Mine Shaft

by krzyhau
co-authored: @devdevice
Overall★★★★★★★★★★4.29
Fun★★★★★★★★★★4.36
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★4.64
Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.49
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.86
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.80
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.89
Mood★★★★★★★★★★4.00
Go deeper into the mine full of mines!

You're trapped deep underground. Your only way out is to go deeper through the madness of 3D Minesweeper shafts.
Will you succeed at breaking out?

Controls:

WSAD - move around

Left Mouse Button - break blocks

Space - Jump

Left Ctrl - Duck

ESC - Pause menu

Desktop version is the original one, compiled and posted before the deadline. We've included a web version a day later, which, apart from being playable in a browser, additionally fixes a bug with health values not working properly.

Comments21

QuantumSeagull
QuantumSeagull27 Apr 2021, 15:32
Best take on a minesweeper game I've seen in a long time, and probably the only minesweeper/minecraft mashup I've ever seen. Ran smooth as butter in the browser on my laptop. Controls were intuitive when I figured out I could click inside the window to capture the mouse. It was good fun and fit with the theme.
MM gamedev
MM gamedev27 Apr 2021, 15:34
Minesweeper... Never really understood the game but well this was Fun
Jonrei
Jonrei27 Apr 2021, 15:40
This was fantastic! Plus points for gramophone!
kingslee14227 Apr 2021, 15:50
Oh I really love the game idea. Showing an icon mine sweaper game in complitely new version, amaizing. Game feels good however the background music while breaking the tiles could be a bit more distinctive. Overall well done!
DorianSnowball
DorianSnowball27 Apr 2021, 15:52
Wow. I'm impressed. You literally blew me away ;)
Great game!
I managed to complete shaft 3 after a few tries and after I understood that the mines are only counted in layers. Maybe you could explain this a bit more. Or did I miss something?
The best part of the game was the audio when breaking blocks. I really liked this sounds!
Foursay
Foursay27 Apr 2021, 15:54
Promise not do this again though I would like to try once lol
p.s. there should an image of "start trash" but i couldnt see it
rgb-games27 Apr 2021, 15:59
Very nice game. Although it was pretty hard for me. Died 2 times in shaft one - "VeRy EaSy". But still a super cool game, once you figure out what you are supposed to do. Good job!
joselor27 Apr 2021, 16:03
Really great playing experience, the combination of minecraft and minesweeper gave this title a very unique way to play and control. But one of the best things in this game was his dark atmosphere with the ambiant black fog for example. The only thing i disliked is that there is too few levels :D. The ending was also quite fun and unexpected
Lev
Lev27 Apr 2021, 16:45
I absolutely loved it!
It is visually simple and not distracting, sound design is really great. The idea is truly amazing.
Also, I think the hint at level 2 should be at level 1. It's not that obvious and it makes life muuuuch easier :D
aaants
aaants27 Apr 2021, 22:21
I love the idea, really clever. Downside is... I suck. One of my favourites so far, well done!
Eugenik
Eugenik28 Apr 2021, 12:59
Very good looking game !.
TimsyMagnus28 Apr 2021, 15:33
I know I'll never beat the inspiration game, yet still enjoyed this. From the sound the blocks make to repeatedly scaring myself randomly breaking blocks and them... BOOOM! Awesome idea and execution!
eharp29 Apr 2021, 22:39
Love it as a new take on Minesweeper. I also really liked the sound design and overall aesthetics.
Rayo30 Apr 2021, 01:27
Very fun and clever idea to take minesweeper and put it in an actual 3D mine :D
CORRUPTOR2037
CORRUPTOR20372 May 2021, 15:21
So addictive and fun, love it
But maybe minesweeper is not working very great in 3d, because you don't see the full picture. It's more about luck than solving, especially the hard level
ditam2 May 2021, 19:18
Oh hello there Mine Shaft, my entry is called Mineshaft :)

You have a very innovative game here, well done!
chrissx23 May 2021, 23:47
Thats an actually interesting take on minesweeper. I managed to get to the shaft with the 9 on the cube >.
Rhoka
Rhoka10 May 2021, 07:50
Very neat idea! I absolutely loved the random note from a scale when breaking the blocks and I just wanted to keep smashing a bunch of them. I know you highlight the block in red when it is selected but even just adding a dot in the center of the screen would help a lot with the understanding of exactly what I'm looking at, especially when a mis-click can kill you. I like to think I'm fairly decent at minesweeper, but I found in these circumstances it was quite difficult and I never felt like I really had enough information to be sure about which block to break. I admit, on the third shaft I just said f__k it and dug straight down through hoping I would not hit 3 bombs. Died once but actually made it though on the second attempt so I know I didn't *really* earn my victory. But nonetheless I did enjoy your ending!

Also...

...nice.
themorfeus
themorfeus10 May 2021, 11:10
This is a very cool take on the minesweeper, and it comes at during my inesweeper mania period.
IMO the game would greatly benefit from a crosshair, and the sound of mining gets very annoying quickly, but i really loved the funny posters at the start of each level! 5/5.
Gerrit
Gerrit7 Oct 2025, 21:25
Hahaha this is great :D

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