Maze Design (2005)

Re:Maze Design (2005) by warent on Tuesday January 29, 2019 @03:20PM (#19029478)

I have to say I've never really found a maze that was challenging enough to take more than a minute or so to solve. Some of these mazes look much more difficult than anything I've seen before. Very cool and creative!

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Re:Maze Design (2005) by cr0sh on Tuesday January 29, 2019 @04:32PM (#19029990)

> I have to say I've never really found a maze that was challenging enough to take more than a minute or so to solve.

http://www.astrolog.org/labyrnth/maze/larger.gif

Enjoy!

Note: This is from the "Think Labyrinth!" site mentioned on the Maze Design site:

http://www.astrolog.org/labyrnth/maze.htm

It is also not the "largest maze" on that page by far; there are a couple of larger ones (as zip'd files), and likely those aren't the largest today.

I'm pretty certain they are just meant as "art" - and not to actually challenge someone to solve them; but if you are so inclined, go for it!

EDIT: I just wanted to add a bit more about the "dense maze" - the start/end is at the upper-left/lower-right of the maze; the white line is the "path" of the maze (black being the walls). Note how the image "changes" depending on the level of "zoom" - if you fit it to a smaller size, the "white" of the image will take a "cross shape", while other areas are "darker" - zoom in on those various areas, and notice how the path changes; it's a very complex construct!

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Re:Maze Design (2005) by paragraft on Tuesday January 29, 2019 @05:05PM (#19030269)

In related news I just found a way to lock up mspaint using flood fill. 7 minutes and counting so far.

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Re:Maze Design (2005) by paragraft on Tuesday January 29, 2019 @07:53PM (#19031537)

Update: nearly 3 hours now and still going. Feels like there might be a CPU benchmark here.

Update final: After just over 4 hours it appears to have given up without actually filling anything.

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Re:Maze Design (2005) by p1necone on Tuesday January 29, 2019 @11:15PM (#19032597)

I just did this too after reading your comment.

Cue "I don't know what I expected" meme.

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Re:Maze Design (2005) by onychomys on Tuesday January 29, 2019 @09:02PM (#19031942)

paint.net did it basically instantly. Score another one for literally anything but Paint.

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Re:Maze Design (2005) by koverda on Tuesday January 29, 2019 @08:44PM (#19031811)

Keep us updated.

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Re:Maze Design (2005) by afterburner on Tuesday January 29, 2019 @05:58PM (#19030710)

This sounds way more fun than "playing" the maze...

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