Pocket Sudoku 1.0
Submitted by Emil on Wed, 09/10/2008 - 17:03
Pocket Sudoku 1.0 has been released with a whole bunch of new features compared to the earlier versions. Go and get it now at the download page!
Pocket Sudoku 1.0 has been released with a whole bunch of new features compared to the earlier versions. Go and get it now at the download page!
Sudoku 1.0
I heared a lot about the Pocket Sudoku 1.0 and now it is a great chance to try it.
V 1.0 doesn't work on my HTC Ozone
I installed the V 1.0 and got the message:
"Sorry - your device is not supported".
It would be convenient if the download site listed which devices were/weren't supported.
lovely game
lovely game, works like a charm, I'm a beginner in sudoku but i love this game so much.
Pocket Sudoku 1.0 is a good
Pocket Sudoku 1.0 is a good game and as there are always some pros and cons in the game implementation, it also suffers from few bugs but an update from the team will surely solve the problems of hanging up and also proper screening of the game. It's always fun to puzzle games especially like Sudoku.
No development is forthcoming
It is not just good, it is terrific. I have tried all the PPC versions of Sudoku I could find through a Google searches, even commercial pay versions (trials), and no other version comes close to PS 1.0 apart from the "Generating" bug.
I play the "hard" level on a HP hx4700 (480 X 640 lovely) and have played hundreds of games on this PDA but the bug is predictible. I have also printed (before I got the PDA) out thousands of boards and played them.
If "Generating" is still on screen when you finish the game - all sorts of silly things happen. Then you have to do all sorts of other things to get the program working again - change to "Very Easy", start a new game, play it to end, change back to "Hard" again, start a new board, "Soft Reset". Most times even a soft reset won't fix it. Plus while "Generating" is on the screen the response to input of pencil marks and number placement is painfully slow and inaccurate.
I was even tempted to debug the source myself but, even though I am a programmer of 40 years, I haven't programmed in C# before. I have started to learn C# but it will be a long term project I'm afraid.
I assume that the problem is restricted to the hx4700 as I couldn't imagine too many people playing it on other PDAs with the way it works.
I complete some games in about 2 minutes or thereabouts so it does work sometimes. Other times I just put the game down with a couple of unsolved cells and walk away until the "Generating" is replaced with "Ready" then I complete the board.
Some boards start, generate and are ready in a couple of seconds and some have the "Generating" display for 25 minutes. This has got to be a bug and a very obscure one at that....
I realise that the game is a "labour of love" and that it is free and revenue neutral for Emil but it has been over a year since the 1.0 release.
I don't know about anybody else but I only ever play the 9X9 version, anything else is not Sudoku as far as I'm concerned.
It would be great if someone could explain what is happening during the generating phase. I have been to Sourceforge and I have had a peek at the source but it is quite envolved.
Anyway I'm repeating myself. If it was available on an iPod Touch I would go out and buy one tomorrow. If it worked (the program) I would even pay for it. There are other versions but they don't come close to the features and playability of PS 1.0. Nobody has the automatic pencil marks feature that I could see. They offer manual pencil marks. The "pickup" a number from any occupied cell feature is unique and terrific.... Anyway I'm rambling....
I hope, I hope, I hope a new version comes out soon with the bug fixed.... I hope, I hope, I hope.....
Lovely game but the quirks eventually got to me
As I said - a lovely implementation but a bit buggy.
I love the auto possibility matrix and I love the ability to pickup a number from an occupied cell.
I have an iPAQhx4700 and I get the word "Generating" across the bottom of my screen and it stays there for either seconds or minutes. While it is there response time is quite bad. If I complete the game while "Generating" is on the screen all sorts of funny quirks occur - the next game doesn't clear the completed game, the display locks up, switches levels. After entering a game from a newspaper and solving it the cleared screen freezes on the display and starting a new game leaves the "cleared" display on....
I have had to uninstall and re-install the game a couple of times to get out of "locks". I have had to "hard reset" too as the PDA stopped recognising the stylus "taps". The "hard reset" then got rid of the .NET update so I had to resync.
There are other quirks that eventually kill the game for me and I am now looking for another implementation which is a pity because I love the features.
Sorry,
Louis
To my mind
thanks for article.
protect the product
It’s my right to protect the product that I pay for, if that means backing it up then I’ll do so if I damn well please.
And it’s not like they are going to stop anything if they win, which I doubt. There are countless of programs http://wiwapia.com/en/Computer_program out there that make this doable for free.
hint help?
I love the game.... you got me addicted..
I have a question about a hint..
what does "All in sector on the same line" mean?
It highlights a row...
Could not find a reference on the internet.
-Ken
Re: hint help?
That hint should highlight a sector as well as a row and it tells you that all cells in the highlighted sector that can have the selected number is on the highlighted row. Consequently, all possibilites of that number on the highlighted row (outside the highlighted sector) can be removed.
Most guides on the Internet refer to this as "intersection removal" or "pointing pairs/triples", for example: http://www.scanraid.com/Intersection_Removal
working
Not a problem here. Works like a charm. You got to love this game. Sudoku rocks my world! Thanks Emil....
You are very welcome!
You are very welcome!
Save / Load as Testual Sudoku Files is not working.
Hi,I think V1.0 is very nice!
But "Save / Load as Testual Sudoku Files" is not working.
It seems working as Sudoku files, I think.
Save & Load text files
Sorry about that, entirely my fault. Will probably be back in version 1.1 though.
Thank you.
Thank you for reply. If possible, I hope version 1.01 a little earlier.
Not working on DELL AXIM X5
It's not working on Pocket PC 2003 running WinCE Version 4.20.1081 (build 13100). I can install it, I can see the icon but it does not start by touching the icon.
It does not even install .NET CF 2.0
Is that a required component to run this program.
Worked for me on DELL AXIM X5
I was able to install the cab file found under wce400 folder of .NET CF 2.0 by copying and executing it on the PPC. After that this program worked. Yet to evaluate the performance and features.
.NET CF 2.0
Ah, that's the same "hack" i've been using since my ActiveSync installation stopped working properly. Installing through ActiveSync is the recommended way, though.
On a VGA Device (HTC Touch
On a VGA Device (HTC Touch Diamond) the icons are to small. When you select an icon (e.g. coloring) it highlights an area with twice the high of the icons, what's the normal high for icons in the status bar.
Otherwise great program.
Thanks
Thanks for the bug report! I will make sure it will be in the tracker as well.
Not working on ETEN X800
Great App, love to use Vers 0.9.
Sadly 1.0 doesnt work on my phone. Create seems to hang forever. Different size doesnt work either.
Bottom line of field doesnt show, makes it look a bit funny.
Features I would find usefull (in case you have time and just love to program)
- a number for every generated sudoku to easily exchange them (number of random seed?)
- Play simultanously on the same sudoku with 1/ more friends competitivly via IP / Bluetooth.
Arne
it's not working on win
it's not working on win mobile ppc any more. i can install it, i can see the icon but it will not start by touching the icon
Pocket Sudoku
this great Pocket Sudoku looks cool, i will try it and let u know.
.NET CF 2.0
I have had absolutely no trouble running it on my windows mobile 2003 device. Have you installed .NET CF 2.0 on your device?
tks
tks
Great entertainement
Great entertainement
play good
play good
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