Minestein

Minestein is a Minesweeper game that has puzzles which can be solved entirely by logic. It ha a two stage hint system and can provide puzzles with a minimum difficulty rating as measured in 3BV scores. The source code is included. It can also provide random puzzles like traditional Minesweeper games.

Configurable options

Users can set:

the grid size

the number of mines

the minimum 3BV score

select sets of standard puzzles

to use puzzles that can be solved by logic

to use puzzles that require guessing

which algorithms are used to create the puzzles and provide hints

Toolbar

The toolbar includes buttons to request a hint.

The first click identifies a logically solvable cell.

Then a second click sets the answer for the cell if the user cannot work out the solution.

The toolbar also has buttons to provide the answer for a cell or the whole grid, and to start a new game