NeggSweeper works very much like Mine Sweeper, a game most Windows users are surely familiar with.
Basically, there is a tab square filled with neggs, one for each square. Its width depends on the level you choose to play. With easy level you have a 9×9 tab. With medium level you have a 12×12 tab and with hard level you have a.
You have to click on one negg at time. The page will reload and a number will replace the negg image. The number indicates how many ‘bombs’ (the red neggs, in this case) there are around that particular square. It is easier to start from the corners, because there are less sides that can be mined.
For example, if you click the left lower corner and you get the number 1, it means that of the three squares touching the one you choose, only one will have a red negg.
If you choose a negg that is anywhere but at the corners or at the sides of the tab, it will have up to 8 bombs around it. Usually it’s never that many, but you can never know.
If you are sure about the position of one red negg, hold down ctrl and click over the chosen negg. A red cross will appear above it, and you can only remove it by holding down ctrl and click over it again.
Touching a square that holds a red negg will make you lose the game automatically. Clearing all the tab will make you win the neopoints (NPs are added for each correct guess you make clicking the squares).
Here I will be explaining how things work with an example. This is a game of Neggsweeper easy level. I got lucky and with one click I uncovered half of the squares (white squares mean they don’t have any mine next to them). We will concentrate on the section around the green circle.
As you can see, the surrounded number 1 at the left lower corner means there is only one bomb it can touch. There is also only one square it touches, so it can only mean that one negg is the bomb. So we secure that single negg.
Going back to the big picture upwards, we can see that the number 1 underneath is in a similar position: the only square/negg it touches can only be a bomb. Also, by securing it, we also find out that the 2 next to the green–circled 1 from before now has two secured bombs. That means all the other surrounding squares are free! Let’s click the negg at the right.
The new 2 square is also already completed, because it touches two secured bombs. All the other neggs around it (coloured green by me) are non–bombed. So you keep clicking.
You have to add things at times, counting how one secured bomb counts for all surrounding neggs. This way, if you have a bit of luck, you can manage to clear most of the board. Sometimes you might have to go randomly in order to clear more spaces that you need to think out the possibilities, but all in all, it’s pretty easy. Of course, the higher the level, the more squares and bombs to pay attention to.
The bonus this game gives you is the many refreshes you get during one play. The more refreshes, the higher the possibility for a random event! – MasterFranny