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Is it normal for x to reference the vertical, and y the horizontal in such games?

Maybe I don't understand how they're normally represented. take this map: http://vindinium.org/4mx1xu9j

it returns the locations of the mines as: {(5, 9): u'-', (4, 9): u'-', (5, 0): u'-', (4, 0): u'-'}

So that top left most mine is 4,0 instead of 0,4 that I'd would expect.

It also has the location of my hero (althalus, right at the top left) as (0,1) vs my expected (1,0)



Maybe it's a (row,column) metaphor.




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