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  1. Languages

Since Isanaki Sudoku 2.4 is multilingual .... You can choose your prefered language by selecting the menu 'Tools | Languages' and then
   EnglishEnglish
   FrenchFrench
   SpanishSpanish
   SpanishDutch

2. Features

  • Support for 9*9 and 16*16 boards
    • 9*9 boards
      Sudoku and Wordoku boards of any level of difficulty are supported by Isanaki Sudoku.

      Sudoku 9*9 Boards that you fill with numbers from 1 to 9.

      9 x 9 Board
      Click on the ScreenShot to Enlarge the Picture ...

      Wordoku 9*9 Boards that you fill with letters from A to Z (according to letters assignment).

      9 x 9 Board
      Click on the ScreenShot to Enlarge the Picture ...


    • 16*16 board:
      Sudoku and Wordoku boards of any level of difficulty are supported by Isanaki Sudoku.

      Sudoku 16*16 Boards that you fill with numbers from 1 to 9 and letters from A to G.

      9 x 9 Board
      Click on the ScreenShot to Enlarge the Picture ...

      Wordoku 16*16 Boards that you fill with letters from A to Z (according to letters assignment).

      9 x 9 Board
      Click on the ScreenShot to Enlarge the Picture ...

      Note that attempt to generate 16*16 boards with high difficulty lelvels can be lengthy. A dialog box may appear to show progress of attempt...

      16*16 Board Generation

  • The application handles automatically the switch from Sudoku to Wordoku.

    For this, you should configure Isanaki Sudoku 2.6 to fit your needs.
    Select the menu 'Options | Board Options' and click the button labeled 'Wordoku'

    9 x 9 Board
    Click on the ScreenShot to Enlarge the Picture ...

    Three assignments are available:
    • Random Letters Assignment.
    • Random Word Assignment.
    • User-Defined Assignment.
    Locations of the assigned letters can be :
    • Randow: one of the rows, one of columns or one of the blocks of the board is selected randomly
    • Defined: the assignment is located in a defined row, column or block
    When switching for the first time from Sudoku to Wordoku, Isanaki 2.6 will assign the letters according to the options selected.
    You can change the assignment at any time by selecting the menu 'Sudoku | Assign Wordoku Letters'...

  • You can Save the board for later use in a single file (BoardData.sbd) that can store dozens of boards ...

    Board Saving

  • Using the BoardData file, you can store partly solved board, later retrieve the puzzle in the state you left it and continue the search for final solution.

  • Board Import: manually, from Isanaki binary file, text files (.txt .msk .sdk .sol .spf and .ss) and clipboard

  • Isanaki 2.6 can export boards data in two different ways

    1. Export to Text File
    2. Export to Clipboard

    9 x 9 Board

    In both cases, four different formats are available:
    1. Web Friendly Format (.txt)
      Ex: ..4......5..61....12.5..67.3.9..1.2.......7.9....54..3........7..5..6.3....78.4..
    2. VBForums Contest Format (.msk, .sol) 
      ..4......
5..61....
12.5..67.
3.9..1.2.
......7.9
....54..3
........7
..5..6.3.
...78.4..
    3. SadMan Software Format (.sdk) 
      [Puzzle]
..4......
5..61....
12.5..67.
3.9..1.2.
......7.9
....54..3
........7
..5..6.3.
...78.4..
    4. Simple Sudoku Format (.ss) 
      *-----------*
|..4|...|...|
|5..|61.|...|
|12.|5..|67.|
|---+---+---|
|3.9|..1|.2.|
|...|...|7.9|
|...|.54|..3|
|---+---+---|
|...|...|..7|
|..5|..6|.3.|
|...|78.|4..|
*-----------*
  • The application updates automatically the pencil marks in each cell of the board to show the remaining candidates..

    In a Sudoku boardPencil Marks Or a Wordoku boardPencil Marks

    If you prefer the hard way, you can turn this feature off and hide the pencil marks ...

  • The application allows entry of a new board by four different ways

      1. Switch the Board to Date Entry Mode and Type in the board data manually. To do this, select the menu 'Sudoku | Enter a New Board'
      2. Open a Sudoku Board from the Sudoku Board file handled by Isanaki 2.4b. This file is named BoardData.sbd and contains all the Boards Data previously saved.
      3. Import a Sudoku Board from a Sudoku Text File. Isanaki 2.4b attemps to read different kinds of Sudoku files (.txt .msk .sdk .sol .spf .ss) but their structure are not stricly defined
      4. Import a Sudoku Board from the clipboard. Isanaki 2.4b expects standard characters for empty cells ( either a dot, a 'X' or a '0') and attempts to handle different kinds of data structure.

    In Board Entry Mode, the current cell is surounded by a green border (but you can change this colour to fit your favorite colour) Clues Highlight
    Once the board is loaded, you can switch to Solve Mode by selecting the menu 'Sudoku | Solve the Board' and start resolving the board. In Solve Mode, the current cell is surrounded by a blue border (but you can change this colour to fit your favorite colour) Cell Highlight


  • Isanaki Sudoku 2.6 provides flexible navigation in the board

    Navigating around the board can be done using the arrow keys (left and right keys to travel in the current row, up and down keys to travel in the current column) and the tab key (to cross the whole puzzle)

  • Isanaki Sudoku 2.6 handles a 256-level of Undo-Redo.

    Whatever the source of the change (user entry, application hint or complete board solving), you can undo or redo it.

    Hint Undo and Redo Buttons

    You can walk between steps using the arrows around the History button ...

  • Using Isanaki Sudoku 2.6, you can setup the way the boards are printed ....

    Select the menu 'File | Board Page Setup'

    Isanaki Sudoku Page Setup

    Using the dialog box, you can customize the boards printouts in the same way you customize screen display:
    • Board
    • Blocks
    • Alternate Blocks
    • Clues and Quests
    • Pencil Marks
    • Mistakes

    Using the same dialog box ...
    Isanaki Sudoku Page Setup

    you'll be able to specify board name, date, time and board level on either header or footer of the page ....
    as well as Separator Lines between blocks and around the board.

  • You can always delete a number inside the current cell by typing the 'Delete' key

  • To avoid trips into a dead end, Isanaki 2.6 highlights the mistakes in red

    You can switch this feature off and you can change the default colour to fit your favorite one.

    Board with Mistake

    Click on the ScreenShot to Enlarge the Picture ...

  • Isanaki Sudoku 2.6 supports keyboard accelerators

    You can access several functionnalities of the application without leaving your keyboard:

    • CTRL+N: New Board
    • CTRL+O: Open a Board
    • CTRL+S: Save Current Board
    • CTRL+I: Import Board from File
    • CTRL+I: Export Board from File
    • CTRL+P: Print Board
    • CTRL+D: Default Board Generation (using the last type of board generated by Isanaki Sudoku)
    • CTRL+G: Special Board Generation
    • CTRL+H: Get Next Hint
    • CTRL+Z: Undo
    • CTRL+Y: Redo
    • CTRL+J: Jump to Solving Technique
    • CTRL+1: Switch to 16*16 Boards
    • CTRL+9: Switch to 9*9 Boards
    • CTRL+U: Check for Isanaki Sudoku Update
    • CTRL+A: About Isanaki Sudoku


  • If your screen display does not fit yours eyes, try changing the zoom ... from 50% to 400%.

  • Isanaki Sudoku 2.6 supports full colour customization

    You can change many options as
    • Background Colour
    • Block Colour and Alternate Colour
    • Clues and Quests Cells Colour
    • Fading Style: Upside Down, Downside Up, LeftSide Right, RightSide Left, Inside Out, Outside In between Start and End Colours
    • Wordoku Setup
    • Pencil Marks Display
    • Mistakes Warning
    • Box and Grid: Seperator between blocks and Grid around Board
    • Global Application Options: Play Sudoku Animation and Play Sound on Candidate Selection
    • ...

    Select the Menu 'Options | Board Options'

    Isanaki Sudoku Options

    and change them to fit your needs.

  • Since release 2.4a, Isanaki Sudoku performs a self-check at startup to verify the version of the local copy versus the version available at the TGMDev Web Site.

    Select the menu 'Help | Check for Isanaki Update' and verify the result on screen

    Isanaki Update Check
    Jump to the Web Site if a new Version is available !!!
3. Generator

  • The application supports the generation of different Sudoku boards

    Board Size 9 * 9 Boards Sudoku and Wordoku Boards of any level can be generated
     16 * 16 Boards Sudoku and Wordoku Boards of any level can be generated
    Board Complexity Very EasyBoards solved using only very basic techniques
     EasyBoards solved using very basic techniques and one or more easy techniques
     MediumBoards requiring some average techniques to be solved
     HardBoards requiring several average and some advanced techniques to be solved
     Very HardBoards requiring several advanced techniques to be solved
     FiendishBoards requiring a lot of average and advanced techniques to be solved
    Board Style Non Symetrical
     Symetrical

  • The grids generated by Isanaki Sudoku 2.6 always have unique solution

    Sometimes, boards entered manually have multiple solutions. On shift from Entry Mode to Play mode, Isanaki Sudoku first checks if the board have a truly unique solution.
    If it's not the case, you'll be warned that the current board have multiple solutions ...

    Isanaki Sudoku Multiple Solutions Board

  • Isanaki Sudoku 2.6 supports custom board generation: solving technique to use, occurrence number, difficulty level

    Selecting the menu 'Sudoku | Generate Board | Special Generation', Isanaki Sudoku 2.6 allows the generation of Sudoku boards according to specific criteria:

    Isanaki Sudoku Special Generation

    • Technique Included: the application will generate boards that use the selected technique to solve the board
    • Number of Boards to Found: the application will generate as many boards as you want. Keep in mind that the higher the request, the longer the generation time ...
    • Minimum Lvel and Maximum lvel: the application will generate board that fit your difficulty request
    • Minimum Occurence: the application will select only the board(s) that required the use of the specified technique the specified number of time (or higher)
    • Number of Generation Attempt: Some combinaisons does not generate boards. This option limts the attempt number

    Once the board(s) is (are) generated, you can sort the resulting table by ascending or descending order and using different criteria: board index, technical occurence, board score (difficulty level) and clues number. Most of the 9*9 boards generated have between 22 and 28 clues.

  • The generation of Sudoku boards is very fast (less than 50 milliseconds for 9*9 boards but can be lengthy for some 16*196 boards)
4. Solver

  • You can ask the application to solve the board for you.

    Just select the menu 'Solve' and select the type of logic for puzzle solving
      1. Solving by Brute-Force: in this case, the application guesses in a systematic (recursive) way the different numbers of the board up to the complete solution. For a 9 * 9 board, it typically takes a few milliseconds (using a 3.2 Ghz computer). For complexe 16 * 16 board, the process could exceed 10 seconds. At any time, you can stop a lengthy brute-force processing by selecting the menu 'Solve | Stop Brute-Force Solving'
      2. Solving by Logical Deduction: Isanaki Sudoku 2.6 uses the same techniques as you to solve the board (see below for the solving techniques used). It applies the different techniques sequentially from the simplest ones to the more complex ones from the first cell to the last one. As soon as it found something, it restarts the processing.

  • The solver of Isanaki Sudoku 2.6 applies the most common techniques used to solve Sudoku boards

    Advanced techniques are added in each release of the application.
    Meanwhile, its resolving capacity is able to solve most of the boards found in magazines or on the Web.

    The following techniques are used:
    • Single in a Box
    • Single in a Row
    • Single in a Column
    • Hidden Single in a Box
    • Hidden Single in a Row
    • Hidden Single in a Column
    • Naked Single in a Box
    • Pointing Pair Reduction in a Row
    • Pointing Pair Reduction in a Column
    • Box Line Reduction in a Row
    • Box Line Reduction in a Col
    • Naked Pair in a Box
    • Naked Pair in a Row
    • Naked Pair in a Column
    • Hidden Pair in a Box
    • Hidden Pair in a Row
    • Hidden Pair in a Column
    • Naked Triple in a Box
    • Naked Triple in a Row
    • Naked Triple in a Column
    • Hidden Triple in a Box
    • Hidden Triple in a Row
    • Hidden Triple in a Column
    • Naked Quad in a Box
    • Naked Quad in a Row
    • Naked Quad in a Column
    • Remote Pairs
    • XY-Chains
    • Unique Rectangle Type I
    • Unique Rectangle Type II
    • Single Colours
    • X Wings
    • Y Wings
    • Forced Chains
    • Brute-Force Guess (Note that the use of this technique is optional)

  • Isanaki Sudoku 2.6 provides support for customizable solving techniques hierarchy. Using this adanced option, it is possible to control the way Isanaki Sodoku solve the board. The default behvaiour remains unchanged: simplest techniques first, then techniques with increasing complexity and, finally, brute-force guess.

    Select the menu 'Options | Advanced Options' to modify the behaviour of Isanaki Sudoku.

    Isanaki Sudoku Options

    and change the techniques ranking to fit your needs.

    Note that there is an option to force the brute force technqiue to always be used as the last technique, whatever the technique hierarchy ...

  • The solver of Isanaki Sudoku 2.6 is very fast (between 1 and 50 milliseconds for the hardest sudoku boards)

  • You can customize the solver to disallow the use of brute force technique

5. Helper

  • The application disallows invalid entry to keep you in the right track

  • The application allows entry of a new board by four different ways

    You can enter the numbers (or the letters in 16*16 boards) by typing the keyboard or by clicking with the mouse on the different buttons on the top of the window.

    Now, since version 2.3, you can select a quest from a small dialog box that appears while right-clicking on the cell ...
    Mouse Entry using Right Click
    Click on the ScreenShot to Enlarge the Picture ...


    Now, you can also select several cells and remove a candidate from all the selected cells in one shot ...
    Candidate Removal on Multiple Cells
    Click on the ScreenShot to Enlarge the Picture ...


    Multiple cells selection is done using the classical Windows way:
    • Mouse Click: select last clicked cell and deselect current selection
    • Mouse Click and CTRL key: select last clicked cell and keep current selection
    • Mouse Click and SHIFT key: select cell from last clicked cell to newly clicked cell and deselect current selection

    The dialog box for candidate selection/removal reflects the multiple selection:
    One button allows the display of all candidates from the selected cells
    Selection of All Candidates

    One button allows the display of the common candidates from the selected cells.
    Selection of Common Candidates

  • Isanaki Sudoku 2.6 can help you solving the board if you hit a stop point ...

    Select the menu 'Solve | Hint' or click on the 'Hint' button. The application will attempt to give you the next step plus some explanations of how it find it !!! It's a great way to learn how to solve some puzzle ...

    Hint Highlight