Anonymine - guess free minesweeper

About

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Anonymine is the "anonymous minesweeper" as I never had any name for it, but I think "Anonymine" works just fine.

Anonymine is a curses mode (console) minesweeper that checks if the fields actually are solvable with only deduction. This means that no guessing will be required, and that the only way to lose is by making a mistake.

And being solvable without guessing is not its only feature, it has many other unusual or even unique features: the games are fully customizable and Anonymine seems to be the only minesweeper with von Neumann grids.

For each game you can set the field type (normal / hexagonal / von Neumann), width, height and number of mines, only restricted to certain minimums and security limits (to avoid igniting your computer).

If you're interested, the minesweeper solver algorithm is in its own Python module and can be used for other purposes than playing Anonymine. It contains features that are rather useless for the game such as measuring difficulty.
I started wondering "How do you solve a minesweeper systematically?" in late 2015 and created the algorithm and then realized it could be used in a game.

Download

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NOTE: Not for smartphones and tablets.
It may possible to play the game from a phone using remote access.

Linux, macOS, unix-like, Windows, Haiku

Anonymine is free and open source software released under the 2-clause BSD license. You can either download tarballs from my site or clone it from GitLab.

Archive of all released versions

If you find any bugs, please mail me or create an issue.

What's new?

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Release notes

0.6.22
    - check-install-cfg is smarter now
    - If you have modified cursescfg you may want to check what updates 0.6.20
      brought, previously check-install-cfg would have FORCED you to update.

0.6.20 (BROKEN for new installs, fixed in 0.6.21)
    - Significant changes in cursescfg.  Old configuration file is still
      compatible, but most changes of this release is in that configuration
      file.
    - check-install-cfg can't properly check compatibility, run
        ./configure skip-check-install-cfg=true
      if you want to keep the old cursescfg and assume it works.

0.6.19
    - Fix issue 32 and 33
    - Fix 33 will prevent you from setting ONLY the -c option when used
      over an SSH connection. Simply add another option or run
      `SSH_CLIENT= anonymine -c path/to/cursescfg`
    - From now on, configuration files MUST NOT be modifiable by group members
      even if group ID is zero.

0.6.18
    - Changes to configure.py.  Make sure to run 'make uninstall' before
      running './configure'.
        - Known regressions: PyPy on OpenBSD 6.4-ish (pretty old)
    - Fixed the symlinks script, previously it failed to delete broken
      symlinks.
    - [MacOS]: Can now use both mouse and numpad.
    - [Haiku]: 0.6.17 adds icon on the launcher.

See the rest of the file on Gitlab

Bigger changes

What's new in 0.6.0 since 0.5.0?
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2022-01-02

It is now exactly six years since the first ever release.

Improved platform support:
    - Windows supported natively (0.5.6, improved 0.5.32)
    - Can now install on Haiku (0.5.22, improved 0.5.31)
    - Works better on macOS than before
    - Installs desktop shortcuts on Cygwin (0.5.34)
    - Fixed curses problem on NetBSD (0.5.27)

Updates:
    - Cheat codes: Not a useful feature, but a challenge to crack.
    - Processors are now counted during run-time (since 0.5.18)
    - Deal with some curses issues. (0.5.18, 0.5.27)

Dropped support for:  (0.5.17 is last supporting version)
    - Python 2.6
    - Minix

See the rest of NEWS on Gitlab

Low level changes

See ChangeLog on Gitlab

Screenshots

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The von Neumann field: The biggest number you'll ever see is 3. This mode makes Anonymine a unique minesweeper. (Attention mode has been enabled to find the last few cells.)

Traditional (Moore) field, nothing special

Hexagonal field

The losers' highscores

FAQ

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Send new questions to: oskar@oskog97.com.

Platforms

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Check the readme and installation instructions for more details.