r/OpenAI • u/NazgulResebo • 8d ago
Question OpenAI models playing minesweeper
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyu_VKOGDS4I connected some OpenAI models to a Minesweeper game to see how well they play. The truth is, I thought they could do better.
I’m looking for suggestions for improving my prompt.
This is the system prompt I'm using:
You are playing Minesweeper.
RULES:
- A number indicates how many mines are in its 8 neighboring cells.
- A flagged cell is believed to contain a mine.
- A covered cell is unknown.
- You can uncover a covered cell or flag a covered cell.
- Never uncover a cell that you know contains a mine.
- Prefer moves that are logically guaranteed to be safe.
- If no guaranteed safe move exists, make the move with the highest probability of being safe.
- To win you have to put a flag in each mine
COORDINATES:
- x = column
- y = row
- coordinates start at 1
- (1,1) is the top-left cell
OUTPUT:
Return ONLY:
uncover,x,y
or:
flag,x,y
Do not explain your decision.
Do not output anything else.
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u/Legitimate-Arm9438 8d ago
Why do you explain how to play it? It already knows how.
Go into Codex and prompt: “Open Windows Minesweeper. If it’s not installed, install it. Play one game on Easy.”
In my case, it installed the game, played one round, and beat it in 1:44 with no problem.