Features

Main features of SiSeSuSo

• a grid with the puzzle containing various overlapping Sudoku's, with or without pencil marks

• solves most Sudoku's including all kinds of overlapping Sudoku's

• a logging per solved cell including additional used methods if needed

• step through the steps of the solution journey

• choose coloring of cells to your liking

• check on/off a variety of solving methods

• more than a dozen types of Sudoku, which may be different per Sudoku in the same puzzle

• including splitted Sudoku's that are spread all over the puzzle like a Clueless Explosion

• a solver and a generator to make your own puzzles

• generated puzzles may have a variety of symmetry

• read of save puzzle in a file for distribution or paste a puzzle from the clipboard

• export the Grid to a browser (html) or JPG with pencil marks in telephone style; also for printing

• speed up the solving process by output to screen reduction

• read a file with 1000's of single Sudoku's (lines with 81 digits) to be solved in batch

• in batch processing Sudoku types can be chosen, must be equal for the whole batch

• an extra output tab with the current grid in character-table format AND in 81-char-line format

• lots of Gattai templates, like Samurai, Sumo and Shaolin; also extendable with your own arrangement

Possible types of Sudoku  

• N (or nothing) is a Standard Sudoku

• X = SudokuX with diagonals

• W = Windoku with 4 extra boxes (and 5 hidden houses)

• P= SudokuP (disjoined groups of same color need 123456789)

• AN = Anti kNight, digits can not be repeated a Chess Knight's move away

• AK = Anti King, digits can not be repeated a Chess King's move away

• FNC = Ferz Non Consecutive, diagonal neighbor cells can not be +1 or -1 difference

• KR = Kropki, an open dot between 2 cells means Consecutive, a solid dot means half/double of each other

  • If there is not a dot between 2 cells, it means they are not consecutive nor half/double of each other 

• XV = TenFive, an X means sums up to 10, a V means sums up to 5 (so 56789 cannot be part of the candidates)

  • If there is not a X or V the cells do not sum up to 10 or 5.

• GT = Greater Than, a cell is > or < than its adjacent cell

• A = Asterisk

• G = Girandola

• CD = Center Dot

• NC = Non Consecutive, adjacent cells can not be +1 or -1 difference

• NCT = Non Consecutive Toroidal , wraps around the edges, 19 also forbidden pair

• OE = Odd / Even

• JS = Jigsaw pieces in stead of normal boxes

• JSB = Jigsaw houses AND normal boxes together

• N+2 will show a scattered Sudoku with a space of 2 empty boxes between the boxes of the Sudoku

• N-3 will show a scattered Sudoku with a space of 3 empty cells between the cells of the Sudoku

You can have multiple types in a Sudoku so "WAX" will treat the Sudoku as a Windoku, Asterisk and X-Sudoku.

Available methods to solve a puzzle

• Naked Single in a cell or Hidden Single in a house

• Naked/Hidden Pairs,Triplets,Quads

• Pointing, Claiming

• Generalized Intersection

• 2-string-Kite, Skyscraper and TurbotCrane

• Unique Rectangle

• X-Wing, SwordFish, JellyFish

• X-chain (one candidate chain)

• XY-Chain (bivalue)

• Alternating Inference Chanin (AIC)

• Forcing Net and Nested Forcing Net

• BruteForce / BackTracking

Available predefined Gattai templates (including some with Clueless extra grids)

Vanilla Sudoku, Twin, Sensei, Triple, Wing, Sohei, Samurai, Kazagurama-Windmill, Harakiri, Ninja, Clueless Special, Clueless Explosion, Shogun, Sumo, Snake, Taiken, Shaolin, DOAG;

but you can make any other puzzle with overlapping area's yourself .

Predefined Jigsaw layouts embedded in the distribution kit and in SiSeSuSo program

• 2500 Jigsaw without 3x3 boxes (JS)

• 2500 Jigsaws with 3x3 boxes (JSB)