Sudoku

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This Sudoku game is written in C# and uses Microsoft's XNA framework. An early release is available for download. I have plans for many more features in the future.

Current features

  • Thousands of pre-genereated puzzles of various difficulty
  • Left click to make pencil marks
  • Right click to make pen marks
  • Right click selected pen mark to clear a square's pen mark and return to its previous pencil marks
  • Use 12 Quick save slots by pressing F1 through F12
  • Restore from the 12 quick save slots by pressing Ctrl+F1 through F12
  • Press C to check for invalid pen marks or use the menu.
  • Doesn't allow pencil marks in squares where the given values can be used to elliminate the possibility of those numbers.
  • Press P to automatically fill in pencil marks or use the menu

Future features

  • Add a Save/Load menu to save and load to/from user supplied filenames
  • Find and display various patterns. (e.g. X-Wings, Swordfish, etc)
  • Give hints
  • Show the solved puzzle
  • Generate new puzzles
  • Allow users to create new puzzles
  • Allow users to enter a puzzle and have the program solve it

Required downloads

In order to run this Sudoku game, you will need to download and install the following.

  • DirectX 9 Web Install - Install this even if you think you have it. It will install optional components that are necessary for XNA apps.
  • .NET 2.0 - If you run this installer and get the option to Repair, you've already got it installed.
  • XNA Runtime
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