Viennese Mazes: What They Are, and How to Make One(zulko.github.io)

95 pointsby bbotondvor 12 Jahren9 comments

zulko.github.io

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

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

4 comments

jamisvor 12 Jahren

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.

BWStearnsvor 12 Jahren

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?

zulkovor 12 Jahren

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

BWStearnsvor 12 Jahren

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.

RBerenguelvor 12 Jahren

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

roberthahnvor 12 Jahren

…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/

RBerenguelvor 12 Jahren

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!)

judkvor 12 Jahren

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

zulkovor 12 Jahren

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.