Meowdoku is a puzzle game in the Queens family. Each board uses irregular colored regions instead of regular blocks, so every cat placement changes the available spaces across the grid.
How to Play Meowdoku
Place exactly one cat in each colored region, each row, and each column. Cats also need an empty buffer around them: two cats cannot touch horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.
The main loop is deduction. Start by scanning for a region or row with only one open cell. Place the forced cat, then mark its entire row, column, and eight surrounding cells as unavailable. Recheck the board after every placement because those marks can reduce another region to a single legal cell.
Meowdoku Strategy
Find forced cats first
A colored region with one remaining safe cell has a mandatory placement. The same applies to a row or column with only one open option. These moves give you reliable progress without guessing.
Track the eight-cell buffer
Every cat blocks more than its own row and column. Mark the diagonal corners as soon as you place it, or you may overlook an illegal neighboring position.
Look for locked regions
When all safe cells for one colored region fall within a single row or column, that line is locked to the region’s cat. Eliminate the other open cells in that row or column, including cells belonging to different regions.
Audit before guessing
If the board stalls, check whether every cat’s row, column, and diagonal cells have been marked. Then search for single-cell pockets. Random attempts can cost hearts, so use the game’s hint tool when available; it highlights a cell and points toward the missed logic instead of simply placing the cat for you.
Sandbox Mode is available in the settings for experimentation with pencil marks and without the mistake counter and timer.