THREE-DIMENSIONAL GAME
A three-dimensional version of the popular Sudoku game is disclosed which may include a game board having a plurality of two-dimensional matrices disposed thereon. Each of the two-dimensional matrices may have a plurality of positions for entering solutions. The game board may further specify an ordered layering for the plurality of the two-dimensional matrices such that the plurality of two-dimensional matrices may be conceptualized as a three-dimensional structure. Correct solutions for the positions of the two-dimensional matrices must be satisfied in three-dimensions in accordance with the three-dimensional structure.
This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/109,755, filed Oct. 30, 2009, which is hereby incorporated by reference herein in its entirety, including but not limited to those portions that specifically appear hereinafter, the incorporation by reference being made with the following exception: In the event that any portion of the above-referenced application is inconsistent with this application, this application supercedes said above-referenced application.
STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENTNot Applicable.
BACKGROUND 1. The Field of the InventionThe present disclosure relates generally to a games, and more particularly, but not necessarily entirely, to games played in three-dimensions.
The features and advantages of the disclosure will become apparent from a consideration of the subsequent detailed description presented in connection with the accompanying drawings in which:
For the purposes of promoting an understanding of the principles in accordance with the disclosure, reference will now be made to the embodiments illustrated in the drawings and specific language will be used to describe the same. It will nevertheless be understood that no limitation of the scope of the disclosure is thereby intended. Any alterations and further modifications of the inventive features illustrated herein, and any additional applications of the principles of the disclosure as illustrated herein, which would normally occur to one skilled in the relevant art and having possession of this disclosure, are to be considered within the scope of the disclosure claimed.
It must be noted that, as used in this specification and the appended claims, the singular forms “a,” “an,” and “the” include plural referents unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In describing and claiming the present disclosure, the following terminology will be used in accordance with the definitions set out below. As used herein, the terms “comprising,” “including,” “containing,” “characterized by,” and grammatical equivalents thereof are inclusive or open-ended terms that do not exclude additional, unrecited elements or method steps.
Applicant has discovered a three-dimensional game as will now be described. Referring now to
Each of the Sudoku puzzles, A-I, may be a traditional Sudoku puzzle and may comprise nine rows, nine columns, and nine quadrants. As with traditional Sudoku, the objective the game is to fill all the blank squares of each puzzle, A-I, with the correct entries. The entries may include any symbol, including letters, numbers, or a combination of both. As in traditional Sudoku, there are three simple constraints to follow, assuming that the entries are numbers. First, every row of a puzzle, A-I, must include all digits 1 through 9 in any order. Second, every column of a puzzle, A-I, must include all digits 1 through 9 in any order. Third, every three by three quadrant of a puzzle, A-I, must include all digits 1 through 9 in any order. In addition, a player also has to solve the Sudoku puzzles, A-I, in a vertical direction as well.
In order to facilitate the understanding of the reader, the following terminology will be used. As observed in
To build a “face” puzzle, one simply puts the rows from each layer one under the other to thereby create a grid as observed in
To solve the stacked arrangement of Sudoku puzzles as shown and described in relation to
Referring now to
It will be appreciated that a three-dimensional version of the popular Sudoku game is disclosed which may include a game board having a plurality of two-dimensional matrices disposed thereon. Each of the two-dimensional matrices may have a plurality of positions for entering solutions. The game board may further specify an ordered layering for the plurality of the two-dimensional matrices such that the plurality of two-dimensional matrices may be conceptualized as a three-dimensional structure. Correct solutions for the positions of the two-dimensional matrices must be satisfied in three-dimensions in accordance with the three-dimensional structure.
In the foregoing Detailed Description, various features of the present disclosure are grouped together in a single embodiment for the purpose of streamlining the disclosure. This method of disclosure is not to be interpreted as reflecting an intention that the claimed disclosure requires more features than are expressly recited in each claim. Rather, as the following claims reflect, inventive aspects lie in less than all features of a single foregoing disclosed embodiment. Thus, the following claims are hereby incorporated into this Detailed Description of the Disclosure by this reference, with each claim standing on its own as a separate embodiment of the present disclosure.
It is to be understood that the above-described arrangements are only illustrative of the application of the principles of the present disclosure. Numerous modifications and alternative arrangements may be devised by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the present disclosure and the appended claims are intended to cover such modifications and arrangements. Thus, while the present disclosure has been shown in the drawings and described above with particularity and detail, it will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art that numerous modifications, including, but not limited to, variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use may be made without departing from the principles and concepts set forth herein.
Claims
1. A puzzle game comprising:
- a game board having a plurality of two-dimensional matrices disposed thereon, each of said two-dimensional matrices having a plurality of positions for entering solutions; and
- said game board further specifying an ordered layering for the plurality of the two-dimensional matrices such that said plurality of two-dimensional matrices may be conceptualized as a three-dimensional structure;
- wherein correct solutions for the positions of the two-dimensional matrices must be satisfied in three-dimensions in accordance with the three-dimensional structure.
2. The puzzle game of claim 1, wherein each of the two-dimensional matrices is an n×n matrix.
3. The puzzle game of claim 2, wherein said n×n matrix is a 9×9 matrix.
4. The puzzle game of claim 1, wherein the solutions comprise alphanumeric characters.
5. The puzzle game of claim 1, wherein each of said two-dimensional matrices comprises at least one row, at least one column, and at least one quadrant.
6. The puzzle game of claim 1, wherein each correct solution of a position must be satisfied in a row, column and quadrant of a layer of the three-dimensional structure.
7. The puzzle game of claim 6, wherein each correct solution of a position must be further satisfied in a row, column and quadrant of a face of the three-dimensional structure.
8. The puzzle game of claim 7, wherein each correct solution of a position must be further satisfied in a row, column and quadrant of a slice of the three-dimensional structure.
9. The puzzle game of claim 1, wherein the three-dimensional structure comprises a cube.
10. The puzzle game of claim 9, wherein said cube comprises layers, faces, and slices.
11. The puzzle game of claim 10 wherein each of said layers, faces, and slices comprises rows, columns and quadrants.
12. The puzzle game of claim 1, wherein the three-dimensional structure a plurality of partially overlapping cubes.
13. The puzzle game of claim 12, wherein each of said cubes comprises layers, faces, and slices.
14. The puzzle game of claim 13 wherein each of said layers, faces, and slices comprises rows, columns and quadrants.
15. The puzzle game of claim 1, wherein each of said two-dimensional matrices is a Sudoku matrix.
Type: Application
Filed: Oct 26, 2009
Publication Date: May 6, 2010
Inventor: Mark Bain (Cameron Park, CA)
Application Number: 12/605,530
International Classification: A63F 3/00 (20060101);