Shark (hard)
This maze first appeared as the monthly maze competition for November 2016.
Last month I introduced a new type of maze called Variable Jumping Mazes; for more information see Variable Jumping Mazes in the Mazeblog. This month's puzzle is a seriously hard maze of the same type; consider yourself a genius if you can solve it in under 30 minutes!
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 offset 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. In each case you land on a cell containing +1, so the size of your jumps is now increased to 4. Note that negative jumps aren't allowed.
Continue in this way and find the shortest series of jumps that will take you to the goal 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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