Sudoku is a logical puzzle game, originally created in puzzle books and then made available in countless newspapers worldwide. The grid is 9 cells high by 9 cells wide and within the grid are 9 boxes each featuring 9 cells. The object is to fill in the numbers 1-9 in each row, column and box, but they must only appear in each one once.
Astraware Sudoku is suitable for players of all abilities and features include 6 levels of difficulty, pencilmarks in a choice of styles, optional completion and tracking of pencilmarks, a unique and innovative notepad which enables players to make handwritten notes and sketches overlaid upon the grid, and an advanced hint system to assist you by highlighting areas where progress can be made without giving away the answer.
Astraware Sudoku includes a selection of inbuilt puzzles of varying difficulty for you to evaluate. After registration the game allows you to add a range of additional pre-built puzzle packs. These extra packs are available free from Astraware's dedicated Sudoku website. The unlocked version of Astraware Sudoku includes a puzzle creator which generates literally billions of true Sudoku puzzles, all solveable by logic alone and a puzzle solver, so you can input any Sudoku from a newspaper or book and Astraware Sudoku can show you the solution or give you hints to help you play along.
* Full tutorial introducing you to the basics of how to solve Sudoku
* Enter your pencilmarks manually, or use the Auto pencilmark feature (optional at any time)
* Notepad available while you play, allowing you to make notes at any time
* Beautiful graphics and subtle effects
* Integrated Sudoku solver:
-o Provides hints on what techniques to apply to find a number...rather than just giving you the answer!
-o Can solve any "true" Sudoku
-o Rates the difficulty of a Sudoku on more than just number of empty cells - takes into account the advanced Sudoku techniques needed to find a logical solution
* Supports English, French, German, Italian and Spanish!
Registering Astraware Sudoku gives access to additional features, including:
* Download new puzzle packs FREE from http://www.palmsudoku.com
* Download the latest puzzle of the day directly to your PDA *
* Upload your times from the puzzle of the day to compare your scores to other players! *
* Enter your own Sudoku, then solve them at your leisure!
* Built in puzzle generator with the following features:
-o Generates puzzles of varying difficulty levels, from the simplest to diabolically difficult
-o Puzzles generated at the higher difficulty levels require use of various advanced techniques
-o Creates "true" Sudoku (true Sudoku can be solved by logic alone by using the right techniques - no guessing required
Please Note: Astraware Sudoku should work fine with Palm OSŪ 4 devices, but because we have not been able to test on all the possible device configurations for this version of the OS, you may see a warning to this effect when you start the game. Simply tap "Continue" to enter the game.
* Requires data connection or other connected networking capability. You may incur charges from your service provider for the transmission of data.
Updated Description:
v1.40:
* Added ability to highlight a number by holding down the appropriate key
* Added Puzzle Manager to select specific puzzles to play, delete or view previous solution
* Added Brazilian Portuguese
* Updated support for all resolutions
* Improved puzzle management systems for stability
* Improved Sudoku of the Day handling
v1.30 :
* Brand new easy-to-navigate system for finding and changing options
v1.20 :
* Added ability to download the Sudoku of the Day directly to your Palm! (registered users only)
* Added ability to upload scores for the Sudoku of the Day puzzle when completed (based on actual completion times and hints used) (registered users only)
* Minor bug fixes
