Re:Roguelikes: The Misnamed Genre (2011)
by bitofhope on Saturday January 15, 2022 @09:33AM
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+ Randomly generated environment
+ Permadeath
+ Turn-based
+ Grid-based
+ Non-modal
+ Exploration and discovery
+ Single player character (arguable)
+ ASCII graphics (arguable)
+ Numbers
Minesweeper ticks a lot of the Berlin interpretation boxes.
Re:Roguelikes: The Misnamed Genre (2011)
by morelisp on Sunday January 16, 2022 @04:37AM
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I think this is even somewhat uncontroversial, just that considered as such it's pretty shallow. Lots of 7DRL entries take minesweeper elements, and Shiren 5 includes minesweeper levels called "Explosion Rocks" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nAXgSiKotQ) in the same way many traditional roguelikes have sokoban levels.
By this definition, Minesweeper is a Roguelike. :-)