Core Gameplay:

Objective:

The primary objective is to clear a 3D minefield without detonating any mines. Players use a remote with a digital screen displaying numbers, similar to classic Minesweeper, to identify the number of adjacent mines.

Game Modes:

Simulation Mode: Players play in this mode freely on randomly-generated boards, selecting a difficulty: beginner, intermediate, or expert.

Challenge Mode: Preset random-seed maps challenge every player equally and cost a wager of ‘life points’ to enter. Players start with a set amount of points, which regenerate over time. Losing a life in challenge mode results in losing life points, clearing a board results in player xp increase, earning in-game rewards, badges, additional life-points, and leaderboard ranking.

Game Mechanics:

• Movement: Players move around the minefield in a first-person perspective.
• Interaction: Players use a remote device to interact with the tiles. The remote displays numbers indicating how many mines are adjacent to the selected tile. The player may find scarce items on the map that can be used for throwing at suspected mine tiles (tires, debris) to attempt to detonate the tile without stepping on it. These items are destroyed upon mine hit.
• Marking Mines: Players can mark suspected mines using the remote. Marked mines are visually distinct from unmarked tiles with realistic caution taping. Marked mines are blocking volumes for the player. The player cannot move over these spaces after they have been marked, saving them from accidental detonation.
• Leveling System: Life points are wagered in challenge mode. XP is calculated based on earned life points and average clear time. “Easier” levels allow the player to throw more items at suspected mines, and chance of detonating when hit with an object decreases as levels increase. Detection equipment is improved as levels increase, showing larger grids on screen on the device, robotic mine clearing devices, and more real-world equipment is to be unlocked for the player as they progress through difficulties. Upon death, all leveling upgrades are lost and the player must start from the very beginning.

User Interface:

• Heads-Up Display (HUD): The HUD is simple and includes only a flag counter and timer. The remote’s screen displays the number of adjacent mines resembling the classic game - flagged areas on screen are marked yellow with a flag, safe areas are blank, and numbers show where necessary.
• Visual Indicators: Safe tiles, marked mines, and uncovered tiles are visually distinct on the ground as well as the remote - uncovered tiles are blank, and unknown tiles are marked with a red laser grid on the terrain surface (projection decal).

Win/Loss Conditions:

• Winning: The player wins by uncovering all non-mine tiles.
• Losing: The player loses by uncovering a tile containing a mine. Boom.