GNOME Mines

GNOME Mines (or gnomine, as it is known among connoisseurs) is an open source piece of software that provides users with a board/puzzle game in the style of Minesweeper game that was distributed along with the Microsoft Windows operating system.

Designed for GNOME

It has been designed from the ground up to work and integrated with the GNOME desktop environment. Just like Minesweeper, the object of the game is to clear the board while avoiding the mines.

The game starts with four different grids, 8x8 with 10 mines, 16x16 with 40 mines, 30x16 with 99 mines, and a custom one where you can define the horizontal and vertical width, as well as percentage and number of mines.

Each board features covered squares and the player's "job" is to clear the squares, one by one, without stepping on a mine. If you step on a mine, the game is over and you can start a new one by pressing the "Start a new game" button displayed on the right bottom corner of the window.

The gameplay is time-based

The gameplay is time-based, therefore the application features intelligent pause functionality, which will automatically pause the game when the main window is inactive. At any time you can receive a hint for your next move by pressing the Hint button.

The game will end when you clear the board and don't hit any mine. At the end of each game, the program will automatically prompt users with the score board, which features the ability to start a new game.

The Preferences dialog lets users to enable or disable warning messages if too many flags are placed next to a number, as well as usage of "I'm not sure" flags during the gameplay. The score board and the documentation can be accessed at any time from the App Menu via the GNOME Panel.

What is new in this release:

• Updated translations
• Update bugzilla references with gitlab
• Drop autotools

What is new in version :

• Updated translations

What is new in version 3.26.0:

• Updated translations.

What is new in version 3.25.2:

• Updated translations
• Added flatpak manifest (Florian Mullner)
• Added meson build rules (Robert Ancell)

What is new in version 3.24.0:

• Updated translations.

What is new in version 3.23.2:

• Updated translations
• Use start-time mine randomization (Robert Roth)
• Removed deprecated calls (Robert Roth)

What is new in version 3.22.2:

• Updated translations.

What is new in version 3.22.1:

• Updated translations

What is new in version 3.22.0:

• Updated translations
• Added content ratings

What is new in version 3.21.3:

• Smaller minimum tile size to fit larger boards on fullHD (Robert Roth)
• Disable accels on the custom game screen (Robert Roth)
• Use libgames-support for score tracking (Michael Catanzaro, Nikhar Agrawal)

What is new in version 3.19.3:

• Updated translations
• Updated appdata and doap

What is new in version 3.19.2:

• Updated translations
• Improved keyboard cursor display and behaviour (Isaac Lenton)
• Added extra keyboard shortcuts for starting/stopping games (Isaac Lenton)
• Change tile click behaviour to reveal tile on click release (Isaac Lenton)
• Fixed jumping clock issue in timer (Robert Roth)
• Show incorrectly flagged fields (Robert Roth)

What is new in version 3.17.3:

• Updated translations
• Added animations enable/disable checkbox (Robert Roth)
• Fixed unclickable spots between grid cells (Robert Roth)

What is new in version 3.16.0:

• Updated translations

What is new in version 3.14.1 / 3.16.0 Beta 1:

• Updated translations
• Readded screen transitions (Robert Roth)
• Code cleanup (Robert Roth)
• Removed New Game from app menu (Michael Catanzaro)
• Updated About dialog (Michael Catanzaro)
• Connect to size_allocate (Arnaud Bonatti)
• Do not save size when tiled (Arnaud Bonatti)

What is new in version 3.15.4:

• Updated translations
• Added support for themes and theme selector dialog (Robert Roth)
• Fixed distance between game area and sidebar buttons (Robert Roth)
• Removed hover effect from inactive tiles (Robert Roth)
• Do not hide any buttons (Robert Roth)

What is new in version 3.14.1:

• Updated translations
• Use XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP to use/avoid headerbar (Michael Catanzaro)
• Fixed sidebar resizing on game start glitch (Robert Roth)

What is new in version 3.14.0:

• Updated translations
• appdata: updated screenshot size (Michael Catanzaro)

What is new in version 3.14 RC1:

• Don't translate timer labels (Michael Catanzaro)
• Symbolic flag install path fixed (Robert Roth)
• Use new function for setting accelerators (Arnaud Bonatti)
• Updated translations

What is new in version 3.14 Beta 2:

• Ignore the clock after exploding (Giovanni Campagna)
• Updated translations

What is new in version 3.14 Beta 1:

• High contrast icons (Michael Catanzaro)
• Updated translations

What is new in version 3.13.4:

• Theme tweaks for the latest Adwaita (Robert Roth)
• Fixed rough image rendering (Robert Roth)
• Do not use deprecated methods and properties (Robert Roth)
• Fixed styling issues causing diamonds to appear in the grid (Robert Roth)
• Fixed small flag icon (Robert Roth)
• Translatable clock label (Michael Catanzaro)
• Better-looking minimum width request for the small board (Robert Roth)
• Don't show headerbar/appmenu on systems that don't support it (Robert Ancell)
• Updated translations

What is new in version 3.13.2:

• Update CSS style (Jakub Steiner)
• Flipped tiles should not appear sensitive on hover (Robert Roth)
• Scrollbars added for large custom minefields (Robert Roth)
• Use improved flag icon in right column (Allan Day, Robert Roth)
• Rename Difficulty button to Change Difficulty (Michael Catanzaro)
• Updated translations

What is new in version 3.12.2:

• Updated translations

What is new in version 3.12.1:

• Updated translations

What is new in version 3.11.3:

• Move buttons to side of window (Robert Roth)
• Enable question flags by default (Michael Catanzaro)
• Allow setting percentage of mines on the board in custom games (Isaac Lenton)
• Scores dialog: autoscroll to new score (Isaac Lenton)
• Scores dialog: replace Quit button with Close (Isaac Lenton)
• Updated translations

What is new in version 3.11.1:

• Redesigned interface
• Depend on intltool 0.50, gtk 3.10, and glib 2.36
• Remove BugBuddy support
• Translation updates

What is new in version 3.10.1:

• Remove "Hint" action from app menu
• Translation updates

What is new in version 3.10.0:

• Translation updates.

Requirements:

• GTK+