#!/bin/bash version=$1 date=$2 windows_version=$3 windows_date=$4 cat << __EOF__ __HTML5__ Anonymine - guess free minesweeper __NAVIGATION__

Anonymine - guess free minesweeper

Latest version: ${version} released on ${date} - what's new

You can try it on my demo server using SSH. Log in as play@anonymine-demo.oskog97.com, password is "play".
Leaderboard for public demo server

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. Back in December 2015 I was curious about creating an algorithm for solving minesweeper, and then I needed an excuse for it so I turned it into a terminal game that can be solved wihout any guessing.

Do note that it runs in the terminal, so it may not be your cup of tea. Mouse input is usually supported, but only really useful in hexagonal mode.

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).

The supported field types/game types are:

Von Neumann grids

I have never seen another minesweeper that can have fields with von Neumann grids. In a von Neumann neighbourhood (grid), each cell/square has only four neighbours, at the edges but not at the corners.

The biggest number you'll ever see is 3. But that doesn't mean it's easy, it's quite the opposite.

Traditional fields with Moore grids

Like any other minsweeper.

Hexagonal fields

Every cell is a hexagon and has six neighbours, (with obvious exceptions). This mode has separate key bindings because there is no single "up" and single "down" direction.

More features:

  • It looks almost fine on monochrome terminals.
  • Even the losers can get on their very own highscores table.
  • There are cheat codes. They're not useful, but will be a challenge to crack.

Download

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NOTE: Not for smartphones and tablets.

Linux, macOS, unix-likes, Haiku, Windows,

Archive of all released versions

If you find any bugs, please create an issue.

GNU/Linux, macOS, *BSD, Cygwin, other unix-like operating systems, and Haiku

Windows

There are a few options:

  1. Recommended: WSL (both 1 and 2 work just fine)
  2. Automatic Cygwin and Anonymine installer
  3. Install Python and windows-curses

Comparison of options

Automatic Cygwin installer

Downloads:

Install Python and windows-curses

It is possible to run the unix version with some limitations.

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

Platforms

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Check the readme and installation instructions for more details.

Tested on

Here's a list of various platforms Anonymine has been tested on. It works on all of them unless I say otherwise, but there may be some minor issues.

  • Various GNU/Linux distributions
  • FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, DragonflyBSD
  • Haiku
  • SerenityOS
  • macOS
  • OpenIndiana and Solaris
  • Debian GNU/Hurd
  • Cygwin (on Windows and ReactOS)
  • Windows and ReactOS (without Cygwin)
Python interpreters:
  • CPython
  • PyPy (lacks curses on Windows)

"Some coercion required"

Using Pööp, Anonymine can be made to work on even more platforms. "Do not try this at home"

GraalVM Python
Needs only curses
PyPy on Windows
Needs only curses, but the Windows console is really slow
Jython
Needs curses and multiprocessing
IronPython
Needs very different configuration files and curses and multiprocessing
Minix 3.4
Needs multiprocessing and threading
__EOF__ echo;echo;echo write_news () { news=~oskar/projects/anonymine/doc/NEWS changelog=~oskar/projects/anonymine/ChangeLog release_notes=~oskar/projects/anonymine/doc/RELEASE-NOTES _get_snippet () { _internal () { file=$1 regex=$2 tailcut=$3 count=$4 lim=$5 n=1 while [ "$(head -n$n $file | grep -E "$regex" | wc -l)" -le $count ]; do n=$(($n + 1)) done n=$(($n - $tailcut)) if [ "$n" -lt $(($lim + 1)) ]; then head -n$n $file else head -n$lim $file echo '...' fi } _internal "$1" "$2" "$3" "$4" "$5" \ | sed -e 's/[&]/\&/g' \ | sed -e 's/[<]/\</g' \ | sed -e 's/[>]/\>/g' } get_news () { _get_snippet $news '====' 3 1 30 } get_changelog () { _get_snippet $changelog '^ [0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$' 3 1 7 } get_release_notes () { _get_snippet $release_notes '^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+' 2 4 30 # 2 3 15 -> 2 4 25 -> 2 4 30 } cat <<__EOF__

What's new?

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Release notes
$(get_release_notes)

See the rest of the file on Gitlab

Bigger changes
$(get_news)

See the rest of NEWS on Gitlab

Low level changes

See ChangeLog on Gitlab

__EOF__ } write_news echo;echo;echo cat <<__EOF__
__FOOTER__ __EOF__