Pygame Sudoku Solver 🐍

I started solving sudoku puzzles a couple of weeks ago and I enjoy it very much. Because I got more confident in my skills of solving it by hand I wanted to see if I could write a computer program to do it for me. Analogue to the old saying “You never really know something until you teach it to someone else”, I thought I'd teach my computer. 😊🖥️

Usage

To use it, all you have to do is install the required libraries in requirements.txt (ssspoiler, there's only one) and run the main script with "python3 ./solver.py". Works great on Windows/Mac/Linux.

You can see a video of me demoing the program in this video!

Settings

Inside of the folder there is a file, settings.txt. Inside of it each setting is explained and all you have to do is change the parameters that you want and save the file before opening the solver.

Controls

It's rather simple to control. You can click on any square and it will turn green telling you that you can input a number there. If the number you try to input is illegal, it will flash red.

Once you are ready to start the solving mechanism, just press space.

Pressing d will switch between light mode and dark mode.

Pressing r will reset the whole puzzle.

License

This project is licenced under the GNU GPLv3 licence. You can read the full licence inside of the COPYING file.