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Super Sudokoid: Final Transmission — Rätselportal — Logic Masters Deutschland Die Webseite des Vereins Logic Masters Deutschland e.V.

Do you like Sudokuvania, but wish it were easier and more Metroid-y? 'The M' has published their own sudoku metroidvania on Logic Masters Germany!
logic-masters.de/Raetselporta...

1 month ago 8 5 1 1

You'll know when you find it... and if anyone asks how to find it, I will only reply with blank space 🤐

2 months ago 0 0 1 0

Perhaps, after Lineage of Logic is finished. I'm unsure of the best way to reduce difficulty without trivializing the logic or completely overhauling the design... but it is still in my mind. I'm sorry for leaving you hanging.

2 months ago 0 0 0 0

Unfortunately, there is a bug in SudokuPad which causes the screen to flash whenever the rules panel is updated. Sorry about that.

2 months ago 1 0 1 0

The prologue for Sudokuvania 2: Lineage of Logic is now playable and publically available! The link is at sudokuvania.com (which also exists now, by the way).

2 months ago 12 7 3 1
The award banner for Workworkwork

The award banner for Workworkwork

Yesterday, my puzzle book Workworkwork won the Thinky Award for the Best Pen and Paper Puzzle ( @thinkygames.com )!
In celebration I added 100 free community copies of the digital (PDF) version:
letibus.itch.io/www
Check out more about the game / get the physical copy here:
blazgracar.com/www

2 months ago 41 9 1 2
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We are beyond thrilled to have been awarded both the community and jury voted Game of the Year awards at
@thinkygames.com Thinky Awards!🏆🏆

Big congratulations to our friends @starvaders-game.bsky.social for winning Best Strategy Game and
@crackingthecryptic.bsky.social for Best Content Creator!

2 months ago 159 27 4 2

Congratulations to Workworkwork and the other winners of the Thinky Awards!

2 months ago 1 0 0 0
Announcing the winners of the 3rd annual Thinky Awards!
Announcing the winners of the 3rd annual Thinky Awards! YouTube video by Thinky Games

The third annual Thinky Awards are in two days--tune in at 10am PST Wednesday, February 4th to watch!
youtu.be/6Cwr9UBQUUQ

2 months ago 0 0 0 0
Sudokuvania: Digits of Despair - Day 22
Crunch the numbers, solve those thermometers, and defeat the bosses in this ultra-complex version of Sudoku!

Sudokuvania: Digits of Despair is not for the faint of heart! Face the numbers. Meet your destiny!

Sudokuvania: Digits of Despair - Day 22 Crunch the numbers, solve those thermometers, and defeat the bosses in this ultra-complex version of Sudoku! Sudokuvania: Digits of Despair is not for the faint of heart! Face the numbers. Meet your destiny!

Crunch the numbers, solve those thermometers, and defeat the bosses in this ultra-complex version of Sudoku!

Sudokuvania: Digits of Despair is not for the faint of heart! Face the numbers. Meet your destiny!

Check out your gift here!
ldy.gg/gifts 🧮

3 months ago 3 1 0 0
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My only regret with Sudokuvania is how unwelcoming it is to newcomers; I did not expect it to find an audience who were coming from a non-sudoku background.

That's why the sequel will have a gentler learning curve and ways for the player to adjust the difficulty. (Not easy, but not as brutal.)

4 months ago 3 1 1 0

I think you may be responsible for most people hearing about it in the first place. I am deeply grateful for the review you wrote back in April! 💜

4 months ago 1 0 1 0

I suppose this makes a good occasion to announce the sequel. Sudokuvania: Lineage of Logic will arrive next spring (still on SudokuPad) with a bigger map, more puzzles, optional enemies/unlockable clues, and better "graphics".
In the meantime, more of you should work on finding the secret ending...

4 months ago 7 0 3 0

It's hard to believe that my big sudoku is mentioned in the same article as the likes of Blue Prince (which will have my vote for Game of the Year).
Thank you to whomever nominated it, and thank you to everyone who enjoyed playing it!

4 months ago 4 1 1 0
The nominees for Best Pen and Paper Puzzle are 0Player, LetterCoins, Sudokuvania: Digits of Despair, Tunnels, and Workworkwork.

The nominees for Best Pen and Paper Puzzle are 0Player, LetterCoins, Sudokuvania: Digits of Despair, Tunnels, and Workworkwork.

I'm incredibly honored that Sudokuvania: Digits of Despair has been nominated for a Thinky Award! 🤯
thinkygames.com/news/announc...

4 months ago 7 1 2 0
A snapshot from SudokuPad of a puzzle outline similar to Sudokuvania: Digits of Despair, except larger and with more grids.

A snapshot from SudokuPad of a puzzle outline similar to Sudokuvania: Digits of Despair, except larger and with more grids.

In honor of Sudokuvania: Digits of Despair crossing 1000 solves, please accept this ominous foreshadowing

5 months ago 5 2 1 0
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My favorite game of 2025 From the beginning, I could see the castle's daunting silhouette looming on the horizon, but I didn't know yet how hard it would be to ...

I wrote about a game I really liked for my blog.

...I'm trying to remember when was the last time that I wrote something public that wasn't connected to Pokémon (even, like, a forum post or something) and I'm drawing a blank.

Anyway check out this review!
lubyllule.blogspot.com/2025/09/my-f...

7 months ago 9 2 2 0
Sudokuvania: Digits of Despair by Skeptical Mario (Sven's SudokuPad v0.591.4)

That is an old link! You can use this url to move your progress to the current version: sudokupad.app/dchb0pk2xe?s...

New players can just go to tinyurl.com/Sudokuvania.

8 months ago 3 1 1 0
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Oh. Maybe a google alert would be a better use of my time than periodically searching for mentions

9 months ago 1 0 0 0

I hope your move went okay!

9 months ago 1 0 0 0
Instructions for upgrading to the latest version of Sudokuvania while keeping your progress. Full details are in the FAQ.

Instructions for upgrading to the latest version of Sudokuvania while keeping your progress. Full details are in the FAQ.

You can now carry your progress over to the latest version (v1.1.0) of #Sudokuvania. Details are in the FAQ, now located at tinyurl.com/SudokuvaniaFAQ.

11 months ago 2 0 1 0
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Sudokuvania FAQ and notes Sudokuvania player guide Thank you for playing Sudokuvania! It took a lot of time to make, and it’s very complicated. Some issues remain after publication, and there are too many things that need cla...

The FAQ (where clarifications and patch notes live) is still at docs.google.com/document/d/1...

1 year ago 0 0 0 0
Sudokuvania: Digits of Despair by Skeptical Mario (Sven's SudokuPad v0.590.0)

Sudokuvania can now be found at tinyurl.com/Sudokuvania. I just updated it to version 1.0.3, fixing more ambiguities and further clarifying rules.

1 year ago 2 1 1 1
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Sudokuvania: Digits of Despair (v1.0.1) — Rätselportal — Logic Masters Deutschland Die Webseite des Vereins Logic Masters Deutschland e.V.

They turned castlevania into a sudoku

logic-masters.de/Raetselporta...

1 year ago 30 16 1 2
A fillomino puzzle in an 11 by 11 grid, with several given digits and a couple dozen circles.

A fillomino puzzle in an 11 by 11 grid, with several given digits and a couple dozen circles.

I make puzzles sometimes! Today I published the third of my "Spaghetti Fillomino" puzzles on Logic Masters Germany. "The Good, the Bad and the Circled" follows "A Fistful of Circles" and "For A Few Circles More".
logic-masters.de/Raetselporta...

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