I should have announced this sooner, but better late than never I suppose. I will no longer be creating new PowerPC builds of my programs. There are many reasons, but the biggest two are that my iBook G3 finally gave up the ghost, and that Qt has dropped support for PowerPC. I know that this is an inconvenience for some of my users, and I am sorry about that. Still, I hung in there as long as I could, but Apple has moved on.

I released Simsu 1.2.0 today. It all started innocently enough. Just a few tweaks to the interface, which ended up as a new layout so that it looks good maximized on widescreen displays. Before I knew it, I had replaced the solution generator because it was just too slow. And then added an easier puzzle solver based on the original puzzle generator. From there I decided it would be nice to support all of the different types of symmetry. I stopped myself before I could do anything else. Who knows what the future will hold for my “basic” Sudoku game? 😛

I took another small break from my current projects and made some improvements to Simsu. Upon request, I added a row of number entry buttons so that it would be easier to play on a touchscreen device. Inspired by this change, I modified the interface to mimic KSudoku’s behavior: left-clicking a cell toggles the values, and right-clicking a cell toggles the notes. I also added the option to highlight all instances of a number. Last but not least, I added undo/redo support*. Enjoy!

*Because of this addition, old saves will no longer work. You should finish whatever game you are playing before you upgrade.

Sometimes I need to take a break from my current projects, and write something simple to clear my head. I decided that although there are a lot of computer Sudoku games, making one would be a nice distraction for a few days. So I wrote a quick version that I have named Simsu. With how many Sudoku games are available, I don’t know know how many people will be interested in mine. For those who are, enjoy!