Crossrail (hard)
This maze first appeared as the monthly maze competition for March 2018.
Here's a link maze with a difference; alternate between matching shapes and matching colours unless you land on a circle.
Start on the pink asterisk in the top left corner. Move horizontally, vertically, or diagonally to a matching shape. For example you could move to the yellow asterisk three steps diagonally below and to the right of it.
Now switch to matching colours, so for example you can move left to the yellow plus sign. Continue in this way, switching between matching shapes and matching colours.
The only exception to this rule is if you land on a shape in a circle, in which case you don't switch for the next jump.
Continue in this way and find the shortest route to the orange square 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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