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Re:Show HN: Jumping Julia Maze by wingmanjd on Wednesday November 27, 2024 @11:07AM (#42257117)
Are these always solvable? The handful of 4x4's I've had don't seem to be.
Re:Show HN: Jumping Julia Maze by Atiscant on Wednesday November 27, 2024 @11:28AM (#42257291)
With arbitrary generation rules they are surely not. This is a counter example on 4x4:

  | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
  | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
  | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 
  | 1 | 3 | 2 | G |
Or

  | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
  | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
  | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 
  | 2 | 1 | 2 | G |
This seems to be able to be understood as a reachability graph problem of some sort perhaps.

Edit: formatting

Re:Show HN: Jumping Julia Maze by jumpoddly on Wednesday November 27, 2024 @11:58AM (#42257568)
Worth noting, since it was absent in the rules, that it is unnecessary to touch all of the squares.
Re:Show HN: Jumping Julia Maze by CrazyStat on Wednesday November 27, 2024 @11:31AM (#42257320)
I did about 10 4x4s and 6x6s and they were all solvable.