Minesweeper (wxWidgets port)

A portable wxWidgets / C++17 port of the classic Windows Minesweeper that lives in the parent directory. Builds on Linux, macOS, and Windows from a single tree of code, using XRC for the menu and dialogs and an embedded sprite sheet (PNG) for the board graphics.

Screenshots

• Windows:

• macOS:

• Linux:

Building

You need wxWidgets 3.x development files and CMake 3.14+.

# macOS
brew install wxwidgets cmake

# Debian / Ubuntu
sudo apt install libwxgtk3.2-dev cmake build-essential

Then:

cd wx
mkdir build && cd build
cmake ..
cmake --build .
./wxmine        # or open wxmine.app on macOS

How to play

• Left-click an unrevealed cell to reveal it. If it's a mine, you lose. Otherwise the cell shows the number of mines in the eight neighbouring cells (or expands a region of empty cells if the count is 0).
• Right-click an unrevealed cell to flag it as a suspected mine. Click again to switch to a "?" question-mark (if Marks is enabled) or to clear.
• Middle-click (or left+right together) on a revealed numbered cell to "chord" — reveal all unflagged neighbours at once. Only safe if the number of flags around the cell matches the number on it.
• Click the smiley to start a new game.

The first cell you reveal is always safe — if you happen to click on a mine, it's relocated to the first available empty cell.

Difficulty levels

Level	Width × Height	Mines
Beginner	9 × 9	10
Intermediate	16 × 16	40
Expert	30 × 16	99
Custom	9–30 × 9–24	10–999 (capped at (W-1)×(H-1))

Keyboard

• F2 — start a new game.

Menu options

• Game → Marks (?) — toggles the third right-click state ("?") on/off.
• Game → Color — toggles between the colour and black-and-white sprite sheets (preserved for nostalgia).
• Game → Sound — toggles the tick / win / lose sound effects.
• Game → Best Times… — shows the persistent high-score table.

Persistence

Settings and best times are stored via wxConfig, which writes to the platform-native location:

• Windows: HKCU\Software\wxmine\wxmine
• Linux: ~/.wxmine
• macOS: ~/Library/Preferences/wxmine Preferences

Credits

Original Minesweeper by Robert Donner and Curt Johnson. This port reuses the original sprite art and game algorithm.