A computer could easily throw together a valid solution grid and then discard numbers to create a puzzle I'm guessing Wayne Gould's program follows something more like the "Let's Make Sudoku!" site linked to by the article.Anyone know Wayne Gould? - ZM Zotmeister 17:50, (UTC) Reply Well when I wrote the above comment I hadn't read the term "givens" used in reference to numbers already placed in the grid, so it read as bewildering. What!? Jooler 10:12, (UTC) Reply I know "symmetrical givens" is defined in the article "humanistic algorithm" (for the non-computer-scientists out there) means basically a computer program written to do something in the exact same way a human being would. The Sudoku puzzles printed in most UK newspapers are apparently computer-generated but employ symmetrical givens, implying a more humanistic algorithm
35 The section on Construction contradicts itself.13 Popularity in Newspapers section out of control.3 Questions about Sudoku copied from the Wikipedia:Reference Desk.The Linux build of the Susser is totally untested, no idea if it works! System requirements are: Any x86-based Linux distribution with GTK+ 2.0 (or higher), glibc-2.3 (or higher) and CUPS (Common UNIX Printing System), which includes: Red Hat Enterprise 3, SuSE Linux 8.1 (and higher), Mandrake Linux 9.1 (and higher, including Mandriva) You may also need recent versions of the following packages: glib-2, pango, atk, openssl, zlib, and expat.
The Windows version of Sudoku Susser runs on Windows 98, NT (4.0 or higher), ME, 2000, 2003 Server, and XP (and probably later). The 3.0.0 Alpha probably requires 10.8 or better.
The Macintosh version of Sudoku Susser runs on Mac OS X 10.2.8 or better. You can find archives of the Susser for Mac, Windows and Linux, as well as documentation PDFs, here. Kudos to Setemkia (Fawn) Falling Tree for noticing this. While it's arguable that this restriction is reasonable (and I'll argue it, damn it!), it's pedantic, unhelpful to the user, and sometimes caused the hilighter to report a verity that, while it had correct implications (and wouldn't steer you wrong), wasn't a “real” verity. * Relaxed a restriction in the Consequence Trees hilighters that caused it to sometimes miss contradictions that had a common “trunk” path. * Bug fix in 2.5.6 caused paste of text puzzles to sometimes fail if a log panel had the focus this has been fixed. * Maintenance release to restore ability to fetch Menneske.no puzzles.
* Check for updates on boot feature REMOVED! Follow on twitter for version update info. * Disabled Features: New Version Check, Trebor's Tables, Direct Puzzle Fetching (no longer permitted), Progress Bar (rarely needed), Graphic puzzle import. * Puzzle cut-and-paste from websites may only work with Chrome needs more testing on other browsers. * Refactored to the latest version of the Xojo Development environment.
It can give you hints on how to proceed, or solve the puzzle by human-style logic, withĬomprehensive manual gives detailed explanations of all the advanced solving methods the program can use. Everything from simple forces and pins up to mega-expert techniques like forcing loops and chains. It can hilight over a dozen different simple and advanced Sudoku patterns. You can add and remove possibilities as you make inferences about the puzzle.
It can display the remaining possibilities for each square in several ways, making itĮasier for you to see the patterns that are the key to solving tough puzzles. The Sudoku Susser makes it easy to make your selections as you solve the puzzle just mouse over a square and press the desired digit on the keyboard. Puzzles and the basic solving techniques, written for children, which you may find useful. To the puzzles and basic solving techniques. If you've been living under a rock and don't know what a Sudoku puzzle is, the London The program is distributed with no crippleware The decision to tip, and the amount,Īre entirely up to you.
You can use it for free but you are encouraged to tip the author theĪmount you think it is worth. The Sudoku Susser is a program that helps you play Sudoku. However, you can still use a browser to find puzzles on the site, then select-all/copy and paste them into the Susser. I have emailed to ask why, but have not received a reply. Note: as of March 2017, the Menneske.no site is blocking the Susser from automatically downloading puzzles. Cross-compiling to Windows will cost me $100/year though, so that probably won't happen anytime soon.
2021 Update: I have refactored the Mac version of the Susser to use the latest Xojo development environment.