Viennese Mazes: What They Are, and How to Make One

http://zulko.github.io/blog/2014/04/27/viennese-mazes-what-they-are/

by bbotond • 12 years ago

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RBerenguel2• 12 years ago

Sounds very similar to logic mazes (classic example for me is Theseus and the Minotaur)

roberthahn• 12 years ago

…and for anyone wanting to try out more logic mazes, I suggest you check out one of the masters of creating them: Robert Abbott: http://logicmazes.com/

RBerenguel2• 12 years ago

Yup, it's a very interesting page. I learnt about logic mazes there, after learning (and playing) Theseus and the minotaur. Just didn't want to add links to avoid sounding spammy (not implying that you do!)

jamis• 12 years ago

I love the idea of constrained mazes like this. Another related idea is that of "plank puzzles" (http://www.clickmazes.com/planks/ixplanks.htm), which constrain available moves based on which planks you currently have access to.

BWStearns2• 12 years ago

Very cool puzzles and nice to share the code.

One thing about the example mazes/solutions. On the hard one, isn't tqp-khe-bdc-a a faster solution to the hard one listed?/Doesn't going t-r first violate the red light rule?

zulko2• 12 years ago

You are reading it backwards, you must start in (a).

BWStearns2• 12 years ago

The old holding the map backwards mistake. /facepalm

Thanks for letting me know though, my brain went with starting at the bottom for some reason rather than the letters.

judk• 12 years ago

One of the example solutions breaks the rule of "only pass a light once"

zulko2• 12 years ago

It doesn't say that, it says "twice in a row". This means you cannot half-turn and just go back the street you came from.

Viennese Mazes: What They Are, and How to Make One

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