2805ICT Software Engineering: Minesweeper Game - Milestone 1 Report

This document presents Milestone 1 of a Minesweeper game project, focusing on the initial stages of software engineering. It includes a requirement analysis, detailing functional and non-functional requirements, constraints, and project risks. The report features a prototype demo link, conceptual designs with UML class and use case diagrams, and reflections on the prototype's limitations. The analysis covers aspects like game board sizes, bomb placement, user interface elements, and potential challenges related to memory usage and screen size adaptability. The project adopts an agile software development process, emphasizing iterative development and continuous improvement. Desklib provides access to a wealth of similar solved assignments and resources for students.

Running head: MINESWEEPER GAME- MILESTONE 1
Minesweeper Game- Milestone 1
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Table of Contents
Requirement Analysis................................................................................................................2
Functional Requirements.......................................................................................................2
Non-functional Requirements................................................................................................2
Constraints..............................................................................................................................3
Project Risk................................................................................................................................4
Prototype Demo Link.................................................................................................................5
Conceptual Designs....................................................................................................................6
UML Classes..........................................................................................................................6
Use Case.................................................................................................................................7

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Requirement Analysis
Functional Requirements
1. The number of clicks and time passed in seconds for a particular game session, is to
be displayed at the top.
2. There must be two board sizes, 6*6 as easy mode and 12*12 as the difficult mode.
The gamer must be presented with the option to choose their mode of difficulty and
start the game.
3. There must be 10 bombs placed randomly on the board for the easy mode and 20 for
the difficult.
4. User must be allowed to refresh and restart the game whenever necessary.
5. A proper Congrats or failure message must be shown with the Click and Time played
information when a bomb is hit or a victory is achieved.
Non-functional Requirements
1. Robust: The software or application needs to be robust. It must be able to handle
tactfully all the wrong decisions taken by the user and never lead to a program crash.
2. Usability: Being an android application software, the application must be able to run
on all the newer android devices and the interface device must be flexible enough to
fit into any screen resolution.
3. Data integrity: Necessary and permitted data within the application needs to be
thoroughly available within the respective nodes of the application.
4. Response Time: The application should be able to respond as quickly as possible to
every user interactions.
5. Scalability: The program should be so moulded that it is kept open to any changes,
additions and modifications for newer requirements in the near future. The program

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should and must allow the intake of larger inputs as and when needed due to the
increase in required data or functionalities.
Constraints
1. The use of high quality images for the purpose of representing the button icons will
consume a lot of memory space and make the application bulky.
2. For smaller screen sizes the application window will have to shrink as well. This will
lead to the improper visualization of the game board with the buttons looking too
small and the whole layout may become clumsy.
3. Updates are harder to be chipped in. This requires a confirmation from Google Play
store and only then can it be rolled out to the community. This process may
sometimes get too lengthy. The frequent updates in applications to fix requested
errors generally take 7 days to reach to a minimum of only 10% of the users. The bugs
in the developed system hence persists.

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Project Risk
The project is to be broken down into two primary phases in terms of development. In
the first phase, a simpler prototype of the application is to be designed and developed that
will suffice only to some of the basic requirements of the game. Reviews and bug reports will
be collected from this phase and then the main project phase will be initiated where the entire
game is to be designed and developed keeping in mind the improvements needed.
Being a comparatively smaller project, the application can be developed using the
agile software development process. Here, the preliminary requirements are first collected,
the software designs are finalized and consulted with the client. Furthermore, on approval
from the client, the final phase is to be designed, developed, tested and deployed.

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Prototype Demo Link
Link: https://
Reflection
The prototype demo currently consists of many limitations when contrasted against
the entire project requirement plans. This version only consists of the game board for the
Easy game mode. I have only managed to implement the 6*6 board within the initial
prototype. It however performs the game functionalities as close as possible. Furthermore, the
prototype is yet to implement the timer, which is prescribed to be implemented in the final
project and is under process.

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Conceptual Designs
UML Classes
Fig 1: UML Class Diagram

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Use Case
Fig 2: Use Case diagram