Four (easy)
This maze first appeared as the monthly maze competition for October 2016.
This is a much harder variant of the jumping mazes (see Jumping Mazes). For more information see Variable Jumping Mazes in the Mazeblog.
From each cell you can jump horizontally or vertically a specific number of squares from that cell. However, as you move around the maze the size of your jump varies by the amount shown in each cell you land on.
Start on the 3 in the top left corner. Initially the length of your jump is 3, so from the starting cell you can jump three cells to its right or three cells down. If you jump three cells down you land on a cell containing -1, so the size of your jumps is now reduced to 2. Negative jumps aren't allowed.
Continue in this way and find the shortest series of jumps that will take you to the finish in the bottom right corner.
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Solution
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