I discovered that Google Wave had a sudoku gadget, which piqued my interest since I am a fairly avid sudoku fan. It had me thinking however, that sudoku tends to be something that you play by yourself, so why is it showing up in Google Wave which is a program meant to be conversations between at LEAST two people if not more. How do you play sudoku with more than one person?
I tried to include the gadget in a wave with my sister to try it out, but I soon discovered that she does not know how to play sudoku which surprised me. But from what I gather, it seems to be a speed-play game or a work-together game meaning you can either race each other to see who can fill in the most blanks in the puzzle or view it more as two people working on the same puzzle. If you are trying to race each other, you have to know that you are both online and in that specific wave at the same time to ensure fair competition. So far, I have not found a way to see who on your contacts is actually online at that time like you can in google chat.
I really wouldn't recommend this gadget unless you are teaching someone how to play sudoku, or you are just a casual player. This game is really meant to be a single-player, and I think it should be kept that way.
I am going to try to use a rating system for Google Wave. For now, I think I am going to use a rating out of 5 as it seems to be easiest.
I'll give Sudoku a rating of 1.5 for its ability to help teach someone how to play google, and for the casual player, but for anything short of that it seems to be useless.
I'll give Sudoku a rating of 1.5 for its ability to help teach someone how to play google, and for the casual player, but for anything short of that it seems to be useless.
Until next time and hopefully my dad or sister might post again,
Gabrielle
please, send me and invitation to tranquerainforma@gmail.com
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Mariana
Can you tell me the URL of the sudoku gadget?
ReplyDeleteIf you have google wave, the sudoku gadget is in one of the first waves that you receive when you start Google Wave. The subject of the message is "extensions gallery."
ReplyDeleteYou can play that with just one player if you wish, just don't invite anyone to share the wave with you.
ReplyDeleteIt is also good for those who like to see who is "better" at it, I just started playing that gadget today and I love it! I play by myself most of the time, however I have also played with some friends.
This analysis is a little closed-minded about sudoku. I enjoy 'conventional' sudoku, but I found the competitive version to be a very rewarding and deep multiplayer experience in ways I wasn't expecting. This game almost encourages you to take guesses for the point penalty, if you think you can net more points as a result of the guess. This leads to a lot of on-the-fly risk assessment that I never would have expected from a sudoku product. I recommend giving it another look!
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