| The Global Mines project has been cancelled. |
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2002-11-25: I have decided to stop the development and cancel the project. It'll simply be too expensive to maintain it
and take too much time (which is something I haven't got plenty of).
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Global Mines is a variation on the ubiquitous Minesweeper game that comes with fresh installations
of the Windows operating system. As usual, you click carefully on the playing field and try not to
detonate the mines. As with most games that are so universal, Global Mines has a pretty cool hook
to draw you into addiction - the addition of a global highscore on the Internet so you can compete
with other minesweeping people around the world.
Global Mines tries to mimic the feel and controls of the original Minesweeper to 100% for experienced
players. However, Global Mines may be customized with a new skin to provide a complete new look.
Features (may change before release):
- Post scores directly to website on internet
- Accurate timer starting at zero with precision of hundredth of a second (e.g. 4.51)
- Exact behaviour and gameplay style as in original MS Minesweeper
- Built in 3BV-counter
- Statistics (left, right and double clicks)
- Saved top 100 highscores (including statistics)
- Random board generation (random seed to prevent board cycles)
- Skinnable graphics (including traditional win31 and win98 look)
- Several layers of encryption of both score posting and executable file itself to prevent cheating
- Save board screenshot with statistics within the game
- Automatic logging (optional) of score and statistics to file (e.g. to open with Excel)
