When Sam and I visited her parents in South Africa late last year, Sam’s Dad introduced us to Sudoku.
For those outside the loop, Sudoku is an addictive number puzzle where each column, row and “area” (3×3 sub-grid) need to include all numbers from 1 to 9.So, of course, my logical next step was to recreate the puzzle using Flash…
It’s still in Beta release stage (and may stay that way for the forseeable future as my thesis is looming) though it seems to work well.
If you’re interested, here’s how to play:
- Click on the left and right arrows at the bottom of the screen to select the puzzle you wish to attempt. The status bar will display something similar to: “1/5 : 001 : EASY : 16/01/06″. Respectively, these represent:
- which grid you’re looking at in the current puzzle library,
- the ID number of the current grid,
- the difficulty level, and
- the date this grid was included.
- Roll your mouse over the name of the puzzle you’ve selected and you see a message simlar to “LOAD/RELOAD GRID 1/5?” - click to load it.
- Hover the mouse cursor over the cell that you wish to change then use your mouse scrollwheel to rotate through the available choices.
- Once you’ve decided on a number value for a cell, click on it to lock it down. If you change your mind, simply click it again to unlock it.
- If you’re not ready to lock in a particular number, you can click on the smaller numbers in the available cells to flag possible future values. Clicking on these smaller numbers again will deselect them.
- Each time you lock a number the game will check to see if you’ve managed to solve the puzzle. During the course of the game, your previous choices may result in there being no available values for a given cell. This means that you’ve made a mistake and you will see red exclamation marks. In this instance you should either work backwards by unlocking and changing previous cell choices, or click on the name of the grid to reload it and start again.
That’s it! Enjoy!
Any questions or comments, email me.
Link: Click here to play!
