stopping narration makes it so hard to actually sweep the mines....

MitPitt 55 minutes ago | parent

Focus, M.

nvme0n1p1 41 minutes ago | parent

Don: Sounds like you're getting rusty. The Sweeper I knew in Singapore would never have choked like this from just a little background noise.

UtahDave 56 minutes ago | parent

This is hilarious

bentt 51 minutes ago | parent

Art

donkey_brains 51 minutes ago | parent

So good. Looking forward to level 2 so we can find out what happened in Singapore.

MisterMunchkin 51 minutes ago | parent

Please expand this into a full open-world minesweeping game

franze 47 minutes ago | parent

so, in case if you like minesweeper and doom ... https://dreadsweeper.franzai.com/

duhballs 44 minutes ago | parent

Needs Debra Wilson

fidotron 41 minutes ago | parent

But I didn't need to install a publisher specific launcher to run it.

ravenstine 35 minutes ago | parent

And then be forced to download a 42GiB update.

dllrr 39 minutes ago | parent

That's hilarious. Spot on.

b3lvedere 38 minutes ago | parent

That was awesome

jandrese 35 minutes ago | parent

I like the part where it doesn't even matter if you hit a mine, you are on this train ride regardless of what you do.

xbar 35 minutes ago | parent

I was angry at the wasted 30 seconds of opening licensed 3rd party software listings, but I stayed through to the end of the credits roll, laughing until I cried.

This is Art.

nottorp 26 minutes ago | parent

I think the opening logo sequence is too short. Also it's missing agreement to 2-3 EULAs that you have to scroll down all the way for the accept button to get enabled. And the epilepsy warning. And the disclaimer that it's all a work of fiction.

cckolon 34 minutes ago | parent

There might be a mine here

forgotTheLast 30 minutes ago | parent

Where do I enter my credit card info for the Season Pass and the special operator skin?

wredcoll 28 minutes ago | parent

That was a great parody, but how much of those effects still worked even though you knew it was coming? The fade ins, blurring the outsides, the emotional voice talking to you... it definitely raised my interest more than just opening minesweeper!

I mean, it doesn't last very long without something else going on, but there is a reason.

theroadnotbacon 24 minutes ago | parent

I was absolutely hoping to see production babies in the credits. Can’t win ‘em all.

xoxxala 13 minutes ago | parent

10/10 story. I look forward to the forthcoming motion picture adaptation from Skydance directed by Michael Bay.

test6554 12 minutes ago | parent

After Singapore, there just wasn't any choice.

bbeonx 9 minutes ago | parent

omg this is brilliant i was IMMEDIATELY tilting my face off

LunicLynx 8 minutes ago | parent

Needs:

- Checkpoints after each mine

- DLC for rounded corners

viccis 8 minutes ago | parent

Damn I didn't even have to Press Start to begin

NSUserDefaults 4 minutes ago | parent

Nice but the logos are skippable, which is not realistic.

avereveard 4 minutes ago | parent

Not even a dlc and cosmetics?