Fuck... is this checkmate??
Fuck... is this checkmate??
Fuck... is this checkmate??
This is why I hate minesweeper, that you can do everything right and have it come down to a 50/50 feels unsatisfying
Most of modern minesweeper implementation can generate a 100% solvable board, so it's not that bad.
On the other end, this is why I don't play minesweeper. As long as you're even half-meticulous about it it's a solved game with not many distinct patterns on the board. It's like a few steps above tic-tac-toe in how solvable it is.
At least solitaire has some decision points and it can be a minute before you figure out the strategy to solving it. Learning the rules of minesweeper is learning how to beat it every time.
Or they make it where if you have exact flag placement you're good. So you can try putting a flag on each one in turn.
A little annoying when you end with 3-4 50/50 splits, but not too too hard to just brute force the 8-16 combos.
i find it kind of thrilling. you use your brain as much as you can but sometimes you are forced to let your heart decide.
It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not a weakness. That is life.
Check out Dragonsweeper. 100% solvable every time once you learn all the rules (by trial and error) https://danielben.itch.io/dragonsweeper
Too much like real life
If you want a truly challenging minesweeper that is always 100% solvable try Tametsi on steam
One of the best puzzle games I've ever played.
Thanks for the recommendation!
Another favorite of mine is Hexcells, which is also 100% solvable.
Looks interesting, thanks
It's called Russian roulette
Святой ад
No, it's stalemate but I see where the confusion comes from
Don't leave us hanging, which one was it?
The right one
Oof.
Now, hear me out, but what if Minesweeper had a continuously tileable playfield? Like, what if the mine count numbers on the edges of the board actually wrapped around?
You know, like you got a number on the very right edge of the board, but it's also counting the mines on the very left edge of the board, and you can pan scroll the entire playfield around?
Just a random brainfart of a thought for the day..
That would be toroidal geometry, and it opens up the question of other geometries, such as the Klein bottle.
Toroidal geometry? I'm not sure, but let me know if I'm wrong.
I was thinking more like being able to indefinitely pan around in 2D planar geometry. The top and bottom edges would be equally associated as well.
I'm not quite sure if we're on the same page, but I have to admit, if you put Minesweeper on a torus, I'd give it a try, but only on LSD or something.. 😂
Mark em both as critical blunders.
No, this is loss
It is both a victory and a loss until you click and collapse the waveform
My only advise is to say the top one likely has the mine, based just on probability of that row only having one mine vs the bottom having three.
Yeah except there is a row with 4, some rows with 3, and some rows with zero as well. This sounds like the logic you use when you look at the roulette wheel history and say "ah but it's been red 4 times in a row!"
This comes down to nothing but a purely random guess. Just gotta coin flip it.
No you still have ill-vaticano here
No this is dad
How...? Both unflagged squares would have to be mines for the 3's to make any sense. 😬
No, since diagonals count. There is one mine, but it cannot be said where it is. Matter of sheer luck from then on!
The top one is the mine. Bottom one is cleared by the blue 1's underneath...right? I just woke up
No it's 50/50, the only numbers affecting the unflagged tiles are the 3s each missing 1 mine
Ah yeah I see it now. Don't mind me