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by GreffMASTER
Mon Jan 09, 2023 8:23 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Where do you guys get most of your inspiration to make your games? Also what motivates you?
Replies: 6
Views: 2454

Re: Where do you guys get most of your inspiration to make your games? Also what motivates you?

I usually make projects to see what I'm capable of. It usually starts with a new discovery (like learning how to do networking) and then I think about how I can implement this new found knowledge into something "usable". As for other ideas for game themes, I'm often inspired by other games...
by GreffMASTER
Sun Dec 04, 2022 7:32 pm
Forum: Games and Creations
Topic: GMSweeper - A simple minesweeper game
Replies: 18
Views: 8321

Re: GMSweeper - A simple minesweeper game

darkfrei wrote: Sun Dec 04, 2022 7:04 pm Nice! But some issues on android:
Sorry, but this game was never made with mobile support in mind and that's one thing I'm not going to fix.
In fact, on my device the game doesn't run at all. It would require much more changes than just a resolution fix.
I've put a statement in the original post.
by GreffMASTER
Sun Dec 04, 2022 6:28 pm
Forum: Games and Creations
Topic: GMSweeper - A simple minesweeper game
Replies: 18
Views: 8321

Re: GMSweeper - A simple minesweeper game

The 1.2 (Polishing Update) has been released! This update adds chording (I have no clue how I forgot about it) as well as a small accessibility improvement. The game window will never be bigger than your screen resolution. You can also scale the window infinitely as long as it fits on your screen. I...
by GreffMASTER
Thu Dec 01, 2022 9:23 pm
Forum: Games and Creations
Topic: GMSweeper - A simple minesweeper game
Replies: 18
Views: 8321

Re: GMSweeper - A simple minesweeper game

In windows minesweeper, if you have placed the correct number of flags around a number then you click both mousebuttons at the same time to uncover the remaining fields. (if you placed the flags wrong then you might still die) It is just a little convenient feature. It even has a wikipedia entry, s...
by GreffMASTER
Fri Nov 18, 2022 5:22 pm
Forum: Games and Creations
Topic: GMSweeper - A simple minesweeper game
Replies: 18
Views: 8321

Re: GMSweeper - A simple minesweeper game

I've published the final content update for the game. This update adds window scaling (available scale modes are 1x, 1.5x and 2x), slider buttons and some code cleanup. I don't plan on adding anything new to the game anymore and I now consider it as "finished". I will still update the game...
by GreffMASTER
Sun Nov 13, 2022 8:14 pm
Forum: Games and Creations
Topic: GMSweeper - A simple minesweeper game
Replies: 18
Views: 8321

Re: GMSweeper - A simple minesweeper game

Oh dear, there is still so much I need to learn... :oops: Well, I will try to re-implement the run callback to make it more optimized without entirely copying your solution. I still have a few features that I would like to implement in the near future, like window scaling for bigger resolutions and ...
by GreffMASTER
Sun Nov 13, 2022 3:50 pm
Forum: Games and Creations
Topic: GMSweeper - A simple minesweeper game
Replies: 18
Views: 8321

Re: GMSweeper - A simple minesweeper game

A new version has been released. This update overhauled the way playfield is rendered (it no longer draws thousands of buttons each frame and instead, it redraws the playfield only if a tile/multiple tiles have been uncovered). It should greatly reduce the CPU usage (for real this time :crazy: ). 1)...
by GreffMASTER
Wed Nov 09, 2022 7:56 pm
Forum: Games and Creations
Topic: GMSweeper - A simple minesweeper game
Replies: 18
Views: 8321

Re: GMSweeper - A simple minesweeper game

Looks like there is no easy fix for this, because the reason of the high CPU load are the draw calls for the grid buttons. I would have to rewrite the entire input part of the game. I will see what I can do but it might take some time. Edit: I have an idea on how to improve things without drastic ch...
by GreffMASTER
Wed Nov 09, 2022 5:19 pm
Forum: Games and Creations
Topic: GMSweeper - A simple minesweeper game
Replies: 18
Views: 8321

Re: GMSweeper - A simple minesweeper game

Plays very well. Perfect minesweeper implementation. But i get a very high cpu load on creating a big custom game, maybe look into that. Thank you so much for the report! I personally haven't bumped into any problems regarding the performance, but after I checked for myself, something was truly wro...
by GreffMASTER
Tue Nov 08, 2022 8:58 pm
Forum: Games and Creations
Topic: GMSweeper - A simple minesweeper game
Replies: 18
Views: 8321

GMSweeper - A simple minesweeper game

Hi there! :ultraglee: I wanted to use my GMUI library for something more than just a test project, so I've decided to make a simple minesweeper game that uses most of the lib's features. Game Features Three difficulties (easy, medium, hard) Custom mode, where you can set width and height of the gri...