Cracking the Cryptic
500K Celebration Pack! - August 28, 2022
1.1.1
500K Celebration
A few days ago, Cracking the Cryptic passed 500,000 subscribers! To celebrate, 23 amazing puzzle setters from the channel have created a free variety pack, available now!
More UI and QOL Updates
• Hints no longer obscure the puzzle. In portrait mode, the combination boxes for Sandwich and Killer clues no longer obscure the puzzle.
• Puzzles start with the How to Play/Hint box open.
• In landscape mode, you can continue solving the puzzle with hints on screen.
• Added the variant icons back in.
• By default, tapping the eraser clears entries based on which entry mode you are in while holding down the eraser fully clears the selected cells. There is now a "Gameplay Settings" option to reverse this so that tapping the eraser fully clears the selected cells.
• Added "Gameplay Settings" options to flip the number pad in number pad layout or to flip the top and bottom button rows in traditional layout.
• Added a "Gameplay Settings" option to move the eraser underneath the nine button in number pad layout.
• The ALT key now works the same as the SHIFT key.
Bug Fixes and Improvements
• Fixed a bug where puzzles would continue auto-saving after the puzzle was already completed.
• Updated cloud saves plug-in for better compatability on mobile.
• Clicking the small gaps between buttons no longer deselects all cells.
An Overhauled UI! - August 19, 2022
1.1.0
Domino Sudoku
5 more puzzles are available now!
A New UI
We have listened to your feedback and have completely overhauled the puzzle UI!
• We created two puzzle/button layouts for you to choose between. "Number Pad" is very similar to Cracking the Cryptic's web app and "Traditional" is an updated version of the old layout. "Number Pad" is selected by default and you can switch to "Traditional" in the gameplay settings. Both layouts fully utilize all of the new features.
• The highlighter now has 9 colors to choose from and a single cell can be highlighted with multiple colors. You can also toggle between adding highlights or overriding them.
• Selected cells that contain highlights will display the highlight as a border.
• Click outside the grid to deselect all cells.
• When selecting multiple cells in "full number" mode, you can toggle whether to enter them with full numbers, corner notes or center notes.
• The "corner note" and "center note" modes now allow you to toggle between normal and red notes. Red notes are useful for marking when a number cannot go in a cell.
• Keyboard users: we've completely overhauled the key bindings and have added many new ones.
• Check out "How to Play"→"Tools" for more information.
• We added a preset to apply settings that closely match the web app. Go to "Settings"→"Gameplay Settings"→"Presets" to activate the web app preset.
• The Control Method: "Classic" has been removed.