Hi everyone! I've been building a small daily Sudoku site called Sudoku Twister (motivated by the LinkedIn games, esp. Mini Sudoku) and wanted to put it in front of people who'd enjoy the challenge.
The idea: one puzzle a day, but the variant rotates: some days it's classic, other days there's a twist. Some are familiar, like X-Diagonal (both main diagonals must also contain 1–9) or Anti-Knight (no two same digits a knight's move apart), and some are meant to be novel ones I haven't seen elsewhere. The rule for the day is shown up front with a little illustration before the timer starts.
A few things I'd love a second opinion on:
- Every puzzle is generated with a guaranteed unique solution, and I trim the givens to keep it challenging rather than padding the grid with extra clues. I'd genuinely like to know if any feel like they need guessing / trying different paths rather than a clean logical solve — that's the bug report I most want.
- No account needed to play as a guest, but signing in gets you a daily leaderboard, streaks, and a practice mode for past days where you can see how you'd have ranked against people who solved it officially that day. I would highly encourage that.
- Completely free, no ads of any kind.
It's very early — the main build finished only a couple of hours ago — so I'm mostly after honest feedback: difficulty balance, whether the variant constraints feel right, anything confusing, and (since it already has pencil-mark notes and undo) what other solving aids you'd want. Thanks for taking a look!