Comments on: sudoku revisited

By: plover

plover — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 09:35:14 +0000

I just discovered these a few weeks ago. I’ve been doing them at WebSudoku. There’s no automatic sanity checking, but you can put multiple numbers in a square (though I think that is not the default) and navigate via arrow keys. Based on one data point at Brainbashers, I would guess that at WebSudoku the “hard” level is at least as hard – plus there’s an “evil” level…

Brainbashers’ duplicate checker is certainly the best feature I hadn’t seen before.

They’ve done minor tinkering on the WebSudoku interface a few times since I started using the site. Most annoying: they got rid of their “reset puzzle” button.

(So, I did indeed find your blog easily…)

By: David Carlton

David Carlton — Sun, 13 Nov 2005 00:33:39 +0000

Thanks for the tip. I’ve just given it a look; first reaction is that saving games is good, sound is annoying but acceptable, hard is harder than brainbashers, look is a bit annoying but acceptable, you can’t list multiple possible numbers for a square, there’s no automatic sanity checking, I still need to use the mouse.

Given that, I prefer the brainbashers UI, but maybe I’ll switch over once I start getting bored with their hard puzzles.

By: John Galbraith

John Galbraith — Sat, 12 Nov 2005 01:29:19 +0000

I’d try the games at http://www.sudokudaily.net. They let you choose the difficulty level you want, and you can keep an unfinished game saved till you next visit. The games are all in Flash, and have helpful gizmos on the way. Check it out!