Blazing Games - Ultimate Retro Project - Volume 4 - Episode 48

Ultimate Retro Project
Episode 48 Modern Minefield

Playing the Game

The hex map is accessed by clicking on a hex with the left button uncovering the hexagon and the right button placing a flag over the hexagon. Macintosh users can option click instead of right clicking. The game is won by uncovering all the hexagons that do not contain mines.

Behind the Game

The game uses a hexagon grid instead of your typical square grid. The reason for this decision was twofold. First, I wanted my minefield game to be different from other ones that I have seen and having a different type of grid certainly accomplishes that goal. The second reason was future planning. I knew that in the future I wanted to create some strategy games and a lot of the pen and paper strategy games use hex maps.