what i would do to fuck with people is intentionally not fill space early on. like, i would make the negative space of the early path form complicated, branching dead ends for later paths to plug into. it's confusing for the solver because lots of the terrain around them is actually not at all accessible from where they are. they start thinking they've overlooked something. it's also cool because it makes the most of the space you've got, instead of wasting space on compactly folded dead ends that the solver can see and avoid at a glance. i got kids to give up on perfectly legible, reasonably-sized mazes that were drawn on grid-dot paper 😤
what i would do to fuck with people is intentionally not fill space early on. like, i would make the negative space of the early path form complicated, branching dead ends for later paths to plug into. it's confusing for the solver because lots of the terrain around them is actually not at all accessible from where they are. they start thinking they've overlooked something. it's also cool because it makes the most of the space you've got, instead of wasting space on compactly folded dead ends that the solver can see and avoid at a glance. i got kids to give up on perfectly legible, reasonably-sized mazes that were drawn on grid-dot paper 😤
It's been a long time. I hung up my hat years ago. Promised I'd leave that life behind.
lol you get a call at 3 am "we need a maze. there's no one else"
I slowly put the framed photo of my partner, who disappeared in a maze, face down. I glance at a pile of overdue bills gathering dust.
movie includes the most frustrating chase scene ever filmed.