simpledoku 0.2.1

simpledoku is a basic, desktop Sudoku game prototype built with React, Electron, Babel, and Webpack.

It's mostly just an exploration of React and Electron, but the concepts learned while building a Sudoku solver and puzzle generator were also valuable.

Right now it just builds a standalone Simpledoku.app file for OS X. Future updates will branch out to include a Mac App Store version and a Windows version.

You can download the latest Proof of Concept version from the current release page.

Building

1. Perform a git clone of this repo
2. cd into the simpledoku directory
3. Run npm install
4. Run npm run watch in a Terminal Window
5. Run npm start in another Terminal Window

Packaging

1. Run npm run build
2. Run npm run generate
3. Run cd app
4. Run npm install
5. Run npm run package

Built application files can be found in simpledoku/dist/[current version number]/Simpledoku-darwin-x64.

Roadmap

• Persistent Solved State - Store solved puzzle ids somewhere so that when the user returns we can serve up new puzzles and not stale ones
• Better Solver/Generator - Need to learn more about Dancing Links/Algorithm X and implement a much more efficient solver for puzzle generation, a more efficient solver could generate and store batches of puzzles for later use
• Puzzle Database - Replace PuzzleService with DB that stores puzzles and that we can inject new puzzles into
• Difficulty Levels - Allow user to select difficulty levels
• Scoring - Add user scoring based on hints used, solution checks, difficulty setting, and weight of difficulty of puzzle squares
• Helper - Show floating helper window with possible cell values when user activates it (maybe using the SHIFT key?)
• Puzzle Permutations - Implement sudoku solution permutations to generate even more puzzles
• Standalone Solver - Allow user to input a puzzle and provide the solution
• Interface - Update the interface so that it is much more attractive
• App Icon - Add custom icons
• Interaction Sounds - Add sounds to button hover states, successful puzzle solution, incorrect puzzle solution, interactive cell focus, non-interactive cell focus, etc.
• Sound Options - Add menu for setting volume levels of BG and UI sounds. Add more BG music
• Integrated Player - Allow user to cycle through BG music and play/pause and mute/unmute it