JFX Minesweeper
This is just a fun project to learn more about JavaFX, especially visual effects. This game is made of an array of 3D boxes, which I rotate in a coordinated fashion when spots are revealed. I also do an explosion effect when the player loses.
Lessons Learned
The one snag I hit, which I spent hours working out, was: it wouldn't display a uniform grid when the windows size is small. I played with different layouts and snapToPixel options, and camera angles, and even switched to 2D shapes, and nothing helped. Finally I took away the numbers (initially, drawn upside-down on the back of the boxes, so that they flip into place right-side-up), and the grid was uniform at all reasonable sizes. So, I selected my font size more carefully, and all finally seems well.
The other issue, which I didn't overcome, was: the explosion effect was, in part, done via a PathTransition. However, using PathTransition seemed to set all the coordinates relative to the scene, rather than the Pane where the tiles were. So, all the tiles would jump up and to the left, covering the menu bar. It wasn't obvious how to fix that, so I changed to a Timeline on LayoutX and LayoutY. This worked perfectly.
