diff --git a/src/main/c/Minesweeper/minesweeper_start.c b/src/main/c/Minesweeper/minesweeper_start.c
index 48bf4d9..a16a24b 100644
--- a/src/main/c/Minesweeper/minesweeper_start.c
+++ b/src/main/c/Minesweeper/minesweeper_start.c
@@ -22,10 +22,12 @@ void game_minesweeper();
 void options_minesweeper();
 Minesweeper_Board initialize_minesweeper();
 void place_bombs(Minesweeper_Board *board);
-bool bomb_in_array(int array[], int bomb, int length);
-void draw_minesweeper(Minesweeper_Board board);
+bool bomb_in_array(int *array, int bomb, int length);
+bool array_contains_value(int *array, int value, int length);
+void draw_minesweeper(Minesweeper_Board *board);
 int open_tile(Minesweeper_Board *board, int tile);
 int number_of_bombs(Minesweeper_Board *board, int tile);
+void open_empty_space(Minesweeper_Board *board, int tile, int index);
 #pragma endregion
 
 #pragma region Global
@@ -77,11 +79,12 @@ void game_minesweeper(){
     bool running = true;
     int x, y, t;
     Minesweeper_Board board = initialize_minesweeper();
+
     place_bombs(&board);
 
     while (running){
         system("clear");
-        draw_minesweeper(board);
+        draw_minesweeper(&board);
 
         printf("Next turn (x, y, t(0 = open, 1 = flag)): ");
         scanf("%d %d %d", &x, &y, &t);
@@ -91,7 +94,7 @@ void game_minesweeper(){
             if(t == 0){
                 int bombs = open_tile(&board, x);
                 if(bombs == -1){running = false;}
-                else if(bombs == 0){board.tiles[x] = EMPTY;}
+                else if(bombs == 0){open_empty_space(&board, x, 0);}
                 else{board.tiles[x] = bombs + 48;}
             }
             if(t == 1){board.tiles[x] = board.tiles[x] == FLAG ? BLOCK : board.tiles[x] == BLOCK ? FLAG : board.tiles[x];}
@@ -157,8 +160,10 @@ Minesweeper_Board initialize_minesweeper(){
     Minesweeper_Board board;
     board.width = width;
     board.height = height;
-    board.tiles = (char*) malloc(width * height * sizeof(char));
+    board.tiles = (int*) malloc(width * height * sizeof(int));
     for(int i = 0; i < width * height; i++){board.tiles[i] = BLOCK;}
+    board.marked = (int*) malloc(width * height * sizeof(int));
+    for(int i = 0; i < width * height; i++){board.tiles[i] = 0;}
     board.num_bombs = num_bombs;
     board.bombs = (int*) malloc(board.num_bombs * sizeof(int));
     for(int i = 0; i < num_bombs; i++){board.bombs[i] = -1;}
@@ -177,29 +182,33 @@ void place_bombs(Minesweeper_Board *board){
     }
 }
 
-bool bomb_in_array(int array[], int bomb, int length){
+bool bomb_in_array(int *array, int bomb, int length){
     for(int i = 0; i < length; i++){
         if(array[i] == bomb){return true;}
     }
     return false;
 }
 
-void draw_minesweeper(Minesweeper_Board board){
+bool array_contains_value(int *array, int value, int length){
+
+}
+
+void draw_minesweeper(Minesweeper_Board *board){
     printf("   ");
-    for(int i = 0; i < board.width; i++){printf("%d", i / 10);}
+    for(int i = 0; i < board->width; i++){printf("%d", i / 10);}
     printf("\n   ");
-    for(int i = 0; i < board.width; i++){printf("%d", i % 10);}
+    for(int i = 0; i < board->width; i++){printf("%d", i % 10);}
     printf("\n  +");
-    for(int i = 0; i < board.width; i++){printf("-");}
+    for(int i = 0; i < board->width; i++){printf("-");}
     printf("+\n");
-    for(int i = 0; i < board.height; i++){
+    for(int i = 0; i < board->height; i++){
         printf("%d", i / 10);
         printf("%d|", i % 10);
-        for(int j = 0; j < board.width; j++){printf("%c", board.tiles[i * width + j]);}
+        for(int j = 0; j < board->width; j++){printf("%c", board->tiles[i * width + j]);}
         printf("|\n");
     }
     printf("  +");
-    for(int i = 0; i < board.width; i++){printf("-");}
+    for(int i = 0; i < board->width; i++){printf("-");}
     printf("+\n");
 }
 
@@ -224,4 +233,23 @@ int number_of_bombs(Minesweeper_Board *board, int tile){
         if(bomb_in_array(board->bombs, check_tile, board->num_bombs)){sum++;}
     }
     return sum;
+}
+
+void open_empty_space(Minesweeper_Board *board, int tile, int index){
+    board->tiles[tile] = EMPTY;
+    board->marked[index++] = tile;
+    for(int i = 0; i < 8; i++){
+        int check_tile = tile;
+        if(i < 3){if(tile % board->width == 0){continue;}
+        else{check_tile -= 1;}}
+        if(i > 4){if(tile % board->width + 1 == board->width){continue;}
+        else{check_tile += 1;}}
+        if(i % 3 == 0){if(i != 0 && tile / board->width == 0){continue;}
+        else{check_tile -= board->width;}}
+        if(i % 3 == 1){if(tile / board->width + 1 == height){continue;}
+        else{check_tile += board->width;}}
+        int sum = open_tile(board, check_tile);
+        if(sum != 0){board->tiles[check_tile] = sum + 48;}
+        else if(!array_contains_value(board->marked, check_tile, index)){open_empty_space(board, check_tile, index);}
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/c/Minesweeper/minesweeper_start.h b/src/main/c/Minesweeper/minesweeper_start.h
index c62977b..b577233 100644
--- a/src/main/c/Minesweeper/minesweeper_start.h
+++ b/src/main/c/Minesweeper/minesweeper_start.h
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 typedef struct Minesweeper_Board{
     unsigned int width;
     unsigned int height;
-    char *tiles;
+    int *tiles;
+    int *marked;
     int num_bombs;
     int *bombs;
 }Minesweeper_Board;
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ typedef struct Minesweeper_Board{
 
 void minesweeper_start();
 Minesweeper_Board initialize_minesweeper();
-bool bomb_in_array(int array[], int bomb, int length);
+bool bomb_in_array(int *array, int bomb, int length);
 int number_of_bombs(Minesweeper_Board *board, int tile);