Swordfish (hard)
This maze first appeared as the monthly maze competition for August 2022.
This is a Variable Jumping Maze in which you can jump horizontally, vertically, or diagonally a specific number of squares from each cell. 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 right, down, or diagonally. If you jump right you land on a cell containing -1, so now the size of your jumps is decreased to 2. 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.
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Solution
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