Minesweeper + Hexagons = My Dream Video Game! | Hexcells

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  • čas přidán 22. 08. 2024
  • Full Playlist Here - • This Hexagon Minesweep...
    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
    #aliensrock #hexcells #minesweeper
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Komentáře • 698

  • @Aliensrock
    @Aliensrock  Před 3 lety +1866

    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
      @Joe-mk1ql Před 3 lety +61

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

    • @Impa_1
      @Impa_1 Před 3 lety +13

      Very nice

    • @justsomeoneelse5942
      @justsomeoneelse5942 Před 3 lety +92

      Hexagons are the bestagons

    • @paz2210ii
      @paz2210ii Před 3 lety +10

      It is quite beautiful. Thanks for the video!

    • @blanky6739
      @blanky6739 Před 3 lety +11

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

  • @_vapor_3866
    @_vapor_3866 Před 3 lety +1511

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

    • @Deado
      @Deado Před 3 lety +14

      @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
      @star_fall_1 Před 3 lety

      Exactly what I was thinking

    • @whyiwakeup6460
      @whyiwakeup6460 Před 3 lety

      Oh yeah

    • @royplatt455
      @royplatt455 Před 2 lety +2

      Picross plus Minesweeper? You mean Voltorb Flip?

    • @MouseGoat
      @MouseGoat Před 2 lety

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

  • @frujey
    @frujey Před 3 lety +1193

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

    • @iuryferreira330
      @iuryferreira330 Před 3 lety +22

      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
      @roelkoot8625 Před 3 lety +7

      What you guys remember it?

    • @leonite5836
      @leonite5836 Před 3 lety +6

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

    • @user-bg2il4xi3w
      @user-bg2il4xi3w Před 3 lety +6

      I forgor

    • @airforce3496
      @airforce3496 Před 3 lety +4

      @@user-bg2il4xi3w 💀

  • @Jonas_Mikkelsen
    @Jonas_Mikkelsen Před 3 lety +211

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

  • @smippycis6285
    @smippycis6285 Před 3 lety +509

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

    • @badrunna-im
      @badrunna-im Před 3 lety +66

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

    • @smippycis6285
      @smippycis6285 Před 3 lety +8

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

    • @zaxtonhong3958
      @zaxtonhong3958 Před 3 lety +22

      @@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
      @Muskar2 Před 3 lety +67

      @@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
      @zaxtonhong3958 Před 3 lety +8

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

  • @jimmyisawkward
    @jimmyisawkward Před 3 lety +420

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

  • @bioniclink3026
    @bioniclink3026 Před 3 lety +287

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

    • @potat0a1m26
      @potat0a1m26 Před 3 lety +12

      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
      @potat0a1m26 Před 3 lety +1

      @100 percent #stanevil not hexagons

  • @notaperson1557
    @notaperson1557 Před 3 lety +402

    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
      @OriginalPiMan Před 3 lety +10

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

    • @sangchoo1201
      @sangchoo1201 Před 3 lety +1

      @@OriginalPiMan other one is picross mechanic

    • @signisot5264
      @signisot5264 Před 3 lety +11

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

    • @TheMikirog
      @TheMikirog Před 2 lety +1

      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.

  • @tearlach47
    @tearlach47 Před 3 lety +57

    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
      @luziferius3687 Před 2 lety +5

      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
      @tearlach47 Před 2 lety +1

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

  • @Yokozai
    @Yokozai Před 3 lety +135

    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
      @cericat Před 2 lety +1

      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
      @Yokozai Před 2 lety

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

    • @cericat
      @cericat Před 2 lety +1

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

  • @emnersonn
    @emnersonn Před 3 lety +15

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

    • @Muskar2
      @Muskar2 Před 3 lety +2

      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.

  • @sirforcer
    @sirforcer Před 3 lety +32

    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
    @datdude888 Před 3 lety +123

    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
      @mydood9675 Před 3 lety +27

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

    • @user-zn4pw5nk2v
      @user-zn4pw5nk2v Před 3 lety +6

      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
      @datdude888 Před 3 lety +19

      @@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.

  • @Bifurdoggo
    @Bifurdoggo Před 2 lety +2

    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 :)

  • @icycloud6823
    @icycloud6823 Před 3 lety +3

    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.

  • @parkerwalaitis2890
    @parkerwalaitis2890 Před 3 lety +6

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

  • @vurogj
    @vurogj Před 3 lety +15

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

  • @Xcyiterr
    @Xcyiterr Před rokem +1

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

  • @hans1783
    @hans1783 Před rokem

    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.

  • @adamvale945
    @adamvale945 Před 3 lety +6

    One of my all time favorite games.

  • @willumfleming9647
    @willumfleming9647 Před 3 lety +7

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

  • @skytime9444
    @skytime9444 Před 3 lety +2

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

  • @xazz
    @xazz Před 3 lety

    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.

  • @rileyzook-moran4012
    @rileyzook-moran4012 Před 3 lety +3

    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!

  • @supershot8335
    @supershot8335 Před 3 lety

    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 :)

  • @DevonParsons697
    @DevonParsons697 Před 3 lety +1

    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

  • @hans1783
    @hans1783 Před rokem

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

  • @TheIncinerator12
    @TheIncinerator12 Před 3 lety +1

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

  • @danwiththe8647
    @danwiththe8647 Před 2 lety

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

  • @Adonisrose7493
    @Adonisrose7493 Před 3 lety

    0:23 I really love the sounds they make.

  • @Roy-K
    @Roy-K Před 3 lety

    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

  • @hiimjosh868
    @hiimjosh868 Před 2 lety +1

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

  • @Hazelnut668
    @Hazelnut668 Před 3 lety +5

    Minesweeper with hexagons????? Sounds amazing

  • @epicdoge957
    @epicdoge957 Před 3 lety +1

    There is just something really satisfying with the way you do these puzzlss

  • @TriCutNinja
    @TriCutNinja Před 2 lety

    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 ;.;

  • @tristanridley1601
    @tristanridley1601 Před 2 lety

    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.

  • @TheMudbomb
    @TheMudbomb Před 3 lety +1

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

  • @skytime9444
    @skytime9444 Před 3 lety +1

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

  • @alexanderhahn4398
    @alexanderhahn4398 Před 3 lety

    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!

  • @auatom-
    @auatom- Před 3 lety +2

    As grey once said, Hexagons are the Bestagons.

  • @Roger_808
    @Roger_808 Před 3 lety +1

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

  • @thomastsang980
    @thomastsang980 Před 3 lety +1

    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!

  • @22sfs22
    @22sfs22 Před 3 lety

    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

  • @lewismassie
    @lewismassie Před 2 lety

    I don't think I've ever sat and watched a 20+ minute video of just minesweeper puzzles. Riveting to watch

  • @AndGoatz04
    @AndGoatz04 Před 3 lety

    I like how the act of solving the puzzle adds music

  • @thebreckining438
    @thebreckining438 Před 3 lety +3

    “I took 25 minutes and I did it slowly” I had the hardest time following along. But I did enjoy the video none the less.

  • @xchomphk.9788
    @xchomphk.9788 Před 3 lety

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

  • @kanamis
    @kanamis Před rokem

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

  • @jodysgamingchannel9480

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

  • @DoodleNoodle129
    @DoodleNoodle129 Před 2 lety

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

  • @logantakach6113
    @logantakach6113 Před 3 lety

    This music is so nice combined with the dinging of the tiles

  • @jonathanb1949
    @jonathanb1949 Před 3 lety +1

    This was really relaxing

  • @andymion
    @andymion Před 3 lety

    This was incredibly pleasing to watch.

  • @jocrane01
    @jocrane01 Před 2 lety

    I never understood how minesweeper worked until I started watching this man going thru his logic. Now it clicks

  • @MocaHere
    @MocaHere Před 3 lety +1

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

  • @Demonicnoobie
    @Demonicnoobie Před 3 lety

    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

  • @treysonsherk5356
    @treysonsherk5356 Před 3 lety +1

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

  • @HippoBoiO
    @HippoBoiO Před 3 lety

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

  • @mjohnson2807
    @mjohnson2807 Před 2 lety

    Solid chill concept. I like it, thank you

  • @gayMath
    @gayMath Před 3 lety

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

  • @seanshepherd1071
    @seanshepherd1071 Před 3 lety

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

  • @BRaYyANnnn
    @BRaYyANnnn Před 3 lety

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

  • @bostion518
    @bostion518 Před 3 lety

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

  • @mrrp405
    @mrrp405 Před 3 lety

    it sounds beautiful, quite literally

  • @Ikxi
    @Ikxi Před 2 lety

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

  • @thenoblesolo4965
    @thenoblesolo4965 Před 2 lety

    "See I told you guys, it wasn't even that hard"
    "I was doing it slowly for fallowing along"
    my brain is on fire

  • @StrikeDudes
    @StrikeDudes Před 2 lety

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

  • @RaceBandit
    @RaceBandit Před 3 lety +37

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

  • @JHG_1
    @JHG_1 Před 3 lety +37

    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.

    • @zitronenwasser
      @zitronenwasser Před 2 lety +1

      I vaguely remember him actually playing this like a year ago

    • @zitronenwasser
      @zitronenwasser Před 2 lety +2

      Nevermind, different game, still hexagon minesweeper tho

    • @wdf_skar
      @wdf_skar Před 2 lety

      he simply read your mind

    • @JHG_1
      @JHG_1 Před 2 lety +1

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

    • @wdf_skar
      @wdf_skar Před 2 lety

      @@JHG_1 lol

  • @rowanolson4092
    @rowanolson4092 Před 3 lety

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

  • @KevinCrouch0
    @KevinCrouch0 Před rokem

    This music is super calm and makes me wanna fall asleep lol

  • @plan3teris
    @plan3teris Před 3 lety

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

  • @mrmosaic7996
    @mrmosaic7996 Před rokem

    Feels like some of advanced sudokus which became popular lately. But this game predates them and is from 2014. It feels like art.

  • @TheChronoTiger
    @TheChronoTiger Před 3 lety

    as someone who learned how to play minesweeper a month ago I am loving this

  • @nathans9972
    @nathans9972 Před 3 lety

    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

  • @RapnFreshD
    @RapnFreshD Před 2 lety

    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)

  • @user-AADZ
    @user-AADZ Před 7 měsíci

    That singular mistake on that well done user level: "it was a misinput a misinput i tell ya!"

  • @nixie7801
    @nixie7801 Před 2 lety

    this is actually super relaxing

  • @rolerroleris533
    @rolerroleris533 Před 3 lety

    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.

  • @crystalspeed7214
    @crystalspeed7214 Před 3 lety

    I'm getting cracking the cryptic vibes and I love it

  • @EMETRL
    @EMETRL Před 3 lety

    i cant tell whether to watch this video or to stop watching it so i can play it myself without spoilers

  • @exomaster1322
    @exomaster1322 Před 3 lety

    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. :)

  • @namavoid3266
    @namavoid3266 Před 3 lety

    Was waiting for you to play this, actually just better minesweeper.

  • @gheromesilvestre7803
    @gheromesilvestre7803 Před 2 lety

    As remarkable as puzzles are, the words per minute here boggles the mind

  • @cobalius
    @cobalius Před 2 lety

    just 1min in and i see that this game is wellmade. it uses its unique feature in a playful way everywhere

  • @alexisross9343
    @alexisross9343 Před 2 lety

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

  • @Mr.Ali_Ryuji
    @Mr.Ali_Ryuji Před 3 lety

    Tyler: Explaining every moves.
    Me: My brain lost in void for 25 minutes straight.

  • @rubenthiel1214
    @rubenthiel1214 Před 3 lety

    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)

  • @charlesmayfield3
    @charlesmayfield3 Před rokem

    Really enjoyed that, great concept

  • @x3naurus
    @x3naurus Před 2 lety

    I see aliensrock continued to ascend while I was gone, that's great

  • @gfhd5333
    @gfhd5333 Před 3 lety

    I remember seeing this game on steam a month ago and thinking that would be a game aliensrock could play and now he did

  • @frigidofdoom7191
    @frigidofdoom7191 Před 3 lety

    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

  • @TriDeapthBear
    @TriDeapthBear Před 3 lety

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

  • @IzumiChenmeiru
    @IzumiChenmeiru Před 3 lety

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

  • @trueblueflare
    @trueblueflare Před rokem

    The line numbers remind me a lot of picross puzzles, which is pretty cool IMO.

  • @emceehawaii7542
    @emceehawaii7542 Před 3 lety

    I was sold on this game the minute I saw the thumbnail

  • @knarkknarkaren
    @knarkknarkaren Před 2 lety

    The Hexcells are my absolute fav puzzle games

  • @daerbcilrag8932
    @daerbcilrag8932 Před 3 lety

    This game fills the Picross 3D shaped hole in my heart

  • @kaischreurs2488
    @kaischreurs2488 Před 3 lety

    jezus he's fast at this, like even just the easy ones he just sees immediately what they should be when I would have barely read the number by that time.

  • @elitettelbach4247
    @elitettelbach4247 Před rokem

    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!