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by RobertKohr 5125 days ago
They look like they might be harder to solve then normal mazes. Usually I just follow a wall for a maze. Would that work here?
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I don't see any reason why it shouldn't. The backtracking algorithm doesn't care what shape the maze is or if it overlaps itself.

EDIT: Since a maze (overlapping or not) can be represented as a tree of nodes, backtracking will certainly lead you through every point.

Even if the graph is not a tree (ie it loops around) backtracking will still get you everywhere if you reverse direction once you come across somewhere you've already been.

Same thing; just check for loops