YaSudoku!
Download it here! [zip, version 0.2 - updated 19-Oct-2005]
Execute it from here! [IE only, version 0.2 - updated 19-Oct-2005]
What is YaSudoku?
YaSudoku is Yet Another Sudoku program, which gives you the possibility of playing Sudoku problems on your PC. In addition it allows you to play “Hex Sudoku” games, which are Sudoku problems using hexadecimal digits (0 to 9 and the letters from A to F) on a 16×16 grid.
What can it do?
With it you can (or will be able to, see development status) play 9×9 or 16×16 Sudoku games, automagically generated by the program. In addition it has a solver which solves problems in one shot or step by step, showing you the reason of each one of its moves. And you can input any Sudoku problem for it to solve. Final version will be available in English and Italian.
Development status
As now, YaSudoku is in very development (I just spent about 10 hours on it, so it’s still quite primitive). As now it still doesn’t give explanations about its moves, it has quite a primitive logic about resolution (it relies too much on backtracking) and doesn’t generate funny problems (often they are trivial or too difficult, having either too many solutions or requiring too much backtracking). However I count on being able to fix all these problems in a few days, so stay tuned.
Requirments
YaSudoku is written in C#. As now it runs on Windows 98 and later, 2000 and later; with .NET Framework 1.0 or later installed. In a near future I will try to port it to Mono, with a focus on running on MacOS X, Linux and FreeBSD with JIT support.
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if you are into Sudoku you shall check out Kakuro which is a new cool puzzle game that’s getting popular lately
ciao !
I think the F5 solve issue may be that its attempting to solve the puzzle using the numbers I’ve already entered, and if I have one wrong, it’s unsolvable. A simple way to test this is start a new puzzle, then enter a number in a box that isn’t legal (it already appears in the row or column), and hit F5. It doesn’t replace the wrong number entered, just errors and says its unsolvable.
>> One odd thing I’ve seen is that sometimes when I choose a new ‘Hard’ level, it will actually give me as many numbers as an ‘Easy’ level making it pretty easy.
The difficulty is not given by the number of digits in the sudoku problem, but on the relative difficulty of the problem itself. However, the problem generation is actually crap and something I should rewrite whenever I find the time to do it.
>> I also had one that I got fed up with and hit F5 to solve it, and it came back that it was unsolvable.
This is very strange
I can’t think of a way this could happen, but I’ll check.
One odd thing I’ve seen is that sometimes when I choose a new ‘Hard’ level, it will actually give me as many numbers as an ‘Easy’ level making it pretty easy.
I also had one that I got fed up with and hit F5 to solve it, and it came back that it was unsolvable.
You can just press “Del”
Great program… one question though, is there a key I can press to clear a box? If not, any chance you could add in something like the Space Bar will clear the selected box?
Thank you
I’m happy to hear that the new version works as it should
Thanks new version is a dream does exactly whats it says it will do and now opens without unknown file publisher warning in XP SP2 and even has a its own icon, very nice job and in just over 24hr from my original question
Updated : now you can manually input a problem!
I’ve just been reading the thread of the previous conversation. I could really do with a program that assists with Hex Sudoku problems, can you let me know when you have updated the program.
Thanks Admin that would be great
My fault.. I will update the program asap so you can solve the hex problem
Nice program in the discription you say “And you can input any Sudoku problem for it to solve” how is this done I have a real stinker of a Hex puzzel i could realy do with a few hints on
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