Forest Minesweeper Mockup

[Feron]

I wanted to re-invent the old windows minesweeper game with a theme of sorts...

i also wanted to give it little bit of kenneth-fejer style/feel...



this has probably taken about 3 hours so far... and i plan to make a few more screens (eg.. gameover, start screen and maybe another level with a different theme )

EDIT: oh yeah its supposed to be for mobile phones...

[Ryona]

Wow! It's fantastic! 
I love the style. It's so attractive. This should so be the new MineSweeper format!

mmm, I used to play MindSweeper alot. Makes me want to play now. hehe 

[Feron]

Hey, where the hell have you been for ages!

thanks for the kind words, i've got a Game select screen in progress i will try and finish off soon..

[elise]

Nice. I like it better than the new Vista version, which although updated is still rather boring.

The only thing that bugs me is the girl. She just looks rather plain so far... maybe give her a little more oomph?

[Ryona]

Hey, where the hell have you been for ages!

thanks for the kind words, i've got a Game select screen in progress i will try and finish off soon..

I've been busy with other art projects which deviated me away from pixel art alot. But I'm slowly getting back on the wagon again. 

It's nice to know that people have noticed I've been gone. ^_^

[Helm]

I have deleted a few of your posts since your comeback, and the ones in this thread would go if feron hadn't replied to them already. You seem to have been gone enough time to not remember that you should post when you have constructive criticism, not just to post. Please rectify. If you need to talk this over, send me a PM, not in this thread, thanks.

Carrying on with critique:

This is pretty solid. My biggest crit is what is that face doing there? Is it useful, game-wise? Do you need an anime girl there? If you need a character a grizzled mine-sweeper soldier would fit better perhaps? Anything than generic anime girl?

[ndchristie]

my only issue is the grid lines.  they are SO GREAT in the sunlight, but in the shade, what the hell?  little flashes of bright green?

OT: doesn't GREAT look so weird in all caps? i thought for i while i'd spelled it wrong, but no, it's just strange....

[Feron]

This is pretty solid. My biggest crit is what is that face doing there? Is it useful, game-wise? Do you need an anime girl there? If you need a character a grizzled mine-sweeper soldier would fit better perhaps? Anything than generic anime girl?

Indeed the anime girl is very generic, however would a soldier really fit with the "cute" style of this?  Game wise, my idea was that they would provide comments like "Time is running out!", and maybe give hints.  And if you hit a mine then the portrait becomes dead or something, i just felt it made it slightly different from the norm.

Adarias:  thanks for pointing them out, i think i changed the color of grass to shade color but missed the grid lines on some colors, i'll change them in the next update.

Wip of a game select screen:


*note the space-guy is just a sketch!

[Sherman Gill]

Heehee, love that octopus.
I think a more modern rendition of the 'spaceman' would be more appropriate, though. You know, spherical helmet, white spacesuit.

[Feron]

small update.