NAME

minesweeper.sh - the classic game in text mode

SYNOPSIS

minesweeper.sh

DESCRIPTION

The conceptually good games are not tied to the graphic environment or fancy input devices. And they absolutely not need cheap visual effects. In text mode you can enjoy the real flavour of the game.

OPTIONS

none

RULES

The board is composed by square of stones and a number of randomly placed mines, under the stones. The goal is to mark all the mined stones with flags. When you step on a stone, if under that one is a mine, you die and the game is over. Else the stone is removed. If there is no mine neighter under the nearest stones, then they will be also removed, until a mine is aproached. In the place of the removed stones a number will appear which shows how many of the nearest stones are mined.

KEYS

For the movements more keys are associated ( Beside this, also the arrow keys should work. ) :

layout    left  down  up  right  step   flag
Vi        B<h>     B<j>     B<k>   B<l>      B<g>      B<f>
Lefthand  B<a>     B<s>     B<w>   B<d>      B<Space>  B<f>
Numeric   B<4>     B<2>     B<8>   B<6>      B<Enter>  B<0>

The size of the board is choosen by the key used to start a new game, as follows :

key  board   size   mines
n    Small   10*10  15
N    Medium  15*15  33
m    Large   20*20  60
M    Extra   30*20  90

And some other keys :

key  command
r    redraw the board
q    quit the script

SEE ALSO

bash(1), tput(1), terminfo(5)

TO DO

Would be nice to keep the high scores somewhere.

BUGS

Probably the key handling will not work on some terminals.

COPYRIGHT

Use it healthy.

Feherke