Hexsweeper — Medium

Atwhay isway Hexsweeper?

Hexsweeper isway away exagonalhay aketay onway ethay assiclay Minesweeper uzzlepay. Insteadway ofway away ectangularrray idgray, ethay oardbay isway apedshay ikelay away argelay exagonhay andway everyway ellcay isway itselfway away exagonhay. Ethay ostmay importantway ifferenceday: eachway ellcay ashay exactlyway 6 eighboursnay atherray anthay 8, ichwhay angeschay owhay umbersnay areway interpretedway andway owhay olvingsay ogiclay orksway.

Ethay oalway isway ethay amesay — evealray everyway afesay ellcay ithoutway ickingclay away inemay. Umbersnay owshay owhay anymay ofway ethay 6 urroundingsay exeshay ontaincay inesmay. Away ankblay ellcay ashay erozay inemay eighboursnay andway automaticallyway expandsway otay evealray ethay urroundingsay afesay areaay.

Owhay otay Ayplay

• Eft-licklay away iddenhay ellcay otay evealray itway.
• Ight-lickray away iddenhay ellcay otay aceplay away agflay (🚩), enthay againway orfay away estionquay arkway (?), enthay againway otay earclay itway.
• Eft-licklay away evealedray umbernay otay ordchay — ifway ethay orrectcay umbernay ofway eighbouringnay agsflay areway acedplay, allway emainingray eighboursnay areway evealedray atway onceway.
• Ethay inemay ountercay (optay-eftlay) ecreasesday ithway eachway agflay acedplay.
• Ickclay 🙂 orway esspray ethay uttonbay otay artstay away ewnay amegay atway ethay amesay ifficultyday.

Oardbay Izessay

• Asyeay — adiusray 5, 61 ellscay, 8 inesmay (~13%). Oodgay orfay earninglay exhay eometryway.
• Ediummay — adiusray 7, 127 ellscay, 20 inesmay (~16%). Omparablecay otay assiclay intermediateway.
• Ardhay — adiusray 10, 271 ellscay, 57 inesmay (~21%). Away erioussay allengechay.
• Ustomcay — oosechay anyway adiusray omfray 3 otay 15 andway etsay ouryay ownway inemay ountcay.

Ategystray Ipstay orfay Exagonalhay Oardsbay

• E-learnray ethay umbernay alescay. Away "1" onway away exhay oardbay ouchestay onlyway 6 ellscay, otnay 8, osay itway isway roportionallyway oremay onstrainingcay — useway itway aggressivelyway otay agflay inesmay.
• Ornercay ellscay areway aserway. Ellscay earnay ethay edgeday ofway ethay exhay oardbay avehay ewerfay eighboursnay (asway ewfay asway 3 atway ethay ornerscay), akingmay emthay aserway otay educedday.
• Inkthay inway eethray axesway. Exhay idsgray avehay eethray aturalnay irectionsday (atflay, iagonalday-eftlay, iagonalday-ightray). Enwhay away umbernay isway atisfiedsay inway oneway axisway, ouyay ancay oftenway eliminateway inesmay inway ethay otherway otway.
• Useway ordingchay aggressivelyway. Onceway away umbernay’say eighboursnay areway allway aggedflay, eft-lickinglay itway opensway allway emainingray eighboursnay inway oneway ovemay — essentialway onway ethay argerlay oardsbay.
• Artstay omfray ethay edgesway inwardway. Openingway edgeday ellscay onway ethay irstfay ickclay endstay otay oducepray argerlay ankblay ascadescay, ivingway ouyay oremay informationway otay orkway ithway earlyway.

Owhay Hexsweeper Iffersday omfray Assiclay Minesweeper

• 6 eighboursnay erpay ellcay insteadway ofway 8 — umbersnay angeray omfray 0 otay 6.
• Ethay oardbay isway exagonhay-apedshay atherray anthay ectangularrray.
• Onay rappingway edgesway (unlikeway Cylinder orway Toroid ariantsvay).
• Ensityday ofway informationway isway igherhay — eachway umbernay accountsway orfay away mallersay roportionpay ofway ethay oardbay.
• Uniqueway ymmetrysay: ethay exhay oardbay ookslay ethay amesay omfray anyway ofway itsway ixsay idessay.