Rhombicosidodecahedron Maze

What, you ask, is a rhombicosidodecahedron? It's a complex polyhedron that combines perfect triangles, squares, and pentagons, and has several interesting mathematical properties. This is actually a "small rhombicosidodecahedron", and I've decided it's my favorite polyhedron. It shares properties with the dodecahedron, the icosahedron, and the rhombic triacontahedron, among others. Here is the maze: 3D Warehouse model


To solve, use Google Sketchup to rotate the maze. Start at the top and try to get to the bottom. I'll upload the solution after someone attempts it. This is similar to my Cube Maze because you have to orbit it to follow the pathways, but doesn't have any tunnels or holes, so it should be more doable. All of the triangles, squares, and pentagons are made from the same three components, which keeps the file size small. These components can be moved or rotated, which changes the maze. This is actually the third version, and the only one to connect all the pathways with a challenging solution. A helpful tip for solving is to explode all the components (right click -> explode), and then use the paint bucket tool to mark the pathways as you go.

Maze Revelation (Escape level)

I decided to add this Escape level as a maze, since it is more a true maze than any of my other Escape levels. It can only be solved by playing the game, since the maze is revealed as you go along. It's hard mostly because there are many routes to choose from, but you have to take them in the right order to solve it. Fortunately Escape has undo and start over buttons.

A trick to make it a lot easier is to push "d", which reveals the links between panels and their targets (called the D-map).

Five-Level Maze Solution

Here is a simple video of the solution to my Five-Level Walk-through Maze. I had to re-solve it because I didn't remember the way. It can be done! There are also other solutions, I think. The maze can only be solved by traversing each level multiple times, and by "jumping down" at certain places (a one-way trip). To see the solution in more detail, download the animation from Google Warehouse, and push play.

More Escape Puzzles

I have made some more levels for Escape, so I thought I'd mention them here. If you're wondering how to play them, you have to download the program, play the tutorials (22 simple levels), and tell it to get new levels from the internet. Mine are listed under the name Bekah. You can also make your own levels and easily upload them to the database. It has practically limitless levels, though I've finished most of the ones that are not too easy or too hard. If you follow the links, there is a little info on each puzzle.

Some are more like mazes:
Some are more like logic puzzles:
And some are just for fun:

Escape puzzles

I have recently been playing with a little game called Escape. It is a tile game similar to Chip's Challenge. The great thing is that it works on many platforms, is free, and anyone can make their own levels and upload them to the database. I have so far uploaded two levels, called "Multimaze" and "Crazycircuit." I wanted to explore the idea of mazes that are more interactive. Many of the levels I've been solving are like mazes, and some are more like logic puzzles. Check it out!

Crazycircuit:

Multimaze: