Karen GoatKeeper's Blog - Posts Tagged "solving-mazes"
How do you solve a maze?
There will be five mazes in the Pumpkin Project. Four are now done.
Designing a maze is challenging in some ways. It is simple to use a table, merge rows and columns then move it to paintshop to finish it off. It is also boring.
Coming up with mazes with pictures, twists and turns makes the mazes much more interesting. It makes it easier to make a mistake too. There can be only one solution. There must be a solution.
The same advice applies to designing mazes as to editing a book: have a fresh set of eyes look it over. Remember the writer or creator sees what they expect or want to see not necessarily what is there.
So the latest maze went to Sarah, my maze checker. The others have been fairly simple. This one was challenging.
Sarah starts at the finish and goes back to the starting point. She says it is easier to solve a maze this way.
When I think about it, I do several things backwards too because they seem easier that way. Yes, I've solved mazes this way too.
How do you solve a maze? What makes going backward seem easier?
I think I will go back to creating that last maze. it's easier than pondering the questions.
Designing a maze is challenging in some ways. It is simple to use a table, merge rows and columns then move it to paintshop to finish it off. It is also boring.
Coming up with mazes with pictures, twists and turns makes the mazes much more interesting. It makes it easier to make a mistake too. There can be only one solution. There must be a solution.
The same advice applies to designing mazes as to editing a book: have a fresh set of eyes look it over. Remember the writer or creator sees what they expect or want to see not necessarily what is there.
So the latest maze went to Sarah, my maze checker. The others have been fairly simple. This one was challenging.
Sarah starts at the finish and goes back to the starting point. She says it is easier to solve a maze this way.
When I think about it, I do several things backwards too because they seem easier that way. Yes, I've solved mazes this way too.
How do you solve a maze? What makes going backward seem easier?
I think I will go back to creating that last maze. it's easier than pondering the questions.
