Sweeper - Minesweeper clone

[thomthom]

https://games.evilsoftwareempire.com/sweeper/play/

I wrote this originally in 2020. But I tried to use *curses. Which turned out to be a pain to get working cross platform. ncurses on linux/macOS and PDCurses on Windows. Once I got to trying to use curses' panels I realized the two versions didn't both support them alike. I got frustrated and shelved it. I also had a brief attempt to make a HTML+JS+Canvas front end from scratch, but I didn't finish that either.

Now, in 2025 I came across ftxui while I was tinkering with another TUI game. In December I went back to this old sweeper game and migrated it to ftxui. Worked like a charm! Works in the terminal, and works in the browser. It almost works on mobile devices. (But I'd need to figure out an alternate UI for mobiles before it's properly usable.)

https://www.thomthom.net/thoughts/2026/01/sweeper-a-hat-tip-to-the-simple-fun-games/

Thank you very much for ftxui! ❤️

[ArthurSonzogni]

Hi @thomthom,

Thank you so much for sharing this here and for your kind words! It’s really encouraging to hear.

I spent some time playing around with the WebAssembly version you built, and I have to say—it’s fantastic. I really loved all the small details you integrated; they make the whole experience feel very polished and professional.

Since this is such a great addition, I am going to add it to the README.md so others can find it easily.

Thanks again for the hard work and for sharing it!