Puzzle design
2 posts on this topic.
9 October 2026 · 6 min read
Five maze shapes, and what each one does to the solving
Square, hexagonal, triangular, circular and picture-shaped mazes. How the grid changes the puzzle, which ages each suits, and what it costs to print.
7 October 2026 · 7 min read
What actually makes a maze hard (we measured it)
Size is not difficulty. We graded a maze generator easy to evil, measured every page, and found one of our three difficulty signals ran backwards.