SeaOtterDoku

Sudoku you can solve without reading a single number. The tiles hold otter faces instead of the digits 1 through 9. Place them so the same face never repeats in a row, a column, or a region. The rules are ordinary sudoku — but with faces instead of figures, the board reads at a glance. The otters look toward wherever your finger goes. ■ No two boards are shaped alike 1,000 puzzles, from tiny 5×5 grids to 12×12 ones. The regions aren't neat rectangles — their shapes change from board to board, so two puzzles of the same size still solve nothing alike. ■ Carry shells in, keep what's left Every board starts you with 2 to 5 shells. A wrong placement costs one; run out and the board is lost. Finish it and you keep whatever shells remain. Solve it clean and you keep them all; scrape through and you keep almost nothing. Solving and solving well are two different things. ■ Two-shell boards pay five times 196 of the 1,000 boards hand you only two shells. In exchange, everything you earn there is worth five times as much. One mistake ends the run, so your hands slow down — and that is exactly what makes them worth playing. ■ Your shells are your record Every shell you've ever earned counts toward your standing. The board tells you how many more you need to move up one place. ■ Stuck? Take a hand Have an otter placed for you, or take a hint that clears a full line. Even after a loss you can top your shells back up and pick up right where you stopped. ■ Made for you if · You like number puzzles but find a screen full of digits tiring · You play in short sittings, one board at a time · You like watching something small add up day after day ■ Also worth knowing · Plays fully offline · An unfinished board is saved and waiting exactly where you left it · Daily visits earn shells · The first two boards teach the rules as you go · No account, no sign-up