Jump-by-number maze
The puzzles here originate from a little jump-by-number maze implemented by my brother Brett in his web-designer days. The first featured on his home website back in 2003, now relegated to the archives. It was implemented in newfangled javascript (well before HTML5 was defined) so the implementation is somewhat unconventional but it has stood the test of time.
In the first two mazes the goal is to find way from the spinning start square (top left) to the finish square (bottom right). The spinning number indicates your current location and also the distance you must jump to a new square. For the final challenge you have to visit every square (turn the grid red).
Original 5x5 maze (2003)
Jump-by-number and reach the target square
Movement
Click on a square to jump to it
Use horizontal and vertical jumps only
Controls
Reload page to restart
Bonus 6x6 maze (2020)
Jump-by-number and reach the target square
Movement & controls
As above
Bonus 5x5 challenge (2020)
Jump-by-number and turn the whole grid red
Movement & controls
As above
Links & related pages
- 55cards: Home site of Brett J. Gilbert (game designer)
- Logicmazes: Robert Abbott's collection of number mazes
- Mazelog: Jumping mazes (including toggle, no-U-turn and wildcard varieties)
- Chain reaction: Another clickmazes puzzle based on a jumping rule
- Back from the Klondike: The first published jump-by-number maze (1898)
maze designs - © Andrea Gilbert - 2003 & 2020
JS implementation - © Brett J. Gilbert - 2003
Hosted with permission from Brett J. Gilbert