Are there times where you have to guess?

[Rudd]

Am I missing some clues, or not understanding arrows or green lines completely? Seems like a few times Ive had to straight up just guess which hex to pick.

[Hidron]

Sometimes you need to read more than 1 clue together to figure out what to do.

Other times you need to look beyond what a clue is directly pointing to. one example is knowing 1 of 2 cells is definitely a mine/bomb, and they are both next to another cell with a 1 in it. You know that the other 4 cells surrounding the 1 are safe.

I have ended up guessing on occasion too, but it may not have been necessary.

[tmaddox]

Originally posted by Rudd:

Am I missing some clues, or not understanding arrows or green lines completely? Seems like a few times Ive had to straight up just guess which hex to pick.

Twice last night I almost posted screenshots of places where I thought it was just a guess. In both cases after I captured the screenshot and was writing out the descriptions the answers came to me. On one I was missing a very long straight line clue. I just lost it in the sea of hexes. On the second one I think I had to reverse my thinking and not find the hex I needed to mark (which I would have had to guess at) but one which was safe to normal click on.

[Bee Rye]

In Tutorial Isle I felt like I had to guess every so often. In world 2 I had less guessing but occasionally felt like I had to do so. Now I don't feel like I have to guess at all. I'm pretty sure you never have to guess since I stopped doing so as my experience went up (I'm a beginner at this kind of game).

[ToastieLabs_Lee]

There is never any need to guess in hexceed but if you do get stuck and would like some help I would recommend you head over to our discord where our players often help each-other out!

Button to our discord can be found in hexceed's settings page.

[Peregrin Took]

Was looking for a thread like this because I felt the need to guess twice so far (about to finish Tutorial Island). But it's heartening to see that there is no need to guess, just some tricky thinking!

[MirrorImage]

Another major hint to pay attention to as you get towards the end of a level is considering how many mines are left to find versus how many unique locations those mines could be in. For example, if you have 2 mines left, 10 spaces to go, and two "1" hints that don't overlap, you can safely assume that any space those two "1"s don't hit are safe spaces because there won't be any mines not adjacent to those 1s to fill them. (This doesn't work with hints that overlap because then you don't know if those overlapping hints contribute to 1 mine or 2)

Also, a big thing to look for when you start getting stuck is for any far-reaching hints. Many times, when I get stuck for a bit, it's because I'm missing something like a Line hint (the red arrow indicating "X mines along these column(s)") that's half way across the board. So it's important to go back occasionally and check the entire board for any of these long range hints to see if they have leftover spaces they cover that are now solvable.

[block throwers]

Originally posted by ToastieLabs_Lee:

There is never any need to guess in hexceed but if you do get stuck and would like some help I would recommend you head over to our discord where our players often help each-other out!

Button to our discord can be found in hexceed's settings page.

I'd recommend adding a prompt when starting your game for the first time "All puzzles are solvable logically and do not need guessing. If you feel like you had to guess, we recommend redoing the puzzle and learn from it"
Mainly for the people who don't have much experience with the Mine sweeper style of puzzles or just the younger audience.
Also it would also help reassure more experienced players.

[Mr Moopsy]

im pretty sure one of the early tutorial island levels though I had a 0 hex that had a bomb next to it...

[Bee Rye]

That's literally impossible.

[Yasten]

Depends, there might be directional or cone 0s with bombs right next to it. But 0 without any other clue can't have a bomb.

[Mr Moopsy]

Its possible it had an arrow or other symbol, I didnt fully understand the arrow system on first encounter but I dont recall the level having one. Ill try and see if I cant play a few of the earlier levels again and find it now that im more familiar with the rules

[PsychoWedge]

up to now (2nd milestone of Trahentium) there was not one single guess, but the farther you proceed the more clues you have to combine at times.