How to Draw a Basic Maze

The approach to drawing mazes that is outlined here is a cell-based approach for drawing a simple maze. The cell-based approach consists of dividing the maze area into several independent enclosed areas, which will now be called cells. By definition each cell has only one exit and one entry point, and a reasonably difficult maze should have five or more cells. When someone attempts to solve the maze by finding the path from start to finish, they (the solver) will begin the maze at the start location and enter the first cell. In order to continue through the maze and reach the finish location, the solver will have to find a way to progress to the next cell. The maze is difficult because the solver is forced to wander around in a cell until they encounter and choose to pass through the cell’s exit point (the location where one passes from one cell to the next will now be called the critical point). The solver will progress through the cells until they reach the final cell and leaves the maze at the finish location.