{"id":19342,"date":"2023-06-06T14:21:14","date_gmt":"2023-06-06T05:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=19342"},"modified":"2023-07-07T14:14:37","modified_gmt":"2023-07-07T05:14:37","slug":"20230606-19342","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20230606-19342\/","title":{"rendered":"Mineplacer \u2013 inverted Minesweeper in which you plant mines catches on in Japan\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Japanese programmer reduls released their free-to-play browser game <strong>Mineplacer <\/strong>on June 4. The game started generating excitement among users as soon as it came out, with redul\u2019s original post on Twitter gaining over 6000 retweets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"1000\" data-id=\"19343\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/20230605-250284-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/20230605-250284-001.jpg 512w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/20230605-250284-001-195x380.jpg 195w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/20230605-250284-001-150x293.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/20230605-250284-001-300x586.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/20230605-250284-001-215x420.jpg 215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Mineplacer is a game in which you fill out the cells of a grid by placing mines \u2013 the opposite of Minesweeper. The universally known Minesweeper, in which the player\u2019s objective is to open all safe cells of a grid without detonating a mine, has been a standard feature of Windows until recently, and is a simple classic on which many other games are based, likely due to its simple rules and immortal reputation.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"510\" height=\"1000\" data-id=\"19344\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/20230605-250284-002.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/20230605-250284-002.jpg 510w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/20230605-250284-002-194x380.jpg 194w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/20230605-250284-002-150x294.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/20230605-250284-002-300x588.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/20230605-250284-002-214x420.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So, how does Mineplacer work? Contrary to Minesweeper, Mineplacer has you use the position of the numbers to plant mines and close the cells one by one. Each open cell on the grid is marked with the number of mines to be placed around it. For example, a cell with the number 1 on it needs to have 1 mine placed around it, and a square with the number 5 needs to have 5 mines placed around it. The objective is to plant the corresponding number of mines for all the numbered cells.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, in Mineplacer, the number of mines that can be placed is fixed, so if you end up with a greater number of mines than specified, you can\u2019t clear the game. The trick is to efficiently place the mines based on the numbers displayed \u2013 the correct placement of the mines will cause all the cells to close. The game can be played in two different grid sizes, an 8&#215;16 grid and a 16&#215;30 grid. What makes this game appealing is no doubt the way you feel puzzled at first but then gradually start feeling the satisfaction of closing the cells.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u30de\u30a4\u30f3\u30b9\u30a4\u30fc\u30d1\u30fc\u306e\u9006\u3092\u3084\u308b\u30b2\u30fc\u30e0(\u6700\u521d\u304b\u3089\u5168\u90e8\u306e\u6570\u5b57\u304c\u958b\u793a\u3055\u308c\u3066\u3044\u3066\u305d\u308c\u306b\u5408\u3046\u3088\u3046\u306b\u5730\u96f7\u3092\u914d\u7f6e\u3057\u3066\u3044\u304f)\u3092\u4f5c\u3063\u3066\u307f\u305f:\u3000<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wr3arM7dms\">https:\/\/t.co\/wr3arM7dms<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pb9KEE2HoE\">pic.twitter.com\/pb9KEE2HoE<\/a><\/p>&mdash; reduls (@reduls) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/reduls\/status\/1665346561977483268?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 4, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><font size=\"2\"><strong>Tweet translation: <\/strong>I made a game that does the opposite of Minesweeper (all the numbers are shown from the beginning and the mines are placed according to them)<\/font>&nbsp;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Mineplacer, by Japanese independent developer reduls, is available for <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/sile\/mineplacer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">browser<\/a> and can be accessed via PC or smartphone.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:12px\"><br><br><br><br><em>Written by. Amber V based on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/20230605-250284\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">original Japanese article<\/a>\u00a0(original article\u2019s publication date: 2023-06-05 15:44\u00a0JST)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japanese users are impressed by Mineplacer, the inverted version of Minesweeper in which you need to place mines and close all the cells in the grid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":19346,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-19342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mineplacer \u2013 inverted Minesweeper in which you plant mines catches on in Japan\u00a0 - 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