This is a Sudoku game programmed using Java and Swing for the GUI. It currently supports 6x6, 9x9, and 12x12 puzzles and easy, medium and hard difficulty level.
Forked from mattnenterprise/Sudoku.
- New Game Dialog: Add a dialog on new game and when user selects new game
- Sudoku Difficulty Levels: Allow users to select different difficulty levels to play
- Keyboard Number Input: Improve functionality by allowing input and movement using user’s keyboard
- Original Digit: Make the digit of the original value clearer so users can differentiate between the input values vs the original values
- Highlight on Invalid Input: The selected grid will be highlighted as red when an invalid value is inputted
- Board Completion Dialog: Prompt the congratulation message with the time used to complete after user finished the Sudoku game
- Highlight Row and Column of Selected Grid: Highlight the selected grid with the associated row and column. Highlight the selected digit that available in the Sudoku game
- Undo Function: Allow users to return to the previous step
- Clear and Clear All Functions: Functional buttons that allow the users to erase the selected grid input or all inputs made on the grid
- Timer: Make the time spent on each game visible to the users
- Desktop Icon: Update the desktop icon from the default to a specific icon
- GUI Enhancement: The colour and dimensions for the window, menu panel and grid are enhanced to improve user readability and to make it more appealing.
Launch directly from JAR file: sudoku.jar
Make sure that JRE/JDKs is installed in the system.
Building from source with IntelliJ IDEA:
- Launch IntelliJ IDEA and create a new project from version control
- Paste the link: https://github.com/ynshung/sudoku-swing.git and create the project
- Add a new Gradle build configuration and set the "Tasks and arguments" to run.
- Click the run button.
- The program will prompt the user to select the size of the board which can be selected.
- The program then asks for the difficulty which can be selected as well.
- The user can select one of the empty slots to insert a number, either by pressing the number on the keyboard or selecting the number on the right panel.
- Users can move around the grid by using arrow keys as well.
- The game ends once the board is solved.
- The user can create a new game by clicking the new game button on the top menu.
