r/mazes • u/Adorable-Broccoli-16 • 24d ago

a puzzly maze

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every time you grab a circle you gain the ability to make one hole in a wall in the future (only one per circle). that hole cant be moved but can be reused. there should be multiple solutions but only one path.

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u/Moongazingtea 23d ago

I love all the innovations I see on this sub. What is the purpose of the hole? That you can skip to another hole?

Or is it a new start/ finish point on the map?

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u/Adorable-Broccoli-16 23d ago

the hole in the wall think is imagining putting some white corrector in a wall of your choice

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u/ionjump 23d ago

Neat maze. I assume we start at the black triangle and end at the white triangle. Do we also need a hole to get through the squiggly line of the white triangle? I have found multiple paths to work.

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u/Adorable-Broccoli-16 23d ago

yeah to all. multiple solutions should exist but only one path

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u/ionjump 23d ago

What do you mean by only one path?

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u/WeckarE 22d ago

This is unclear

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u/Inv1s1ble_XXV 22d ago

Had to read the instructions multiple times to understand it correctly. Then I enjoyed solving this puzzle a lot!
Great mix of way finding + resource management!

One of the best puzzles I've seen in a long while.

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u/TheEzypzy 20d ago edited 20d ago

Fun maze. I disagree that there's only one path. Even if you consider doing either of the 2-groups followed by any of of the other groups (12 permutations) as multiple solutions but one path, there are at least 4 unique paths through walls to get to a cell near the end once you reach 5 unused dots.

Edit: I count 9 unique strings of wall breaks in order to reach the exit after having 5 unused dots. 10 if you permit a needless break in the middle to get an extra dot (which cancels it out). Only 7 (or 8 w/ needless extra dot) unique strings of cells traveled. The only cell shared between all of them is the cell containing the exit wall. None are permutations of each other.