Solving Mazes
How to Solve Area Mazes?
Solve area mazes with shared edges, rectangle areas, and whole-minus-part reasoning. Includes three worked examples and practice solutions.
Rachel Bennett8 min read
Solving Mazes
Start with practical solving methods, explore algorithms, and try a tougher puzzle.
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Solving Mazes
No-Left-Turn Mazes
Track position and heading in no-left-turn mazes. Includes a worked route, precise U-turn rules, two practice puzzles, and separate solutions.
Rachel Bennett8 min read
Solving Mazes
Tilt Mazes
Solve sliding-grid tilt mazes by finding legal stops and planning backward from the goal. Includes an original 7-by-7 puzzle and answer card.
Rachel Bennett8 min read
Solving Mazes
9 maze brain teaser puzzles for people bored of ordinary mazes
Nine maze-based brain teaser puzzles with answers, from area mazes and word mazes to hex, tilt, and weave mazes, with honest difficulty notes and where to print them.
Rachel Bennett9 min read
Solving Mazes
Maze solving algorithms: wall follower, Trémaux, and A*
Maze solving algorithms explained: wall follower, Pledge, Trémaux, dead-end filling, BFS, DFS, Dijkstra, and A*, with working code and advice on which to use.
Rachel Bennett12 min read
Solving Mazes
How to solve a maze? Practical methods for paper, walking, and code
Learn how to solve a maze with the hand-on-wall rule, dead-end filling, Trémaux's method, Pledge, BFS, A*, and flood fill.
Rachel Bennett11 min read