Find Your Way Though a Maze
Have you ever been really stuck on a maze, have you ever been lost in a hedge maze. Well, if you're sick of being stuck in mazes there are a few simple tricks.
Steps
- Follow a wall. Since all real life maze's and most draw mazes start and end at the edge of a maze a simple solution is to follow a wall. If you follow the wall on your left or right, you will eventually reach the end of the maze. This should be started from the very start of the maze, and not from the middle.
- Work your way backwards. Most simple mazes are designed for one direction. If you work your way from the end of the maze to the start it is often far easier.
- If a maze has been designed so that working your way backwards does not work (the maze works in both directions) then you will often find that there is a turning point. The turning point is where the maze swaps the direction that it is designed for. For example a maze engineer may have decided to swap the direction mid way. To find the turning point trace walls of the maze inwards. You will find a place where there is only one point to cross the entwining walls. This will be the turning point. This tells you that you must pass through this point, and you then can work backwards and forwards from the point further discovering the root of the maze.
- Think logic and analyse the corridors as you walk them.If there are only a certain number of ways to all intersections(maximum 4)Try to count the intersections you passed before turning(use a constant) and create an algorithm to get out of it faster.
- Use your memory to map what you explore.Mark your path to make it notable.
- For spatial(3D labyrinth=matrix) use a long string or rope to explore faster.Marking the path may help
Tips
- Keep at it. There will be a way through the maze (unless it is a joke) and eventually you will probably find a loop whole within it.
- Try method 1 first, it is more satisfying to complete a maze the way it was designed to be finished
- Method three can be challenging, and should only be attempted by maze solving experts.
- If in a team, never split up or you might lose each other.
- Follow one wall (right or left) all the way.
Warnings
- Watch out for trick mazes where there are no paths through the maze. This can be determined by technique three, if you can trace a wall around the start or finish there is no way to complete the maze.
- If the maze has multiple entrances/exits, this method may not work.
Things You'll Need
- A maze
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