Yeah it's maybe not the best way to describe it, but my intention is all clues already visible at the start rather than exploration, and adding in flowers rather than avoiding mines.
The main difference is having all the clues visible at the start changes it to a search and deduction logic style rather than reveal and react
It is the right way to describe it, that guy just doesn't remember how minesweeper worked.
In that sense, this game is similar to Mosaic[1] where the clues are all initially visible, except in Mosaic the count includes all 9 cells since black squares can be placed on the numbers themselves.
[1] https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/puzzles/js/mosa...
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