Robo Maze

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This maze★★★

Stars0

Bolt the robot is running low! Type the whole way to the battery — like east 3, then south 2 — and press Run ▶. Bolt won't move until the program is ready.

Type Bolt's program

Program

Empty — the steps you add line up here.

How to play

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Type a way to go — up, down, left, right, north, south, east or west — and press + Add.
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Add a number to go further — east 3 is three squares.
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Keep adding until the program reaches the battery. Bolt waits the whole time.
▶
Press Run. Bolt follows every step, from START.
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Bump a wall? Bolt goes back to START. Tap ✕ on the wrong step, fix it and Run again.
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Three stars a maze. A run that misses or a hint uses one up, but you always keep one.

What this grows

Seeing a whole route before walking it is the heart of programming. On the way: left from right, the compass points, and spelling them.

Left & rightCompass wordsPlanning a route

For grown-ups

A new maze every game. Type the whole route — north, east, left 3 — then press Run.

Ages: 6+
A sitting: About 5 min
Practises: Left & right, Compass words, Planning a route
Plays on: Phone, tablet or laptop — in the browser
Costs: Nothing. No sign-up, no ads

Robo Maze: program the way to the battery

Robo Maze