How is Meowdoku different from Sudoku?
Meowdoku keeps Sudoku-style placement logic, but replaces numbers and boxes with cats and colored regions. Cats cannot share a row or column, and they also cannot touch diagonally.
Play Meowdoku
One cat per row, column, and color. No two cats can touch, even diagonally.
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What is Meowdoku?
Meowdoku is a compact logic puzzle built around cats, colored territories, and clean placement rules. Each level asks you to decide where cats can safely sit without sharing a row, sharing a column, or touching another cat. The result feels close to a gentle Sudoku variant, but the region shapes and diagonal limits make every board a little different.
The game rewards deduction over guessing. If a cat placement is correct, it should be explainable by region count, row pressure, column pressure, or the no-touching rule.
One cat per region
Every colored territory must contain exactly one cat.
No shared lines
Cats cannot share the same row or the same column.
No touching
Diagonal contact is also forbidden, so corners matter.
How to play
These four rules explain every legal Meowdoku solution. If you are stuck, return to the rules in this order before spending another heart.
One cat per region
Every colored region must contain one cat. Start with the smallest regions because they usually offer the fewest legal cells.
No same row or column
A placed cat controls its entire row and column. Once a row or column has a cat, remove those cells from other regions.
No diagonal contact
Cats cannot touch at the corners. One cat blocks all eight surrounding cells, which creates useful deduction chains.
Logic only, no guessing
Every puzzle is designed around deduction. Guessing can spend hearts quickly, so look for the missing constraint instead.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need math skills to play Meowdoku?
No. Meowdoku is a spatial logic puzzle. You solve by eliminating impossible cat positions, not by doing arithmetic.
Where should beginners start?
Start by learning the four core rules, then use the early levels to practice region counting, row and column pressure, and diagonal checks.