https://dawnsweeper.com/blog/Notes on making Dawnsweeper, an infinite Minesweeper with a world behind it.en-gbhttps://dawnsweeper.com/blog/only-the-creep-kills/https://dawnsweeper.com/blog/only-the-creep-kills/Tue, 27 Oct 2026 22:00:00 +0000Hunger, cold and poverty in Dawnsweeper bring hardship and people leaving, never death. What one hour of a big world looks like under that rule.https://dawnsweeper.com/blog/peaceful-freezes/https://dawnsweeper.com/blog/peaceful-freezes/Tue, 27 Oct 2026 21:00:00 +0000Dawnsweeper’s one purchase is Peaceful mode. Why it stops the Creep’s clock in place, and how a Tide due in 20 seconds is still due in 20 seconds later.https://dawnsweeper.com/blog/the-stuck-nest/https://dawnsweeper.com/blog/the-stuck-nest/Tue, 27 Oct 2026 20:00:00 +0000A Dawnsweeper Nest showed its whole ring cleared and kept pulsing. The cause was one wrong flag, and the fix had to avoid telling you which.https://dawnsweeper.com/blog/no-orders/https://dawnsweeper.com/blog/no-orders/Tue, 27 Oct 2026 19:00:00 +0000In Dawnsweeper you can’t command a single settler. One Orc’s life, taken from a simulation trace, shows what they decide to do instead, and why.https://dawnsweeper.com/blog/settlers-dig-your-flags/https://dawnsweeper.com/blog/settlers-dig-your-flags/Tue, 27 Oct 2026 18:00:00 +0000Dawnsweeper’s settlers dig up flagged mines to make room to grow. In 1.0 they dug up the wall too. The test that showed it, and the rule that fixed it.https://dawnsweeper.com/blog/hesitant-press/https://dawnsweeper.com/blog/hesitant-press/Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000A touch bug in Dawnsweeper 1.1: a press held a moment too long revealed the cell. How tap and long-press work now, and the 220 and 380 millisecond rules.https://dawnsweeper.com/blog/creep-a-third-as-fast/https://dawnsweeper.com/blog/creep-a-third-as-fast/Sun, 25 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000After playing 1.0.0 on an Android phone, we made the Creep spread three times slower. Why its ageing stayed the same, with the numbers that decided it.https://dawnsweeper.com/blog/five-peoples/https://dawnsweeper.com/blog/five-peoples/Fri, 23 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000Dawnsweeper’s five peoples came out of what the Minifantasy pixel-art packs could draw: what was ready, what had gaps, and why desert people are Humans.https://dawnsweeper.com/blog/green-numbers/https://dawnsweeper.com/blog/green-numbers/Tue, 20 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000In Dawnsweeper a satisfied number is a wall the Creep can’t cross. Why the game shows it in green, and why it lies when your flag is wrong.