Lights Out Maze

I have designed a couple of mazes with a lights out feel. Eventually I will write Javascript versions of these. For now however you can play them using the wonderful Zillions of Games . This is a program which plays hundreds of abstract board games (e.g. chess, draughts, go) - but more importantly it comes with a scripting language which enables anyone to write their own games. This is exactly what I have down with my Lights Out Maze.

The idea of these mazes is to move the ball from the top left corner to the bottom right corner. Every time that you move to a new position, the walls surrounding that position toggle from on to off. For example in the maze shown on the left you can only move to the right. After you have made this move you will then be able to move right or down. The shortest solution that I know of for this maze is 24 moves.

The second maze (shown below) is significantly harder. The shortest solution I have for that one is 56 moves.

To play these mazes, you need to visit the Zillions of Games website and get hold of a copy of Zillions of Games. Then you can download the rules file for my mazes by clicking here . This is a zip file containing the ZRF file (Zillions Rule File) and the images needed. Have fun!