Ukodus - Sudoku Galaxy

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Every puzzle has a place

A living constellation of puzzles. Every game you play becomes a star in the galaxy — connected by shared techniques and gathered into constellations that grow with each solve. See how puzzles relate, follow a new technique, and find your next challenge.

46 solving techniques

8 difficulty tiers

Share via short codes

Live galaxy updates

An illustrated puzzle constellationExplore the map ↗

A universe of puzzles, visualized.

Every puzzle is a data point. The Galaxy maps them by technique, difficulty, and player activity — revealing patterns in the puzzle space.

Galaxy Visualization

An interactive night-sky atlas where each bright star is a puzzle. Constellations form around shared solving techniques. Zoom, pan, and select a star to explore.

Cross-platform Sharing

Share any puzzle with an 8-character code like M1A2B3C4. Works across the web app, iOS, and terminal UI — same engine, same puzzle.

Technique Explorer

Filter the galaxy by solving technique: from simple singles to advanced chains and forcing patterns. See which techniques cluster together.

Available on iOS

The same Rust engine compiled to native code. Fast puzzles, human-style hints, Game Center leaderboards, and iCloud sync.

How it works

The Rust engine rates each puzzle using 46 catalogued solving techniques and an SE-inspired engine score. The Galaxy API collects anonymous play results and builds the constellation in real time.

Play a puzzle

Start a game at any difficulty tier. The WASM engine generates a unique puzzle with a guaranteed single solution.

Results flow in

When you finish, anonymous play data (time, difficulty, technique profile) is sent to the Galaxy API. No accounts needed.

Galaxy grows

New puzzles appear as stars, connected to similar puzzles. Live WebSocket updates pulse new nodes into the visualization.