Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 27 Mar 2000.
Maze 1
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· 4 messages · 27 Mar 2000 - 30 Mar 2000
Solution after 12:01 AM EST, 3/30/00
+| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10|
-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| | | | | | | | | | |
A| * | *-| * | *-| * |-* |-* | *-|-*-|-* |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| | | | | | | | /| /| | | | |
B| *-| * | *-| * | * | * | *-| *-| *-| * |
| | | | | | | \| | | | |/ |
-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
C| *-|-*-|-* | *-| * | * | * | * | *-|-* |
| | | | | | |/ | | |/| | \| |
-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| | | | | | | | | | | | |\ | |
D| *-|-* | * | * | *-| * | * | *-|-* | * |
| |/ | | | | | | | | | | |/ |
-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| /| | | | | | | | | /| | |
E| *-|-* | * | *-| * | *-| * | * | *-|-* |
| |/ |/ | \| | | | | | \| |
-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| /| /| | |\ | | | |\ | |
F| *-|-* | * | * | * | * | *-| * | * | * |
| | |/ | \| |/ | | | | |/ |
-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| | | | |\ |\ | | | | /| | |
G| * |-* | * | * |-* | * |-* | * | * | * |
| | | | | | | | | |/ | | |
-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| | | | | | | | |\ | /| |
H| * | * | * |-*-| *-| * | * | * | * | * |
| | | | | | | \|/ | \| | | | |
-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| /| | |/| | | /| | | | | |
J| * | * | * | * |-* |-* | * |-* | * | * |
| |/ | | \| | |/ | | |/ |
-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| | | |\ | | | | | /|\ | |
K| *-| *-| *-| * | * | *-| *-| * | *-| F |
| | | | | | | | | |cal|
-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
HOW IT WORKS:
The object is to get from A1 to K10 in the fewest moves. The di-
rection(s) you can move from a given box is/are indicated by the
line(s) in that box. For instance, from the upper left box below,
+---+---+
| | |
| *-| * |
| |/| |
+---+---+
| | | | |
| * | * |
| |cal|
+---+---+
you can go only to the upper right box, but from the upper right
box you can go to either of the two lower boxes.
Note that only from the lower right box can you go directly back
to the upper right one.
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/ |
|_____
SPOILER SPACE If you don't want to see the solution, do NOT scroll down. +| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10| -+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ | | | | | | | | | | | A| * | *-| * | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ | | | | | | | | | | | | B| *-| * | *-| * | | | *-| *-| *-| * | | | | | | | | | | | |/ | -+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ | | | | | | | | | | | | C| | | | *-| * | | * | * | * | | | | | | |/ | | |/ | \| | -+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ | | | | | | | | | |\ | | D| | | | * | *-| * | * | | * | * | | | | | | | | | | | | |/ | -+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ | | | | | | | | | /| | | E| | | | *-| * | *-| * | * | * | | | | | | | | | | | | \| | -+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ | | | | | | | | |\ | | F| | | * | | | * | *-| * | * | * | | | |/ | | |/ | | | | |/ | -+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ | | | |\ | | | | | /| | | G| * |-* | | * |-* | * |-* | * | * | * | | | | | | | | | | |/ | | | -+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ | | | | | | | |\ | /| | H| * | * | | *-| * | | * | * | * | * | | | | | | | | \| | \| | | | | -+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ | /| | /| | | /| | | | | | J| * | * | * | | | * | * |-* | * | * | | |/ | | | | |/ | | |/ | -+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ | | | |\ | | | | /| | | K| *-| *-| *-| * | | *-| *-| * | *-| F | | | | | | | | | | |cal| -+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ How did I do it? I started at k10 and realized that K9 was the only way to get there. J10 was the only way to get to K9. H10 was the only way to get to J10... Etc. There were only 2 places (Maybe 3, don't remember) where there were 2 ways to get to any one place, and they were easy to figure out (One was a square that you couldn't get to, and another added an extra step to the maze). --Wesley The only stupid question is the unasked question. And that's a good thing, because I hate stupid questions!
Mon, 27 Mar 2000 19:36:29 GMT Wesley Clifford >There were only 2 places (Maybe 3, don't remember) where >there were 2 ways to get to any one place, and they were easy to >figure out (One was a square that you couldn't get to, Whoops. That'll teach me to not double-check before sending them out! -- ___ http://calieber.tripod.com/home.html .' /| ( / | Dammit, Taylor, you can't `.____/__| love a man with no head! / | |_____
Solution to Maze 1 (posted March 27, 2000):
A1-B1-B2-A2-A3-B3-B4-C4-C5-D4-E4-E5-D5-D6-E6-E7-F7-F8-G8-F9-E8-D9
D9-C8-D7-C7-B7-B8-B9-B10-C9-D10-E9-F10-G9-H8-G7-G6-F6-G5-G4-F3-G2
G2-G1-H1-J1-H2-J2-K1-K2-K3-K4-J3-H4-H5-J6-H7-J8-J7-K6-K7-K8-J9-H9
H9-G10-H10-J10-K9-K10
(Maze 1 is Message-ID <0c9...@4ax.com>)
--
___ http://calieber.tripod.com/home.html
.' /|
( / | Dammit, Taylor, you can't
`.____/__| love a man with no head!
/ |
|_____
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