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January 30, 2025
dragonsweeper [browser]
Try to clear the bord in the roguelike minesweeper adventure Dragonsweeper by Daniel Benmergui. Make sure to read the monsternomicon first!
Unless there's a gimmick I'm missing, it seems over reliant on dumb luck. The idea's good but it feels like it starts out on the worst difficulty level.
It's not as bad as you think. The start does rely on luck to give you something that's easy to explore, but past that, certain monsters will always appear in a specific pattern, and monster locations are always revealed when you die, so dying a few times to learn how they operate can really give you a leg up. Also, experience earned overflows into your next level, so if you exhaust your HP down to zero (naked) before you click a heart or level up, you can maximize the amount of exp you earn. You can beat the dragon without clearing the board, but clearing the board will require doing this.
First I almost left this game after a few minutes, I thought it was way too complicated, based too much on luck, no clear rules, I don't understand the whole thing, but fortunately I read the comments under the game and I deicided to give a second chance to this game. And I figured out very soon that this game is really enjoyable! :-) It is partly a strategic game, partly counting and logic, really worth to spend some time on learning it! Great work from the developer.
I agree with the other comments, I too thought this was too difficult at first, but I persevered. There is a small amount of luck required to clear enough board to find hearts, but other than that you can work out most positions. Use the book too to see how many of each monster are left (it does update). Now trying to completely clear the board, but it's not easy.
I was waiting for you to post this one, quite the game no? I've already gotten 303 a while ago but what a ride, I love the way it makes no sence but then makes total sence till you start to learn the way the game "thinks". super fun
@anonymous you have to be a little lucky to start finding hearts to refill your health until you have enough (gold?) to upgrade which also replenishes your health. Choose your battles wisely and right click (multiple times if needed) to mark what you know.
Pretty fun. Is a little luck reliant, but there is strategy. The one tip I'll add is if you know where enemies are, it's better to explore out a bit in areas without unknown mines to try to open the map up more and more
i beat it twice in a row. its not dumb luck its strategy and logic. figure out the patterns by studying the board after you die. its trial and error before you learn its secrets
I see various ways of winning. 1) Simply killing the dragon. 2} breaking all walls. 3) marking everything correctly 4) killing every monster. 5) combo of above items.
after I finished it at 303 a few times I started shooting for the lowest possible score (kill the dragon fast as possible) not sure the how low it can get but I'll figure it out sooner enough
it's a lot more than luck, but luck is part of it, the monsters follow patterns, you learn it, it's awesome. It's good to be bold in the first 4-5 clicks, if you don't get lucky early it's not worth it
there's a monster in the field of question marks that creates the question marks, I'f you kill it the questions become numbers, BUT BE WARNED other things can be hiding there too
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16 comments:
Unless there's a gimmick I'm missing, it seems over reliant on dumb luck. The idea's good but it feels like it starts out on the worst difficulty level.
It's not as bad as you think. The start does rely on luck to give you something that's easy to explore, but past that, certain monsters will always appear in a specific pattern, and monster locations are always revealed when you die, so dying a few times to learn how they operate can really give you a leg up. Also, experience earned overflows into your next level, so if you exhaust your HP down to zero (naked) before you click a heart or level up, you can maximize the amount of exp you earn. You can beat the dragon without clearing the board, but clearing the board will require doing this.
First I almost left this game after a few minutes, I thought it was way too complicated, based too much on luck, no clear rules, I don't understand the whole thing, but fortunately I read the comments under the game and I deicided to give a second chance to this game. And I figured out very soon that this game is really enjoyable! :-) It is partly a strategic game, partly counting and logic, really worth to spend some time on learning it! Great work from the developer.
Fantastic! Same as Eszterencs, i first give up, and then read the comments on the page, and what a game!! Thx.
I agree with the other comments, I too thought this was too difficult at first, but I persevered. There is a small amount of luck required to clear enough board to find hearts, but other than that you can work out most positions. Use the book too to see how many of each monster are left (it does update). Now trying to completely clear the board, but it's not easy.
I don't get it, i always run out of health after a while
I was waiting for you to post this one, quite the game no? I've already gotten 303 a while ago but what a ride, I love the way it makes no sence but then makes total sence till you start to learn the way the game "thinks". super fun
@anonymous you have to be a little lucky to start finding hearts to refill your health until you have enough (gold?) to upgrade which also replenishes your health. Choose your battles wisely and right click (multiple times if needed) to mark what you know.
Pretty fun. Is a little luck reliant, but there is strategy. The one tip I'll add is if you know where enemies are, it's better to explore out a bit in areas without unknown mines to try to open the map up more and more
i beat it twice in a row. its not dumb luck its strategy and logic. figure out the patterns by studying the board after you die. its trial and error before you learn its secrets
I see various ways of winning.
1) Simply killing the dragon.
2} breaking all walls.
3) marking everything correctly
4) killing every monster.
5) combo of above items.
What is the logic of the "?"
after I finished it at 303 a few times I started shooting for the lowest possible score (kill the dragon fast as possible) not sure the how low it can get but I'll figure it out sooner enough
it's a lot more than luck, but luck is part of it, the monsters follow patterns, you learn it, it's awesome. It's good to be bold in the first 4-5 clicks, if you don't get lucky early it's not worth it
there's a monster in the field of question marks that creates the question marks, I'f you kill it the questions become numbers, BUT BE WARNED other things can be hiding there too
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