I Made Minesweeper with just Redstone!

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0:00 Introduction
0:26 How to Play
1:36 Initial Thoughts
2:31 Display Module
5:00 User Interface
5:41 Flag Signal and Open Signal
7:55 Mine Counting
11:07 Zero Spreading
13:03 Win/Lose Detection
15:27 Mine Generation?
16:10 Showcase
17:19 Subscribe!
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[@mattbatwings]

Hi guys, thanks for watching! A couple FAQs: “50/50s were allowed in the original game. Doesn’t that mean 8s are necessary?” Yes, if you’re talking about the classic version of minesweeper. At the time, I genuinely didn’t know the original game allowed 50/50s. My entire career of playing minesweeper consisted of playing the google version a few times, of which I never ran into a 50/50, so I wrongly assumed the random generation will just avoid it. This is also why I gave up on random generation. Probably should've played a few more games / done more research lol “Can’t you cheese the win detection logic by flagging every cell?” Nope! The logic is based on the open signal and the mine signal, not the flag signal. The “Face” column is a bit misleading, whoops!

[@WhaouTvOfficiel]

You are the Goat 🦇🟩

[@deleted-something]

Is the designed to make you not lose if the one first open would’ve otherwise been a mine?

[@ibrahimali3192]

@@deleted-something the generation comes from an actual minesweeper website, which removes the possibilities of the first cell being a mine

[@Jiglias]

I wonder if you could you a similar function as zero spreading to also allow for chording

[@user-hp3wk9mn8z]

Btw you basically made an xor gate for the closed sell thing 7:15

[@miroslavzvara7255]

For anyone wondering, the logic gate animations he used are from Sebastian Lague's Digital Logic Sim, it's a great watch. I definitely recommend. edit: correcting grammar

[@purpleskrim6935]

NOOO you stole my comment

[@chainerfries4417]

I was so confused when he started using them and thought I was getting them switched

[@orangetopaz_]

I was about to say! Sebastian lague ftw

[@Kaenguruu]

Yeah would've been nice to see some credit to him in the video

[@chainerfries4417]

@@Kaenguruu did you know you repeated the same comment 11 times?

[@malokeytheallaround]

No way!! I’ve been obsessed with Minesweeper recently and got my mom hooked on it too! Did you read my mind or something???? I can’t wait to see this!!

[@KonigTheV]

Same😅

people always "read my mind"

[@Hippolytos]

how?

[@subscheme]

SAME

[@subscheme]

not obsessed but have been enjoying it

[@MaZe741]

I knew you were gonna do some 3-dimensional redstone to fit the circuits in the cells, but MAN this staircase signal strength arrangement is sweet. congrats

[@icehead0123]

Prediction: the logic will be simple, the vertical number display will not, unless the display is horizontal in which case easy build.

[@pavelmatusu4457]

Yeah pretty much, the majority of the build space is taken by the display, the actual game is quite small and simple

[@Prypak]

the vertical number display will not what ?

[@pavelmatusu4457]

@@Prypak read it again bro. He means The logic WILL be simple, the number display WILL NOT (be simple)

[@Jiglias]

@@pavelmatusu4457 you should be using square brackets not parentheses

[@pavelmatusu4457]

@@Jiglias You're right , i just didn't care enough to find them on my android keyboard.

[@DeterminationMLB]

I used to be so confused about how the first computers were made because don't you need a computer to code a computer but your videos really helped me understand how that was possible. Your videos are so interesting and entertaining, thanks for making them.

[@1mariomaniac]

The first computers were actually incredibly big! Usually taking up most of a room in fact! They'd compute complex mathematical operations, and even basic simulations. They were programmed and given inputs via punch cards, which would then be processed, and depending on the operation, would either install whatever simple program you punched out, or would display an output via lamps, printer, or electric typewriter. The IBM 350 RAMAC is a great example of such a system. Capable of storing 62,500 punched cards worth of data (roughly 3.75Mb) which was incredibly impressive in 1956!

[@vampire_catgirl]

^ So big that literal bugs could easily make their way inside and then mess up the system, which is where the programming term "bugs" comes from in the first place

[@LordPiki]

This man is literally making the craziest contraptions ever built in mc, and somehow he just keeps on giving. Man you're a legened

[@nicolasbilal8769]

Amazing. Saw your post on Reddit and thought, “this looks like something Matt would do” then I checked the user and sure enough! I was kinda hoping hitting the mine would blow the whole game up in the showcase, we gotta raise the stakes 😂. It would also be nice to see a mine counter, as well as a question mark marker for the cells you’re not too sure about, but that last one isn’t too important. Additionally I would be very interested in a series that serves as an in depth guide to each of these machines starting from more basic games and gradually becoming more difficult. I think I’d learn a lot more that way! Love the content! You never let me down. Can’t wait to see what you come up with next!

[@jamiebell2777]

I was expecting the board to blow up when you found a mine in the showcase hahaha. Awesome stuff! This was a really fun video to follow along, and some super neat tricks I wouldn't have thought of :)

[@vistaman1]

you should have kept 8, its a really small chance but sometimes you could get an 8 on the first cell you click

[@zutaca2825]

but if you do that, you have to guess what cell outside of the 3x3 surrounding it doesn't have a mine, and he wanted to avoid boards where you need to make a 50/50 guess

[@Waluigiredstone]

also he should make a flag counter or some from of flag spam detector. you can just win by flag all the blocks

[@Lcfp]

@@Waluigiredstone you're absolutely right. Furthermore you don't have to flag all the mines in order to win, they just need to remain closed, so the correct win condition is not "all the cells are either open and not mines, or flagged", but "all non-mine cells are open"

[@mattbatwings]

@@Waluigiredstone check the pinned FAQ!

[@rahevar3626]

No you can't get an 8 on the first click. Infact you can't get any number on first click. In the game first click always results in a zero. Otherwise you would need to guess for the next cell

[@beereplays4776]

This Guy is the Chuck Norris of Redstone

[@Alumyx]

I coded one on my TI-82 calculator almost 20 years ago, i'm amazed to see a Redstone version of this game ! The zero spreading is really elegant, well done !

[@floschy_1]

I love that you used the logic simulator by Sebastian Lague in the win/lose section (13:03)

[@cryingcrown]

Same Sebastian is how I learned digital logic, funny enough I watched the tru state logic video years before I watched the full series

[@XAORESS]

It's always a pleasure every time you explain how the game works and the components associated with it.

[@TheGunMasterDigital]

Nice video! This is such a fun project too, I remember building my own in the past. It's perfect for not being too difficult, yet still being fun and satisfying to play, even if it's quite slow due to redstone's speed limitations.

[@SprinchelArt]

You forgot the most crucial part!!! You should've made a map where the lose condition activates tnt that's spread all over the circuit That's like... The most fun thing to watch in minesweeper

[@Robin270]

This is perfect, I appreciate your work, keep doing more of these!

[@Edwosk347]

I'm amazed about how well it came out! Also thank so much for putting the music you used in the description.

[@peanutatomic]

I swear next this guy is gonna make a supercomputer in minecraft

[@Aviation_RC737]

No he’s going to make google and a working WiFi router and then he’s going to add a supper computer so he can make his PC but better in Minecraft

[@johnray854]

​@NuclearCentipede yeah what this guy said

[@ZephyrysBaum]

A supper computer sounds delicious!

[@peanutatomic]

@@Aviation_RC737 fr

[@canovanthecanman]

I joined back in the 12k days. Fascinating to see how far you’ve come

[@kingcookie4714]

The way you explained this made it look easy. Another great video!

[@Soup-Boot]

Really impressive and intuitive stuff, man! Keep up the great work! :D

[@anthonycannet1305]

Don’t think we didn’t notice you used Sebastian Lague’s Digital Logic Sim for those truth table graphics I’d recognize those colored boxes and red wires anywhere

[@cryingcrown]

Same, he is where I learned digital logic

[@kylemcmichael8670]

I've gotta say, the problem solving and creativity on this one has been very impressive. Keep up the great work dude.

[@devindodge521]

Love the content. You explain things very thoroughly and I enjoy watching you every time you upload!

[@DDvargas123]

14:42 this logic seems to imply that you could win via flagging everything which is what i assume actually happens unless u have it ALSO lose if u try to flag a nonmine

[@benjaminphipps8325]

You’re the most impressive redstoner by far. Both because of the absurdity of your builds and the simplicity you explain things with

[@0scar.delayed]

This is possible one of the best illustrated videos Matt has made Awesome vid matt

[@Samrax86]

Thats all i wanted somone to do

[@squax1465]

Ur first

[@CraftyMasterman]

Finally bro...took ya long enough

[@WhoIsJoeRoblox]

yea, it will prob be better than urs (joke i suck at redstone)

[@Redcraft7578]

Cool that you used Sebastian Lague's logic sim!

[@cryingcrown]

I love digital logic sim I followed the series as I made it in the program last year

[@zgolkar]

It is rare to see such a great and detailed explanation with this kind of builds… thanks!

[@kraralmosawi7843]

this was amazing i hope you make something revolutional to the Redstone community one day

[@sleepynuigurumiamalgamation]

Glad you went with guess-less minesweeper. Congrats on cool video 💜

[@studumb4942]

Absolutely amzing work

[@CubeXC]

Always crazy good videos!

[@Kallyn]

I had to code Minesweeper as a final project in my programming class. Detecting adjacent mines really was as simple as a for loop. As I was watching I was thinking about how it would be possible to do each step in redstone, and each time you revealed a step my mind was blown and I audibly said "that's so cool" or "that's so smart." I kinda wanna try it out myself now even if I know I won't be able to do it

[@09Creeperboy]

You never cease to amaze. Great work!

[@Naruto200Man]

You should share this video with Xumavoid on Hermitcraft, he's been cracking away at trying to build a more elaborate version of minesweeper (The mine sweeper game despenses TNT when you click a mine).

[@Kaldrin]

This is so satisfying, well done

[@Minecraftster148790]

Nice! I remember Sethbling's minesweeper, it's interesting how far things have come.

[@Ajamtroye]

You make it look so easy lol. Great job !

[@pansy4ramen]

this is amazing. I would like to play this as minesweeper is amazing!

[@MrFirebirdy]

Another brilliant work Matt! Have you tried making Dots and boxes? It doesn't have as much logic as this, but it's another project you could add to your to-do.

[@sootish]

woah i was just thinking of trying to make something like this! this is insane, holy shit. kudos to you!

[@tmanq]

I was honestly expecting a randomized board, and I thought you were going to do something similar to Sethbling's roulette table, just with multiple of them. Still very impressive, loved the video, always a good day when you upload!

[@Santra007]

bro you are so good hats off

[@BleachWizz]

12:50 - IKR! In the end it's like you do your stuff and tell others if you've done it so they can see if they have to do as well. it's the event pattern, very efficient and one thing to use a lot in game dev.

[@xmaster5563]

Bro, that is insane. No words. You are literrary crazy.

[@exploderendekippenproducti3370]

Such a fun video again ❤

[@asia_g1]

Im just getting inn to coding and this is awesome! Always love your videos🎉

[@johnschaefer4905]

This is really cool. Theoretically, you could add a difficulty level where you just multiple the size of the table, and use the old cells as new individual redstone lamps.

[@neyzzury]

Really nice, its amazing what just redstone can do with a bit of clever thinking. however i think i've seen a colored redstone lamps mod somewhere, maybe that could be used to do something cool

[@setaindustries]

Lol I recognise that logic gate visualiser at 13:53. It's the one made by Sebastian Lague, right? It's so cool, I love that it exists!

[@Ujjwal_Nagar]

Me too

[@cryingcrown]

Yeah I love Sebastian it’s how I learned digital logic

[@NithinJune]

i love how you make computer science concepts approachable for people

[@Cincendu]

Amazing ! Love it !❤

[@sonfrieza]

I don't know what I'm more impressed by: the fact that you were able to code all this in redstone, or that you even knew how to beat minesweeper in the first place

[@bork6996]

matt i dare you to use the "more red" mod, aswell as one of the many redstone circuit/gate mods and make something that would usually be massive with vanilla redstone

[@user-yd2mf4tq7l]

The fact this guy can code anything and then translate it to redstone is insane

[@NotSmartPrettyDumb]

Good video. The redstone is very complex, i’m happy to know the capabilities of redstone

[@ssecret_0]

This is cool I made something similar to this but not in minecraft. Keep up the good work I like this stuff

[@prohakerofficial]

THE LEGEND IS BACK

[@Negreb25]

THIS WAS AMAZING

[@AdamHolland-Adz]

You are my new favourite Minecraft redstoner. I feel like you've picked up the torch from the likes of Sethbling and FVDisco. Magnificent job, I am looking forward to your next milestone project!

[@clipPRmusic]

This I agree with.

[@B16Dominoes]

Insane work! Pacman next?

[@Inspirator_AG112]

Massive respect to this KZbinr.

[@deleted-something]

Holy Jesus, amazing job :)

[@kyleclarke4845]

This is incredible. I made minesweeper in Javascript afew years ago and it took me like 2 months... no way I would have the dedication to make it in redstone

[@owenandersen7067]

This guy needs a trophy for all his redstone builds

[@LyricNear]

it's insane to me how people are able to adapt to a new universe with new laws of physics (ie redstone wires having a strength meter built-in to them vs real life wiring would take such complicated systems to implement the same thing that it wouldn't be worth it) and come up with such creative solutions to take advantage of them! This is on the same level as early pinball machines to me... just an amazing feat of electromechanic engineering and code done within a different universe.

[@Jimathythedude-lk9pr]

finally matts back!

[@ianweckhorst3200]

You should have added a third button hooked up to the zero spreading circuit so you could do a common trick to use the ‘all mines around are safe’ trick

[@world1583]

i like that every huge redstone game building looks like real micro scheme

[@Quake_129]

Ok I can’t wait to see this this is exiting even though I never played this game it looks fun Evan for minecraft

[@anon_y_mousse]

Imagine living in a cube shaped universe and encountering a giant floating computer one day. Really brings to mind some trippy thoughts.

[@BaldiReycaster]

This is a great idea.

[@kaloncpu57]

Yoooo I recognize those logic gates. I love that program

[@superassociationofdurrburg8419]

10:53 "after just 15 hours of work" More power to ya!

[@infiltratious8195]

The showcase was Emotional 😭

[@Adodamo23]

Finally a new vid... Tysm

[@nazobanaguska]

Maybe you could also do the convenience trick where if you open an already open cell it can open all the neighbors that aren't flagged. this could be done in a similar fashion to the 0 propagation.

[@rapidjonte]

YESS!! ANOTHER UPLOAD!!! :D

[@GuppyWorkman]

That’s freaking awesome

[@NorbYyY_GG]

let's gooooo new vid 🔥

[@expic3954]

Extremely impressive and I love the visualisation of OR, XOR and AND gates. Is there a way to add a measure that prevents you from clicking a mine on the first click?

[@jake6056]

I like the face for win/lose as its like windows minesweeper but would've been cool to have an X or O to show up on the entire board if you lost or won (although that would be more stuff to code)

[@cynthiawang9752]

The fact that you didn't blow it up with TNTs in the end was highly unsatisfying (/j, this is impressive!)

[@dafasyusiayt]

Another banger from matt 🔥

[@RedstoneCreeperSweeper]

I also made a minesweeper, but now I see that I could have done it much better. Nice project.

[@tminusboom2140]

If you use a hopper based T-Flip flop, you can guarentee a full reset by disabling the universal block and briefly inputting a specific side block. This forces the item to always be in a given position.

[@MrSplonger]

The "open redstone engineers" Minecraft server, or ORE, has a LOT of projects like this. Something to check out if you're interested.

[@roman5932]

Recently my friend made an MS game in 1C (Russian accountants' programm language) and this was really hard to build. Respect for your work!

[@Huntracony]

You went a lot further than I would've thought already, but my favorite convenience feature is missing: in most versions, clicking an unlocked tile will unlock all the neighbors that aren't flagged. I bring it up because I actually think it's pretty easy to implement, at least logic wise: send the same signal that zero-spreading does to its neighbors, block that signal when it's flagged. The hardest part would probably be finding space for that wiring.

[@marioman98]

this is makking me want to program minesweeper, might do that

[@Jax-ji3uy]

This man is BUILT DIFFERENT

[@NobodySeesMe]

This man is insane

[@adamstopa2953]

You should’ve added some no luck needed to tell people when they won or lost I think that would be a really cool addition

[@julians3danimations]

Good job on your CS degree!

[@Vancha112]

I bet you are awesome at assembly programming :)

[@stickman69420]

I was waiting for it to explode in the showcase