I do like the idea of the game but I am not sure how the scoring works. Like I could clear a whole board and still not have enough score to get to the next level?

I like the idea of combing Balatro and Minesweeper, but I got a little overwhelmed by mines

Pretty hard for newbies to get into it + some descriptions are not so intuitive but still, it get me for a moment (while I was trying to get higher than third floor), good job!

Love the idea and the upgrades seem cool, but the starting boards are way too crowded with mines so i found it rare that i got through the first level. Though that seems like an easy adjustment to make after jam and other than that I really like everything else about this game and can see its potential! Good luck :D

Minesweeper AND balatoro appreciation! Good game.

Love the idea of taking existing / proven mechanics and putting a unique spin on them. This has a lot of potential. Great work!

Such a cool idea (and the story behind you actually making this game). :) I suck at Minesweeper, but I see how it could become a staple in any Minesweeper lover's library. The presentation is also lovely. Good job with this game! :)

I love the idea of Minesweeper with some meta progression. I'm so rusty at Minesweeper I couldn't progress through the upgrade tracks very far though :P

I had trouble reading the text, especially the hover text for the upgrades.

Good one! I think it would be better with smaller maps or letting you keep playing even if you lose the level, because it feels a bit punishing if you are not very good at minesweeper. But I loved the art and the menus, the inspiration from Balatro is great. Good job!

Hey good to see someone else with Balatro as an inspiration like me! Minesweeper was a great choice and I love all the little text effects. Huge fan of that trippy shader/animation in the background!

If you don't mind, please consider rating my game as well :)

I'm a bit bad at minesweeper to begin with, but this one seemed to start out with a ton of mines, I constantly guessed wrong. I do like the concept of a roguelike minesweeper, though. Solid art and sounds, and everything ran well and there's plenty of juice!  Welcome back to dev :D

Im not the best at mine sweeper however, i enjoyed the game and i like the colors you used and the animations :D
Great Job!

I think a few smaller, easier levels at the front would be good. I'm not great at minesweeper (I do enjoy it though), and I couldn't get past level 2. It feels like unless I get a good start, I'm screwed, because then I'm just clicking around on random spots to find a safe area and there could be a bomb anywhere. That's the fault of Minesweeper though (or me!), not Swope. 😂 I tried the easy difficulty, but still could not get past level 2. I couldn't bring myself to try immortal, probably because I can't allow myself to not suffer.

I have never played Balatro, but I've seen videos of it, and I think you did a good job of saying "This is Balatro Minesweeper!" with your graphics and layout. It's nice seeing it checking all the tiles at the end of a level and adding up my score. I liked it, and I would play more of it.

I love Minesweeper and your Rouge Lite interpretation of it.

One advice: The texst in the shop could be improved - sometimes its not completely clear what somethin does. "Level up" and "Upgrade" sound very similar for example.

With a little polish this can get a great game.

Cool twist on the minesweeper with nice visual effects!

I like minesweeper and you managed to make it even better! I really enjoy seeing people re-imagine classic games with a twist, and the Balatro inspired gameplay works really well here. Great work!

I finally learned how to play minesweeper - but even easy is too hard for me, I tried like 10 times and I just can't get 500. I really love "normal" games being made into roguelikes, and minesweeper is one of those that is widely known and love, definitely had potential!

Great game

With a little bit more balance/polish this has more potential than I expected if someone were to pitch me a "minesweeper rogue-like", good job! For the feedback, it would be nice if the special tiles also had tooltips when playing as I often forgot what they do. Shame about the music, but I've put on some my own tunes ;)

Welcome back to gamedev, hope you stay for longer this time ;)

Wow, I wasn't expecting a minesweeper game! Good job!

I have personally never loved minesweeper, but I really do think that you managed to reinvigorate it and make it a lot more satisfying! Doing that to such a classic game really is impressive, and I see in the comments that many share the same sentiment, so very well done! :)