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

• RBerenguel 12y ago
  Sounds very similar to logic mazes (classic example for me is Theseus and the Minotaur)
  • roberthahn 12y 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/ http://logicmazes.com/
    • RBerenguel 12y 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 12y 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 http://www.clickmazes.com/planks/ixplanks.htm), which constrain available moves based on which planks you currently have access to.
• BWStearns 12y 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?
  • zulko 12y ago
    You are reading it backwards, you must start in (a).
    • BWStearns 12y 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 12y ago
  One of the example solutions breaks the rule of "only pass a light once"
  • zulko 12y 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.