A Maze A Week

browsing /r/mazes, I saw a request for a maze. I happened to have some free time so I drew this in a few hours.

choose an exit on edge of maze; try to get there from central space

See step by step for this maze on imgur

I recently saw a ten second tutorial on how to smooth lines in Gimp.

I used it to smooth the lines in this maze.   The start and end points are in the upper right corner.

from dot to dot

Here are the first lines I drew for Crowded Mouse

these are the first lines I drew for Crowded Mouse

In February, I titled the image “over there” as in where to go when solving the maze, but it looks so dense as I post it now that I prefer the name Crowded Mouse.

follow paths from this arrow to that arrow

Zazie was the first person to give me coins on http://dogeparty.io/ 10,000 CUTE!!!

from asterisk to asterisk

Not a maze with a start and end, but with a question of how few loops need to be cut to release all of them?

These curvy noodles have two points in them. But is there a point to the points? Do they look like an animal? An owl maybe? Or a cat?

follow the noodles from spot to spot

This maze features perhaps three distinct puzzles, each of which start at a black disc and end at the other.

Easy: use teleportation stations (jump to any other identical symbol) using only black noodles.

Not as easy: use red or blue noodles as well, but not both.

Harder: use teleportation stations in all three colors of noodles.

use teleportation stations to get from one black disc to the other

From arrow to arrow to arrow.

from arrow to arrow to arrow to arrow

My friend Michael John Grist suggested a maze with teleportation sites.   That sounded pretty fun to me, so here is my first version.   Start at either of the large black dots and make your way to the other.  The paths cross under and over each other.  colored circles are teleportation stations.  Jump to any other same-colored circle.

The maze is pretty easy that way, so I arranged it so we can use all the teleportation stations exactly once (either coming or going) and still solve the maze.

use each teleportation station exactly once to get from one black dot to the other

For my mom, for her birthday.

I don’t know if it really counts as a maze, but it’s hand drawn with love (and post-processed with Gimp).

for Ma, with love

Another of the mixed path variety, this maze may be a bit more difficult than the previous one.  Go from one heart to the other.  Paths cross under other paths when surrounded by dark areas.

go from heart to heart, crossing under paths when in darkened zones

This maze tries to mix two types of paths: normal paths, and what I call “noodles,” or paths that cross over and under other paths.

Paths become noodle paths when they are surrounded by thick black areas.

Try to get from the circle to the diamond, or the other way. There are several viable paths; can you find the shortest?

go from diamond to circle. paths become noodles when over dark areas

How many triangles can you visit without visiting any triangle twice?

no dead ends; explore as you like!

How few triangles can you cross when traveling from dot to dot?

from dot to dot

The upper portion of this maze was drawn by hand; try to get from one big bulb to the other.  Paths cross over and under one another.

The lower portion of this maze is much easier to solve, and was much easier to draw.  Most of it I did with gimp, as I toyed around with selections and bucket fill.  Find a path from one big circle to the other.   Paths go under the upper maze.