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Developer blog

New features, as requested

6/2/2024

3 Comments

 
Version 1.56.0 contains a number of enhancements that were requested by players via the contact form and quick survey:
  • A swipe action can be used to select any group of squares that does not contain a block. Actions can then be performed on these squares together, such as number elimination.
  • Pencil mode includes the possibility to set temporary blocks. This can be useful for trying out possible block positions.
  • Pencil mode stays on when squares are selected by tapping a hint. Updates to multi-selected squares are also possible with pencil mode still active.
  • When the last pencilled candidate has been eliminated from a square, the square shows the outline of a block, instead of appearing empty. This is to indicate that the square might be ready to receive a block, because no candidate values are left.
  • The difficulty weighting for the puzzle generator can be configured in more diverse ways. Players can now mix and match the weights for the different categories of difficulty.
  • When the difficulty weighting is set exclusively to either "harder puzzles" or "easier puzzles", the generator is more likely to generate puzzles that have maximum or minimum difficulty.
  • Fix for a rare issue where the sum combinations were occasionally not being displayed correctly after being inverted.
3 Comments
thomas
7/2/2024 06:31:02

Hello,
Having the possibility to mark a possible block position in pencil mode is great, however I am truly missing an option to mark a possible block position together with a number (there are many cases where a cell can only contain a block or a specific number). Is there any way to handle these use cases?
Really addicted to this game :)
Br

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Jon
7/2/2024 09:23:14

Hi Thomas, thanks for your feedback! Surely all squares with pencil markings can be blocks or numbers? If you know that a square will be a block -> mark it as a block. If you know it will be a number -> set candidate numbers on it. If the square might still be a block or a number, but you want to see the candidates -> use pencil mode to add the candidates.

If you would like to discuss more, you are welcome to make contact using the contact form (maybe I'm just not getting it).

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Jon
7/2/2024 09:58:52

I updated the FAQ section on pencil mode to elaborate a bit more. Please see the question "How can I mark a square as being a potential block or a number?" (towards the end).

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  • Sumaddle
  • FAQ
    • Fundamentals
    • Playing a puzzle
    • Settings
    • Levels of difficulty
    • Help and scoring
    • Pencil mode
    • Puzzle packs
    • Puzzle generator
    • Leaderboards
    • Performance analysis
    • Puzzle mechanics
    • App insights
  • Developer blog
  • Help and support
    • Troubleshooting
    • Contact
    • Report a crash
  • Privacy policy