Minesweeper + Hexagons = My Dream Video Game!

Minesweeper + Hexagons = My Dream Video Game! | Hexcells

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Hexcells Part 1- the long-awaited return of minesweeper to this channel, but the squares have turned into hexagons! This is the ultimate chill puzzle game, especially if you like minesweeper. It's all the logic puzzle fun, without any random guessing. Give it a shot!
Edited by: Tyler
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@Aliensrock 2 жыл бұрын

I tried to make this video as viewer-friendly as possible - making my cursor the largest possible size and explaining the logic more slowly to make it easier to follow along. Let me know what you think!

@Joe-mk1ql 2 жыл бұрын

You always do a good job so keep up the good work!

@ColonoIsBest 2 жыл бұрын

Very nice

@justsomeoneelse5942 2 жыл бұрын

Hexagons are the bestagons

@paz2210ii 2 жыл бұрын

It is quite beautiful. Thanks for the video!

@blanky6739 2 жыл бұрын

i think that there is a bit too much explanation at times, but very well done

@_vapor_3866 2 жыл бұрын

Picross plus minesweeper but with hexagons instead of squares is a very odd genre that works a lot better than you'd expect.

@Deado 2 жыл бұрын

@The Almighty Ninja Always loved Nonograms, so the idea of implementing it with one of my fav 2D shapes AND Minesweeper is just perfect

@star_fall_1 2 жыл бұрын

Exactly what I was thinking

@whyiwakeup6460 2 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah

@royplatt455 2 жыл бұрын

Picross plus Minesweeper? You mean Voltorb Flip?

@MouseGoat 2 жыл бұрын

Actually id expect it to work alot better than a square grid. 4 sides on square 6 sides on hex.

@frujey 2 жыл бұрын

Seeing Tyler explaining something I'll most likely forgot in 2 hours is always nice

@iuryferreira330 2 жыл бұрын

2 hours? You are a genius, i forgot what the -2- and {2} mean and all the rules before he started the custom puzzle lol

@roelkoot8625 2 жыл бұрын

What you guys remember it?

@leonite5836 2 жыл бұрын

wait, you guys were paying attention to him explaining it?

@user-bg2il4xi3w 2 жыл бұрын

I forgor

@airforce3496 2 жыл бұрын

@@user-bg2il4xi3w 💀

@Jonas_Mikkelsen 2 жыл бұрын

14:30. "That means this is the final square" - Tyler, about a hexagon

@smippycis6285 2 жыл бұрын

So cool, I also feel like it be much cleaner if the "?" cells were just empty. Since both mean nothing practically.

@badrunnaimal-faraby309 2 жыл бұрын

"?" cells are different from empty's as they do not automatically eliminate themselves as mines (before they are revealed).

@smippycis6285 2 жыл бұрын

@@badrunnaimal-faraby309 oh, so empty cells also exists? (I don't know all the details about the game)

@zaxtonhong3958 2 жыл бұрын

@@smippycis6285 An empty gives information, since it cannot be a blue. A cell that turns into a ? could be a cell that turns into a blue instead

@Muskar2 2 жыл бұрын

@@zaxtonhong3958 Either you're talking about a different game or I'm misunderstanding you. Question marks (on a black cell) mean 0-6 of the adjacent cells are blue. "0" (on a black cell) means 0 of the adjacent cells are blue. And both of those are already resolved (black) cells and thus inherently cannot be blue.

@zaxtonhong3958 2 жыл бұрын

@@Muskar2 I’m interpreting “empty cell” to be white space, not a 0 cell

@jimmyisawkward 2 жыл бұрын

Hexagons are the bestagons! Also, I appreciate the introduction, since I was completely lost in sudoku

@evanescentenquirer2684 2 жыл бұрын

Was that a CGP Grey reference :p

@jimmyisawkward 2 жыл бұрын

@@evanescentenquirer2684 mayyy bee :p

@manavm 2 жыл бұрын

I thought it's a Vihart reference

@sire_kirbz 2 жыл бұрын

hexagons are the bestagons!

@tearlach47 2 жыл бұрын

@@manavm I thought so too

@tearlach47 2 жыл бұрын

7:00 Misclicking like this is my most hated part of playing Hexcells. I am such a perfectionist that if getting 1 mistake like that means I don't get all points for the level, I will make myself do it over again. I have to pay just as much attention to not misclicking as I do to logically deducing these puzzles.

@luziferius3687 2 жыл бұрын

I think it allows a certain number of miss-clicks, before lowering the score from “perfect” to “completed”. So if your own goal is “only” a perfect score on the game’s level overview, you can afford a few misses per level. If your _own_ OCD or whatever forces you to have a zero in the mistakes counter when completing a levxel, you are on your own.

@tearlach47 2 жыл бұрын

@@luziferius3687 Tametsi doesn't even have that allowance like Hexcells does, so it's even worse for people's OCD lol

@bioniclink3026 2 жыл бұрын

This is a neat combination of Nongrams and Minesweeper! This looks really nice to play.

@potat0a1m26 2 жыл бұрын

Nonagrams, the ones where you make a picture based on a number at the start of each row/coloumn. Really fun if you are into that kinda stuff

@potat0a1m26 2 жыл бұрын

@100 percent #stanevil not hexagons

@notaperson1557 2 жыл бұрын

I remember playing the original Hexcells, and it's really fun, glad they made a new one, looks way more polished! Edit: I was getting this game mixed up with Hexceed, still a great game though

@OriginalPiMan 2 жыл бұрын

They are fundamentally similar. The main way this one distinguishes itself is the user levels and the random levels (only in Hexcells Infinite).

@sangchoo1201 2 жыл бұрын

@@OriginalPiMan other one is picross mechanic

@signisot5264 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for also informing us about Hexceed, because Hexceed is free while Hexcells is not!

@TheMikirog 2 жыл бұрын

I also like how a new update was dropped that updated the first two games with some polish, dark mode and swappable mouse buttons to make it more in line with Hexcells Infinite. Not necessary in the slightest, but very welcome.

@emnersonn 2 жыл бұрын

you doing that entire puzzle so quickly while talking and STILL not making any mistakes is so impressive

@Muskar2 2 жыл бұрын

He did make a few mistakes. A misclick and I also noticed a few incorrect assumptions. But yes, he's very intelligent and I enjoyed it too.

@Yokozai 2 жыл бұрын

NEW GAME! Excited to see how it goes!! Edit: HOLY SHIT I am in love!!! I have to get this game now!! As someone obsessed with nonograms, this game is so good! This is also really good as a viewer, as I can solve the puzzle (to an extent) in my brain while I'm watching, and see how long it takes you to notice it! Overall, killer video! Love it!!

@cericat 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah it's the latest in a series, Hexcells, Hexcells Plus, and Hexcells Infinite. There's two more subsequent logic games from the dev but they're based on squares. Can definitely recommend them though especially infinite since it has a random gen, daily, and user made puzzles.

@Yokozai 2 жыл бұрын

@@cericat yea i bought hexcells infinite right after this video

@cericat 2 жыл бұрын

@@Yokozai NP, for some reason YT finally put the video on my notifications today for some reason.

@sirforcer 2 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad you finally picked this up. I've been playing Hexcells since 2014 and it remains my favorite 5m timewaster game on my laptop.

@datdude888 2 жыл бұрын

As someone who taught himself minesweeper (and pretty well imo) I was still barely able to keep up with you lol. Still, looks like a super fun game!

@mydood9675 2 жыл бұрын

taught yourself as opposed to getting minesweeper lessons? doesn't everyone teach themselves minesweeper...

@user-zn4pw5nk2v 2 жыл бұрын

He messed up the nine logic at the end (with the extra cell ("these six have 2" there were seven)) but got lucky(might not have mattered) (me: first time seeing this game)

@datdude888 2 жыл бұрын

@@mydood9675 taught myself as in just figuring out all the little tricks you can do by myself. It’s nothing special and I wrote this as a sleep deprived idiot so please excuse me lol.

@icycloud6823 2 жыл бұрын

I noticed when he made the mistake of marking off the nine, which was his only way a fully deducing that area above the nine, and wondered for a while when or if he would realize his mistake. I'm happy he didn't get frustrated at the end and didn't resort to just guessing the remaining few. Instead, he found his mistake and solved it the normal way.

@Bifurdoggo 2 жыл бұрын

Honestly, though it sometimes seems a little silly, I *really* enjoy you narrating your thought process. It's cool and helpful to hear the way you work out puzzles and you just have a nice voice :)

@Xcyiterr Жыл бұрын

5:04 "so this is moderately more difficult than what we're used to" oh my gosh my sides hurt

@Roy-K 2 жыл бұрын

I love the soundtrack - having the pads play in the background with the players inputs controlling a gentle lead makes such a nice zen for these kinds of puzzle games

@hans1783 8 ай бұрын

This is exactly what it's like to build anything great... cut them to pieces you can tackle one at a time. Tacking each of them give a very satisfying feeling.

@vurogj 2 жыл бұрын

I'm lowkey amazed you didn't do this game years ago. All three games are so so good.

@parkerwalaitis2890 2 жыл бұрын

This is just super relaxing to just listen to with your calming voice and the amazingly calm music

@rileyzook-moran4012 2 жыл бұрын

This was so nostalgic for me I remember playing the trilogy all the way back in high school. The music and sound effects are always so soothing to listen to maybe I'll need to redownload it!

@TheMudbomb 2 жыл бұрын

I love this game! I've had it for years and not seen anyone talk about it! THANK YOU!

@willumfleming9647 2 жыл бұрын

Hexcells is amazing, love the game and I love that you’re getting to play it!

@TheIncinerator12 2 жыл бұрын

i never thought minesweeper picross with bestagons would be the perfect puzzle game

@frigidofdoom7191 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for showing me this exists. This looks incredible! Also your deductive skills are incredible, It'd have taken me probably about an hour to do that puzzle

@skytime9444 2 жыл бұрын

theres something just so satisfying about listening to tyler logic his way through puzzles

@supershot8335 2 жыл бұрын

Don't normally comment, but I wanted to say this was super satisfying to watch! Your pacing is perfect, the gentle sounds is soothing, the game itself is beautifully minimalistic, and the 100% solvability of the game goes a long way to make it fun. Overall loved the video, nice work on taking on the hard ones starting off! It'll be hard to top that though, I don't know what the other premade/community levels are like. I could see it just being a stream game, but I'd watch the game again :)

@Hazelnut668 2 жыл бұрын

Minesweeper with hexagons????? Sounds amazing

@alexisross9343 2 жыл бұрын

Okay; this was hypnotizing to watch, I would totally watch more of these puzzles being worked through x3

@treysonsherk5356 2 жыл бұрын

I love these games! Played and replayed them many times, happy to see you play them!

@DevonParsons697 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome to see Hexcells! It's a great game. Since you love minesweeper you HAVE to put Tametsi on your radar, in my opinion it's the best (and hardest) minesweeper game ever made. Some of the levels are played on really bizarre grids, and it has really useful built-in drawing controls

@jodysgamingchannel9480 2 жыл бұрын

The sheer amount of focus on display here. . . just astounding! (Also great as background ASMR) Thanks for doing what you do!

@hans1783 8 ай бұрын

Now that was something I could sit through and enjoy the feeling of seeing small things made complete.

@alexanderhahn4398 2 жыл бұрын

This game was the first time I paused an Aliensrock video to go and get the game be cause I wanted to start playing it first. Stuck at 3-6 but a fantastic game so far. Thank you for introducing this gem!

@Demonicnoobie 2 жыл бұрын

I would absolutely love to see more of this game, really fun to watch someone really good at the game whilst also following along as you watch

@skytime9444 2 жыл бұрын

5:17 you've all heard of wide tyler, now get ready for: *tiny tyler*

@xazz 2 жыл бұрын

I didn't understand any of this but GOD was it relaxing to just listen to you work it out. It's like watching Sudoku in a way. I don't understand that either but it's so soothing to watch someone smarter than you at puzzles figure it out.

@danwiththe8647 2 жыл бұрын

I've been hooked on this game for years, there definitely are some levels that require guessing

@shavencarrot 2 жыл бұрын

fantastic video. loved your "walk-through" of this. would definitely watch more of this.

@nathans9972 2 жыл бұрын

I actually loved this video format. I could 'play' along and use the same logic to see if what I'm thinking is correct. You should definitely make a least a couple more of these

@thomastsang980 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for getting me into this game!!! I bought it in the first 4 minutes of your video... my favorite thing is the sound design- p.s. subscribed!

@rubenthiel1214 2 жыл бұрын

I'm genuinely surprised you've never covered hexcells before - and very happy! It's onw of my favourite puzzle games of all time (even though I'm not that good at harder generated/user made levels)

@BRaYyANnnn 2 жыл бұрын

That was very satisfying to watch, definitely gonna need some more videos

@plan3teris 2 жыл бұрын

Hell yeah, hexcells is sick, I've been repping this game for a while so it's great to see Tyler play it.

@mjohnson2807 2 жыл бұрын

Solid chill concept. I like it, thank you

@rolerroleris533 2 жыл бұрын

I have played this quite a bit, its really chill. Somehow i just assumed that you have already played it since it seemed right up your alley, but it's nice to see that you found it now. Great game.

@mossworksmedia 2 жыл бұрын

Man, the sound design in this game was so satisfying! Would totally be down for more of it lol

@auatom- 2 жыл бұрын

As grey once said, Hexagons are the Bestagons.

@scoobidywoobidy7214 2 жыл бұрын

I'm going to love watching more of this please! this game looks amazing!

@simpleman4251 2 жыл бұрын

Ooh, this game looks *clean* :) I also absolutely love hexagonal slitherlinks, maybe hexagon pencil puzzles in general are just blessed lol

@Roger_808 2 жыл бұрын

this is the most perfect combination of sudoku and minesweeper and its beautiful

@TriCutNinja 2 жыл бұрын

The way you go about solving puzzles just blows my mind! You notice things in seconds that would take me hours. I mean, I use hints on solitaire ;.;

@brendanrockwell7353 2 жыл бұрын

Man, I am hooked on this. Despite being bad at it, I’ve always found fascination in Minesweeper, and this takes the cake as my favorite adaptation of that game(though Demoncrawl is also cool). If you don’t happen to make more videos on this game, I’ll be sure to try and catch that possible stream you mentioned at the end! :]

@kanamis 10 ай бұрын

For some reason, hexcells is a series I keep coming back to. It's just satisfying seeing him solve all of these

@adamvale945 2 жыл бұрын

One of my all time favorite games.

@22sfs22 2 жыл бұрын

Dang I LOVE, minesweeper, I even bought demoncrawl back when it came out so I am excited to see such a new and innovative entry in that game genre. Also your explaining was top notch 10/10

@hiimjosh868 2 жыл бұрын

What's cool is that having the knowledge that every puzzle is solvable provides additional information that could be used to solve a level!

@elitettelbach4247 Жыл бұрын

Never heard of this game but just stumbled across this video and this game looks really cool! Found it pretty easy to follow your explanations so thanks for that!

@charlesmayfield3 Жыл бұрын

Really enjoyed that, great concept

@Cykelhunden 2 жыл бұрын

Yes! I have always wamted you to play this game, as it is my absolute favorite puzzle game. The game might not be too viewer friendly, but i think the music, and sounds make up for it. Keep up the great content!

@tristanridley1601 2 жыл бұрын

As soon as I heard the title of this video I felt shame for not having thought of making this. The concept is brilliant and I put a lot of effort into my "better minesweeper" java game. Props to the developer.

@xchomphk.9788 2 жыл бұрын

so happy to see a potion craft add rn. its prob doing rly well and im happy for that

@magefreak9356 2 жыл бұрын

I definitely downloaded this game after seeing you play it! It's very fun. The levels get a little difficult on the 2nd game near the end. Definitely an addicting game

@exomaster1322 2 жыл бұрын

Tyler, your brain works so fast, it always blows my mind. I can’t follow along most of your puzzle videos but I watch them anyways. :)

@rowanolson4092 2 жыл бұрын

Big fan of this one. Cracking the Cryptic type vibes.... def would like to see more of these

@StrikeDudes 2 жыл бұрын

I just found your channel randomly and I love it! I like minesweeper and this is perfect! 😊

@mrrp405 2 жыл бұрын

it sounds beautiful, quite literally

@andymion 2 жыл бұрын

This was incredibly pleasing to watch.

@TheGamer2897- 2 жыл бұрын

This game looks awesome and I would love to see more. I also want to see you go as fast as you can through a level

@Adonisrose7493 2 жыл бұрын

0:23 I really love the sounds they make.

@Ikxi 2 жыл бұрын

THIS LOOKS LIKE SO MUCH FUN I love such kind of puzzle games!!!!!

@seanshepherd1071 2 жыл бұрын

Holy crap that's some complex puzzling.... I love it!

@Elizabethsnow125 2 жыл бұрын

This is a really cool game and is fun to watch you play. I don't think I could ever play it as it hurts my brain a little but it's really neat to watch your thought process figuring out the puzzle

@MocaHere 2 жыл бұрын

You're the only person i know of that can make playing minesweeper look so fun!, I love your videos

@tofudaturtle271 2 жыл бұрын

I like how the act of solving the puzzle adds music

@RaceBandit 2 жыл бұрын

Feels a bit weird beating you to a game ... usually you're the one introducing me to the Steam title.

@TriDeapthBear 2 жыл бұрын

YES I was really hoping you'd play this!!

@tovi3280 2 жыл бұрын

This is like a wonderful mix of picross and minesweeper I love it

@So0fer 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing game! Would like to see some more of it!

@artemkatelnytskyi 2 жыл бұрын

Smooth commentary, man. Very impressive!!

@bostion518 2 жыл бұрын

Oh my god I LOVE Hexcells I love to see you finally playing it

@IzumiChenmeiru 2 жыл бұрын

im so glad tyler is fonally playing hexcells. such an underrated gem

@irenesabe 2 жыл бұрын

this was so enjoyable to watch. very chill and easy to follow along also the music was excellent

@cactus_king4818 2 жыл бұрын

I love the soundtrack for this

@JHG_1 2 жыл бұрын

I swear to god, I have had this on steam for about a year and decided to play through the 3 hexcell games just this weekend. I thought, this game would be perfect for aliensrock, maybe I should suggest it to him. but decided against it not knowing any way to suggest a game to you. Just a couple days later and you play it, wack man.

@lightcat3790 2 жыл бұрын

I vaguely remember him actually playing this like a year ago

@lightcat3790 2 жыл бұрын

Nevermind, different game, still hexagon minesweeper tho

@wdf_skar 2 жыл бұрын

he simply read your mind

@JHG_1 2 жыл бұрын

@@wdf_skar hey guys its Tyler and today we are trying this new puzzle game where you read people's minds

@wdf_skar 2 жыл бұрын

@@JHG_1 lol

@diamondthefounder 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the free relaxation this was so satisfying for me make more of this ur videos always are relaxing

@gayMath 2 жыл бұрын

I love hexcells! great to see it getting some new attention

@DoodleNoodle129 2 жыл бұрын

I didn’t know how much I needed this in my life.

@unkownbridge7965 2 жыл бұрын

I would love to see you stream this! I’ve been missing the streams

@jonathanb1949 2 жыл бұрын

This was really relaxing

@nixie7801 2 жыл бұрын

this is actually super relaxing

@emi9643 2 жыл бұрын

i love hexcells, ive 'beaten' all three of them. Im working on Hexceed now, similar but some different mechanics

@RapnFreshD 2 жыл бұрын

you tricked me into 24 minutes of logic exercises and I am not mad about it. I was surprised I was able to follow your train of thought well (though it's def a tad faster than my usual speed haha)

@HippoBoiO 2 жыл бұрын

Every time I watch you play something I completely understand what is happening while also not understanding anything

@Liggliluff Жыл бұрын

I feel like hexagons are already making it easier by lowering it from 8 to 6. Adding these extra rules with brackets and dashes, and numbers outside, and numbers on blue hexagons, that just seems to make the game very easy. But then they throw in question marks. I wonder how it would play without these extra rules. Just plain old minesweeper with hexagons.