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I was toying around with grid-based puzzles, and I cancame up with a format that I'm not sure exists yet, and from my testing leaves only one solution. (If it exists or is broken, please let me know so I can adjust this post.)

I'm calling this a hidden path maze. These are the rules:

  • The objective is to draw a path from the entrance of the maze to the exit.
  • Every square in the grid is either part of the path, or a wall.
  • The numbers indicate how many squares of wall are in a block, including that square. Walls are considered connected into a block if they are orthagonally adjacent
  • A dot represents a section of wall that must be included as part of a numbered wall block.
  • Walls can only exist as numbered blocks. There can be no walls that are not connected to a numbered block.
  • The path may only connect orthogonally adjacent squares.
  • The path may not intersect any of the walls in the maze.
  • The path will always follow the most direct route to the goal. As such, the path may not run adjacent to itself. (example below)

Direct path rule example image

Here is an example of a solved board:

Example puzzle solved image

Using these rules, it should be possible to solve the following boards.

Easy board:

Easy puzzle image

Moderate board:

Moderate puzzle image

And if these are popular I'll make some more :)

I was toying around with grid-based puzzles, and I can up with a format that I'm not sure exists yet, and from my testing leaves only one solution. (If it exists or is broken, please let me know so I can adjust this post.)

I'm calling this a hidden path maze. These are the rules:

  • The objective is to draw a path from the entrance of the maze to the exit.
  • Every square in the grid is either part of the path, or a wall.
  • The numbers indicate how many squares of wall are in a block, including that square. Walls are considered connected into a block if they are orthagonally adjacent
  • A dot represents a section of wall that must be included as part of a numbered wall block.
  • Walls can only exist as numbered blocks. There can be no walls that are not connected to a numbered block.
  • The path may only connect orthogonally adjacent squares.
  • The path may not intersect any of the walls in the maze.
  • The path will always follow the most direct route to the goal. As such, the path may not run adjacent to itself. (example below)

Direct path rule example image

Here is an example of a solved board:

Example puzzle solved image

Using these rules, it should be possible to solve the following boards.

Easy board:

Easy puzzle image

Moderate board:

Moderate puzzle image

And if these are popular I'll make some more :)

I was toying around with grid-based puzzles, and I came up with a format that I'm not sure exists yet, and from my testing leaves only one solution. (If it exists or is broken, please let me know so I can adjust this post.)

I'm calling this a hidden path maze. These are the rules:

  • The objective is to draw a path from the entrance of the maze to the exit.
  • Every square in the grid is either part of the path, or a wall.
  • The numbers indicate how many squares of wall are in a block, including that square. Walls are considered connected into a block if they are orthagonally adjacent
  • A dot represents a section of wall that must be included as part of a numbered wall block.
  • Walls can only exist as numbered blocks. There can be no walls that are not connected to a numbered block.
  • The path may only connect orthogonally adjacent squares.
  • The path may not intersect any of the walls in the maze.
  • The path will always follow the most direct route to the goal. As such, the path may not run adjacent to itself. (example below)

Direct path rule example image

Here is an example of a solved board:

Example puzzle solved image

Using these rules, it should be possible to solve the following boards.

Easy board:

Easy puzzle image

Moderate board:

Moderate puzzle image

And if these are popular I'll make some more :)

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Finding the hidden path (new grid puzzle concept?)

I was toying around with grid-based puzzles, and I can up with a format that I'm not sure exists yet, and from my testing leaves only one solution. (If it exists or is broken, please let me know so I can adjust this post.)

I'm calling this a hidden path maze. These are the rules:

  • The objective is to draw a path from the entrance of the maze to the exit.
  • Every square in the grid is either part of the path, or a wall.
  • The numbers indicate how many squares of wall are in a block, including that square. Walls are considered connected into a block if they are orthagonally adjacent
  • A dot represents a section of wall that must be included as part of a numbered wall block.
  • Walls can only exist as numbered blocks. There can be no walls that are not connected to a numbered block.
  • The path may only connect orthogonally adjacent squares.
  • The path may not intersect any of the walls in the maze.
  • The path will always follow the most direct route to the goal. As such, the path may not run adjacent to itself. (example below)

Direct path rule example image

Here is an example of a solved board:

Example puzzle solved image

Using these rules, it should be possible to solve the following boards.

Easy board:

Easy puzzle image

Moderate board:

Moderate puzzle image

And if these are popular I'll make some more :)