Sadoku

(Pronounced like Sudoku with a thick Boston accent.)

A tiny command-line Sudoku game, written in Rust, using pancurses.

What it does:

• Renders an editable game state allowing you to solve a sudoku.
• Downloads puzzles from NYTimes by virtue of some very shaky webscraping code.
• Works on my Mac.

What it doesn't do:

• Generate puzzles. Has one hard-coded puzzle I transcribed from NY Times the day I wrote it.
• Tell you when you won.
• Highlight all errors.
• Handle terminals that don't support full color gracefully.

What it should do, but hasn't been tested:

• Work on devices other than my Mac.

Demo

Usage

To run locally, have a Rust development environment and run:

cargo run --release

Controls are as follows:

• Move cursor: hjkl (Like vim).
• Move cursor to next empty/pencilmarked cell: HJKL.
• Clear cell: x.
• Insert guess: 1 - 9.
• Insert pencil marks: Shift + 1 - 9.
• Exit: q.
• Download NYTimes puzzle: d (warning: this will overwrite any game state)