Even more addictive game (hard on the brain though)

[Horg]

Here's an old link I found in my bookmarks. I remember almost failing a test because of this sucker :
Theseus and the Minotaur (http://www.logicmazes.com/theseus.html)

[Sophdream]

:D Not Simple but i like it! That`s one kind of game i like. Did you ever try the alchemist?

[Horg]

I don't know, what is it ?

[wsjb78]

That was a tough game!

[Horg]

Originally posted by wsjb78
That was a tough game!

Did you get through all 15 levels ?

[Sophdream]

:D Will let you try it Horg...You can find alchemy at

http://games.yahoo.com/

[Mister X]

Bahh. It's too early for thinking games. :mad:

[Horg]

Originally posted by Sophdream
:D Will let you try it Horg...You can find alchemy at

http://games.yahoo.com/

I played a little with the alchemy game, looks quite interesting ! Unfortunately I have to study my damn finals so I don't have time to play games arr. If you want more mazes :
http://home.att.net/~robtabbott/sliding.html

[Juge]

That is a cool game. There's a gaming site (online games) that has this same type of game with tons of levels. It's very cool, and very challeging... I was surprised. But, I can't remember the site... It was something to do with mummies...

[Juge]

I found it!! This game rocks, and the graphics are slightly better than that site in the first post. Check it out:

Mummy Maze from PopCap Games:

http://www.popcap.com/gamepopup.php?theGame=mummymaze

[Horg]

That's cool Juge, it's nice to see good graphics on it :) It's a lot easier I find than the first one though, but I only played 7 levels.

[Horg]

If someone wants more :
http://www.clickmazes.com/index.htm
hehe

[Sophdream]

Originally posted by Horg
I played a little with the alchemy game, looks quite interesting ! Unfortunately I have to study my damn finals so I don't have time to play games arr. If you want more mazes :
http://home.att.net/~robtabbott/sliding.html

:D Thanks a lot for the link..Good luck for you final exams...I`m sure you will succeed!

[Juge]

Originally posted by Horg
That's cool Juge, it's nice to see good graphics on it :) It's a lot easier I find than the first one though, but I only played 7 levels. The game is very addictive, I played through all of the easy levels. In hard, you go into night, which i didnt like, since you can see the whole level.

[Horg]

Originally posted by Sophdream
:D Thanks a lot for the link..Good luck for you final exams...I`m sure you will succeed!

Thanks, I'd better succeed, this is my last semester, I can't image something worse than having to stay for another semester just one class that I would have failed. If everything goes right by friday night I shall be free !

[Pyro]

OMG i was getting addictid i had to take a shower 20 minutes ago and i was still playing well i gtg later.

[wsjb78]

Originally posted by Horg
Did you get through all 15 levels ?

There's more than one level? Damn, I already thought I had solved it!

[RedShoe]

I'm stuck on 11 :(

[Juge]

Which game are you guys playing?

this one: http://www.logicmazes.com/theseus.html

or this one: http://www.popcap.com/gamepopup.php?theGame=mummymaze

[RedShoe]

This game http://www.logicmazes.com/theseus.html Level 11

[Juge]

Originally posted by RedShoe
This game http://www.logicmazes.com/theseus.html Level 11 I'm on 11 right now. I played this level before in the other game, but that was a LONG time ago. I did solve it, but it's tough. This is such an awesome logic game. Games like this should be taught in school...

[Mister X]

I got to level 7 on the mummy maze and got irritated and quit. :(

[Juge]

What's funny is that the rules are so simple, so the solution is never anything really complicated, if you take it a step at a time. But it appears to be at first. I didn't get annoyed with mummy maze until I got to the levels in where you can only see your lighted area aroung yourself... Right now, I'm on level 14 of the other game http://www.logicmazes.com/theseus.html

[Horg]

Yes, the rules are so simple that you forget about them. I remember playing and at some point I was stuck and couldn't find the answer to a certain level. I had to go through that level step by step until the "but of course !" factor appeared, finding out that the important move that changed everything was a move I previously thought was a certain doom.

[Fancy]

Originally posted by Sophdream
:D Not Simple but i like it! That`s one kind of game i like. Did you ever try the alchemist? you mean alchemy, i think its called? i like that game a lot!

[Juge]

Originally posted by Fancy
you mean alchemy, i think its called? i like that game a lot! Alchemy is another popcap game: http://www.popcap.com/ Scroll down, and click on the 'play now' next to the alchemy icon. It's very cool, you have to have a very unique strategy for getting far in this game.

[wsjb78]

Hmmm, anyone can give me some directions for Lev 4 in the Theseus maze?

[Juge]

Originally posted by wsjb78
Hmmm, anyone can give me some directions for Lev 4 in the Theseus maze? I'm on level 15 now. Here's the solution to level 4:
1. Go to the top left corner. go right, go left (notice this was a delay in the monster's movement by one square) go right, then down. Now the monster is stuck on the left side.
2. go almost the top right corner, as far over as you can, without the monster getting out, then go up, go down, go right. Now he's stuck in the corner.
3. go to the bottom right corner, go left, go right, go left, go up, now he's stuck behind the wall
4. you win :)

[Mr.Andersen]

ARG ! ::-|

[Juge]

Interesting:

http://www.logicmazes.com/pub.html

A letter to the editor of Games magazine which had a review of Mummy Maze from PopCap games:

"A-MAZE-ING BUT UNORIGINAL
I have news for you: PopCap’s Mummy Maze described in “Hot Java: Game Applets Rule the Net” (May GAMES) is indeed clever, but it’s far from “very original” as your article claims. It’s virtually identical with Robert Abbott’s “Theseus and the Minotaur” maze, which first appeared in his 1990 book Mad Mazes. It has also been an applet on his wonderful website since 1998. I’m sure many of your readers would enjoy Abbott’s outstanding collection of playable mazes at www.logicmazes.com.
Paul Andrews
Clarks Summit, PA"

[wsjb78]

Hmmm, now I'm stuck at lev 6... I can do that one. I know I can... I will be successfull...

[Juge]

I just solved level 15, woohoo!!! :D Man, it's tough. I read his notes http://www.logicmazes.com/notes.html on the game, and realized that level 15 was generated by a computer program that created this maze according to the rules that the longest solving solution, as well as the longest false paths are best. No wonder it takes forever to solve. Wow.

[Juge]

Originally posted by wsjb78
Hmmm, now I'm stuck at lev 6... I can do that one. I know I can... I will be successfull... yup, just think logically. for example, you know nothing happens from the star unless you move your guy to the top row, and usually the safest place when the thing is chasing you is when you are furthest from it, so logically, try moving to the top-right corner first. I know you've probably already done this, but this is how you gotta think to do it.

solution:
1. go to top-right corner to get the monster out
2. hide behind the horizontal wall highest up.
3. move to bottom-right corner, and delay to get him stuck
4. now you gotta move up to free him, so do it as close to the small corner wall (the left hand side one), go up. notice if you stay here, he'll get you as soon as you leave, so you gotta do something different...

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5. go down, then up and hide.

6. simple from here on. ;)

[Horg]

Hehe looks like Juge really likes that game :)
I had an Artificial Intelligence class this semester at school, we learned how to implement programs that solve mazes like that for example. It's quite interesting but very hard as well !

[Juge]

Yes, I do! Any logic game like this rocks. This should be taught in school, instead of boring classes. AI rocks, too.

[Juge]

There's a free download of Mummy Maze for windows that saves your progress and has 10,000+ mazes:

http://www.popcap.com/mummymaze.php