How to play

This is an example of a maze. Your aim is to guide your avatar () to the flag in the maze. You are allowed to move horizontally, or vertically, but not diagonally, and not through walls.

Can you find your way to the flag in this maze? It's not as easy as it looks!

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If you want to play a different puzzle, go to the archive page and choose your puzzle.

The aim of the maze is get your character (), to the end of the maze ().

There are two ways to play a Maze puzzle, you can just use the mouse/touchscreen, or you can use the keyboard. You can switch between the two methods any time you like, and can use a combination of both.

Playing with a mouse/touchscreen.

• At the top and bottom of the puzzle are four arrows (left, right, up, down). Press or click on the direction you would like to move in, and you will start moving in that direction.
• You will continue following the corridors of the maze until you reach another junction, and will need to make another decision about which direction to move in next.

Playing with a keyboard.

• As well as using the on-screen arrows, you can also use the arrow keys on your keyboard. Press one of the four arrow keys to start moving in that direction.
• You will continue following the corridors of the maze until you reach another junction, and will need to make another decision about which direction to move in next.

You will not know if you have made a mistake or not until you either reach the finish, or reach a dead end. You may have to retrace your steps many times!