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Sudoku Pro magazine, written by Gareth Moore

Sudoku
and variants
 
Futoshiki
 
Kakuro
 
Killer Sudoku
 
Samurai Sudoku
 

Battleships
 
Hanjie
 
Hashi / Bridges
 
Hitori
 
Masyu
 
Nurikabe
 
Slitherlink
 
Word puzzles
a range of types
 

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puzzlemix.com features a range of unique interactive play windows with a wide range of capabilities including:

  • Work in any modern browser without requiring any plugins (including Internet Explorer 5.5, 6 and 7, Firefox 1 and 2, Safari 2 and 3 and Opera)
  • Unique digit and grid resizing code - try it and see!
  • Unlimited full undo and redo - makes solving much less stressful, and means finger trouble doesn't ruin the game!
  • Fast entry by pushing number keys to enter big/small numbers; press again to toggle
  • Drag the mouse to fill multiple squares for grid shading puzzles such as Hanjie and Hitori
  • Push 0, backspace or delete to clear a grid entry
  • Hit SPACE to toggle solution/pencil marks, or click on the relevant option
  • Double-clicking on a single remaining pencilmark number will place it as a solution digit (this is particularly handy with the auto-remove feature)
  • Background saving via AJAX/XML/PHP/MySQL backend with live feedback
  • Fully-integrated comment system available on both completion/giving up and from menu system
  • Intelligent placing of valid digits based on initial grid clues
  • Auto-add pencilmarks
  • Auto-prune pencilmarks
  • Puzzle-specific intelligent assistants, such as inequality in Futoshiki and implied shaded squares in Hitori
  • Check your solution (and point out empty cells too)
  • Show invalid moves
  • Show incorrect moves (with some browser-specific display code)
  • Each player dynamically generated from PHP and MySQL database backend
  • Arrow keys and TAB/SHIFT-TAB to move around
  • Mouse or keyboard to play number puzzles
  • Click on the entry cursor to remove it if you wish for aesthetic purposes
  • Multiple colour choices when playing shading puzzles for multi-stage speculative solving
  • Reveal solution - and also highlights the entries you had wrong (try it - it uses small green numbers)
  • 'Please wait' message for clean screen whilst loading
  • Can cope with any grid dimensions
  • Adaptable to further different puzzle types
  • And more!
If you wish to license the player modules or entire system for use on your website or other outlet then please contact gareth@puzzlemix.com to discuss licensing fees and customisation options.

All site contents ©Gareth Moore 2005-8 - email gareth@puzzlemix.com - license the players and/or website - publish puzzles