Show HN: Jumping Julia Maze

The wording isn&#x27;t good. The number does not indicate how many jumps you need to make. It indicates how far you need to jump.<p>Otherwise fun!

I love the concept. I was left wanting more because larger puzzles are apparently not more difficult, they just seem to have a lot of solutions. But can we make them more difficult? Just in case anyone else wants more of a challenge... I hand-wrote a 10x10 that should be harder to crack:<p><pre><code> 1 2 1 2 2 3 1 1 2 2 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 1 2 2 3 2 1 1 3 1 2 1 3 3 1 3 3 1 3 1 3 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 1 3 3 1 3 2 1 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 1 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 F </code></pre> Unless I made a mistake, the simplest solution is not easy to find. Obviously I was thinking about an algorithm to create harder &quot;Jumping Julia&quot; puzzles. Definitely doable, but for now I&#x27;ll leave it at that!

Knowing that a typical maze will have branching paths at the beginning, but necessarily one good path at the end, I find it easier to start from the goal and work my way backward.

It seems to make a server request when Generating a new maze. Making the maze working fully Client side should be doable..

Just for amusement, tried:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;jumpingjuliamaze.onrender.com&#x2F;?width=7&amp;height=3" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;jumpingjuliamaze.onrender.com&#x2F;?width=7&amp;height=3</a><p>and ended up with a 3 wide 7 high table... but with a projected Goal square at 7 wide 3 high?

This is great. Simple to get, not too simple to solve. One I will share with my kids, plus now introduced to Julia Robinson festival. Thanks for sharing.

Are these always solvable? The handful of 4x4&#x27;s I&#x27;ve had don&#x27;t seem to be.

Seems like I&#x27;m too late and it got hugged to death? Page is not loading for me.

Better challenge: generate these puzzles in a way to have a unique solution.