Patterns of interaction in Minesweeper

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Patterns of interaction in Minesweeper

• Group 1
• Tobias, Ciarán, Satu Laura

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Chance/probabilities

• youll have to have an idea of the probabilities
  of succeeding in order to take a (meaningful)
  chance

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Starting by chance

• In Minesweeper youll have to start by pure
  chance
• same goes for many card games for example

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Risk/reward

• in the beginning of Minesweeper its easy to risk
  all and start all over again, but later it
  becomes more and more difficult

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Revealing hints

• in order to make some progress youll have to
  reveal more hints (numbers)
• with adventure games (Zelda, Zork)
• without board games, dice-a-roo

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Pattern recognition

• you play by recognizing (visual) patterns in the
  game grid

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Competing against time

• comes only important in Minesweeper in the
  easiest levels or for the experienced players
• when competing against the time, you may be
  willing to restart the game at any stage (easier
  levels) in order to beat the clock/other players
  time