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I play sudoku daily and will give it a DL. That being said, I already see a big gripe from the screenshots: No pencil tool. At higher levels, it's critical. Wil

I play sudoku daily and will give it a DL. That being said, I already see a big gripe from the screenshots: No pencil tool. At higher levels, it's critical. Will report back :)

y-curious 4y ago
Yes: No pencil tool, no active checking. Also, you should trickle free hints at people instead of forcing an ad click, that's how you get 'em.
- joelalcedo 4y ago
  Thanks! A pencil tool should be straightforward to add. Do people usually use a stylus for these purposes? Someone else mentioned the ads, I can easily embed some mechanism to remove them.
  - y-curious 4y ago
    You can keep ads, but the sudoku app I use gives you a few hints for free, first. Pencil tool is usually a toggle- you default to `pen` but toggle `pencil` mode to fill them out. Look at the top android sudoku app's implementation, it's slick.
    - joelalcedo 4y ago
      I finally got around to this. Here's a screenshot of how the new "pencil mode” looks in the latest version of the live app. https://i.imgur.com/QrSqNwH.png https://i.imgur.com/QrSqNwH.png By tapping the same box twice, pencil mode is activated. You can enter any placeholders you like in the box. Tapping the box again disables pencil mode, and the inputs you placed will remain in the background if you need to refer back.
    - joelalcedo 4y ago
      That's helpful, thanks so much! What type of hints are most useful from your POV? Are they more direct (i.e. here's a free box in case you are stuck), or more suggestive (e.g. "Pay attention to the naked pair in the third grid")? With the latter, striking a nice balance between hints which are simple to articulate without esoteric terminology is important. Really appreciate the pencil mode pointer, I'll check it out.
  - ebiester 4y ago
    Honestly, look at Cracking the Cryptic's app. It's all hand generated puzzles so it's much more expensive, but their app is definitely the best.
    - joelalcedo 4y ago
      Thanks, I will take a look. Really appreciate the suggestion.

I play sudoku daily and will give it a DL. That being said, I already see a big gripe from the screenshots: No pencil tool. At higher levels, it's critical. Will report back :)

y-curious 4y ago

Yes: No pencil tool, no active checking. Also, you should trickle free hints at people instead of forcing an ad click, that's how you get 'em.

joelalcedo 4y ago
Thanks! A pencil tool should be straightforward to add. Do people usually use a stylus for these purposes? Someone else mentioned the ads, I can easily embed some mechanism to remove them.
- y-curious 4y ago
  You can keep ads, but the sudoku app I use gives you a few hints for free, first. Pencil tool is usually a toggle- you default to `pen` but toggle `pencil` mode to fill them out. Look at the top android sudoku app's implementation, it's slick.
  - joelalcedo 4y ago
    I finally got around to this. Here's a screenshot of how the new "pencil mode” looks in the latest version of the live app. https://i.imgur.com/QrSqNwH.png https://i.imgur.com/QrSqNwH.png By tapping the same box twice, pencil mode is activated. You can enter any placeholders you like in the box. Tapping the box again disables pencil mode, and the inputs you placed will remain in the background if you need to refer back.
  - joelalcedo 4y ago
    That's helpful, thanks so much! What type of hints are most useful from your POV? Are they more direct (i.e. here's a free box in case you are stuck), or more suggestive (e.g. "Pay attention to the naked pair in the third grid")? With the latter, striking a nice balance between hints which are simple to articulate without esoteric terminology is important. Really appreciate the pencil mode pointer, I'll check it out.
- ebiester 4y ago
  Honestly, look at Cracking the Cryptic's app. It's all hand generated puzzles so it's much more expensive, but their app is definitely the best.
  - joelalcedo 4y ago
    Thanks, I will take a look. Really appreciate the suggestion.