{"rewrite":{"id":"r_ff8099e84c814d55393f8613","clusterId":"c_dd4a136ad8cad870d3551adc","slug":"world-sweeper-puts-a-100-million-tile-minesweeper-board-on-the-real-world-map","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"World Sweeper Puts a 100 Million Tile Minesweeper Board on the Real World Map","summary":"Solo developer Lucky_Head8075 released World Sweeper free on August 29. The browser game is a Minesweeper-style roguelite set on a real world map built from 100 million tiles. Players open tiles, read numbers, plant flags, and use cooldown skills such as Pulse. Opening tiles earns XP, and level ups offer three-choice upgrades. Gold buys permanent boosts after a run ends. It runs in PC and smartphone browsers.","whyItMatters":"The release turns a browser experiment about rendering 100 million checkboxes into a free, fully playable Minesweeper roguelite on a real world map, from a developer making his first game.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003ePlayers can start World Sweeper anywhere on its board, a real world map built from 100 million tiles. Zooming into Japan shows the main islands and small outlying islands rendered in tiles. The game departs from standard Minesweeper with HP, cooldown skills such as Pulse, and a limited flag supply that must be recovered from cleared ground. Opening tiles earns XP, and each level up offers a three-choice upgrade covering skill strength, flag capacity, and HP. Two modes exist: Classic resets mines each run, while Campaign carries opened tiles forward. Five characters with different stats and skills are selectable at the start. In-game display shows 103 million tiles and 160,000 mines.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"World Sweeper is out free in browsers. A Minesweeper-style roguelite on a real world map built from 100 million tiles, with HP, skills, and permanent upgrades. The solo developer in Sri Lanka started it as a side project. PC is recommended over mobile for now.","twitterPost":"World Sweeper is out free in browsers. A Minesweeper-style roguelite on a real world map built from 100 million tiles, with HP, skills, and permanent upgrades. The solo developer in Sri Lanka started it as a side project. PC is recommended over mobile for now.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"World Sweeper, a free browser game from solo developer Lucky_Head8075, turns the real world map into a 100 million tile Minesweeper board. It adds HP, cooldown skills, and permanent upgrades to the classic formula. The developer recommends PC over mobile for now.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Automaton\",\"url\":\"https://automaton-media.com/articles/newsjp/20260901-464424/\",\"title\":\"100 Million Tile Minesweeper 'World Sweeper' Released Free. The Whole Earth Is a Minefield, with Handy Skills, but... It's Too Big\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4940,"outputTokens":5164,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":null,"createdAt":"2026-09-02T05:50:31.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-09-02T05:52:26.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-02T05:52:26.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_dd4a136ad8cad870d3551adc","canonicalTitle":"「1億タイル」マインスイーパー『World Sweeper』無料公開。地球丸ごと地雷原、便利スキルもあるけど……デカすぎる","representativeArticleId":"a_4d85dcf52ed9f4fd815355ad","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"World Sweeper\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"release\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-01T09:21:34.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-01T09:21:34.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-02T05:52:24.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Automaton","url":"https://automaton-media.com/articles/newsjp/20260901-464424/","title":"「1億タイル」マインスイーパー『World Sweeper』無料公開。地球丸ごと地雷原、便利スキルもあるけど……デカすぎる"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["World Sweeper"],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"release","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}