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Re: "standard" maze
Hi
While it is a bit more tedious to draw by hand, I find this is a better
representation (assuming a fixed pitch font). It has a better
'squareness' and prints up nicely.
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In article <E13nQ42-00060S-00@relay3.ftech.net>, Duncan Louttit
<Duncan@swallow.co.uk> writes
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> The question is, what has to be added to this to make it
>sufficiently challenging?
Challenging for what? I guess it depends what you want to test. you
might include:
- two, equidistant routes
- two routes of different lengths
- two routes of the same length but different twistiness
- at least one dead end
- a loop
- no hope for wall followers
- a long run with only posts for guidance
- make sure you have to run over a nasty bump in the floor :)
Perhaps you could say a little more about what you have in mind?
Peter Harrison
http://www.cannock.ac.uk/~peteh
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