Suitable (hard)
This maze first appeared as the monthly maze competition for November 2022.
Start on the heart in the top left corner and jump horizontally or vertically to a cell containing a different symbol. From here jump horizontally or vertically to a new cell containing a symbol that's different from the two previous symbols.
Continue in this way, making sure that the last three symbols you visited are different. However, there's an additional restriction: you may not make a U-turn by jumping straight back in the direction you've just come from.
Find the smallest number of jumps needed to reach the heart in the bottom right corner.
- Congratulations! Maze completed in %n steps and %s seconds.
Click to trace the route and solve the maze.
Solution
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