The latest update of Big Bad Sudoku Book (available now) brings optimization for iOS6 and the large retina display of the iPhone 5.  When converting an existing user interface for this taller screen there is a lot of extra space to fill in.  At first it almost seemed like there was too much space. But then we decided to put the space to good use.  The input pad (we call it the Pen) is now gigantic, making it much easier to hit the number you intend to hit.  No more fat fingers folks!

The new larger deluxe pen, exclusively on the iPhone 5 vs the one on the iPhone 4S:

Big Bad Sudoku Book version 3 is available on the iTunes store.

Or get the free to play version: Big Bad Sudoku Book Free.

To welcome all of those new Verizon iPhone users, we’re giving away Big Bad Sudoku Book for 2 days.  The FREE ‘sale’ is Thursday Feb 10th and Friday Feb 11th only.  Then it will return to the normal price.  So download it now!

Snow Day Sudoku gets Holiday Game Feature

Bad Weasel Game’s newest game has just been featured in the Holiday Games section right next to Angry Bird’s Seasons.  Snow Day Sudoku is part of the Sudoku Book family of products and is a deep winter / Christmas themed version of our popular game with calming falling snow effects and much holiday cheer.

This year Bad Weasel Games is sponsoring The Water Project, which is a US-based non-profit committed to providing clean, safe drinking water to those who suffer needlessly without it.  Bad Weasel hopes to finance several clean water solutions this season and has decided to donate $1 for each copy of Snow Day Sudoku sold between now and December 31, 2010.  We will post updates here as to our progress, and show photos of our completed water projects later in 2011.  The great thing is that Snow Day Sudoku is staying the same low price of $1.99 – so it’s a win-win.  Get a great game at a great price and feel good about it at the same time.

Snow Day Sudoku  - Version 1.0.1 – $1.99 US

Big Bad Sudoku Book 2.1.1 has been submitted and will be going live this week.  It mostly fixes several different crashing and hanging bugs:

• Fixed crashing under iOS 3.1.3.
• Fixed hanging/crashing about 10 seconds in (facebook check).
• Fixed crash when reporting 50th campaign score to game center.
• Fixed a few other problems that could cause occasional hanging.

Also the Game Center Leaderboard sort order is now fixed.  So all of your high scores should be now posting…

This fix is live now and does not require the update.  All you have to do to get all of your scores updated is complete any game and allow it to report the score to Game Center.  All of your accumulated points will post.

Bad Weasel Games has been a busy place since we released Big Bad Sudoku Book v2.0.  Sudoku Book 2.0 added support for all iOS devices in one universal app, high resolution graphics for the Retina display on the iPhone 4 and new iPod Touch, and many more new features.  We’ve been hard at work on two new games.  But first we are prepping a new update that supports Apple’s new Game Center and also fixes a few of the minor issues with 2.0.

The new version allows players to use Game Center features (only on the iPhone and iPod Touch) to see how they compare with their friends via a Leaderboard, and introduces Achievements.  Of course, all the version 2.0 social gaming features are still there.  You can still sends puzzle to friends for competitive play over facebook, email, or even via a text message (if both devices support text messaging).  When you update to version 2.1 all your previous progress will be saved and apply towards your achievements.

Version 2.1 also fixes a couple of minor issues that people reported:

• Campaign Mode puzzled played across multiple load sessions now correctly unlock the next puzzle.
• The timer no longer sticks.
• Auto import of puzzles from Facebook friends – now ignores puzzles that had previously been imported.
  • If you want to import a puzzle a second time just use the facebook app to find it and click on the link.
• Improved the readability of some of the numbers in the status font.
• Added a Help button to take you to the help section on our website.

The update is live NOW!

If you have any questions or comments please Email Support.

Highlights in Big Bad Sudoku Book are a revolutionary way to see and solve sudoku puzzles. With highlights you can softly highlight cells, rows, or columns with the swipe of a finger. They help focus your attention and narrow down possibilities. You can use highlights to temporarily mark positives or negatives, but more often they can be used to keep track of where an answer can’t go.

Here’s an example from actual game play. In each of these following screen shots the red drawing is not part of the game but has been added to explain how the Big Bad Sudoku Book works. Click on the pictures to see them bigger: Read… »

During the weekend of April 24th we made BBSB free for 3 days.  During the promotion it jumped in the rankings becoming the #1 most downloaded app over the weekend.  Thanks to everyone who downloaded it during the free weekend sale!